Academic Year Calendar 2015-2016

September 2015
Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

10

11

SAP examination period

9
Staff induction

SAP mark input deadline

AMC cases to Q&V

SAP IP claims deadline

SAP AMCs
ICS
Engineering
BAEPS

S1 CW breifs to LU

SAP IP panels
ICS
Engineering
BAEPS

SAP MEBs
BAEPS

English SAP IP panel

UTLC 11:00 - 13:00

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Preparatory year induction week

Executive Group
13:00 - 15:00

ICS SAP MEBs

Engineering LU MEBs

SAP PEBs PHARM, DENT & NUR

English SAP MEB

Engineering SAP PEBs (LU)

Engineering SAP MEBS + PEBs

(LSBU)

SAP PEBs
BAEPS
ICS
EGY

Basic Sciences SAP MEBs

19

20

21

26 Week 1

22

23

Transcripts online

WB DEPT/Prog team
meetings

27

Eid El Adha Holidays (Tentative)

28
S1 Start of teaching (All
students)

WB SAP data transfer to

LU

29

30
University Board:
14:00 - 16:00

24
Eid El Adha Holidays (Tentative)

UTLC 11:00 - 13:00

EG track transfer deadline

SAP appeals submission deadline

Student inquiry deadline

LU sends APR requirements
APR preparation begins

Abbreviations:
WB: Week Beginning
UTLC: University Teaching and Learning Committee
SAP: Summer Assessment Period
LU: Loughborough University
APR: Annual Programme Review

25

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October 2015
Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Week 1

3 Week 2

7
Armed Forces Day

Thu

Fri

SAP AAC meeting + AMAC meeting

Staff Development Committee

11:00 - 13:00

SAP AAC meeting

Prep Year committee 11:00 - 13:00

Workshop on: Photovoltaics (PV)

10 Week 3

11

13

18

14

15

19

20

26

27

16
Islamic new year (Tentative)

Executive Group
13:00 - 15:00

Selecting / Changing major or

optional modules deadline

WB DPT/Prog team
meetings

17 Week 4

12

21

22

28

29

23

Graduation ceremonies
Board of Trustees
WB F/DTLC meetings

24 Week 5

25

Senate 14:00 - 16:00

31 Week 6
Scrutiny of APRs
prior to submission to
validating partners

Abbreviations
F/DTLC: Faculty/Department Teaching and Learning Committee
AAC: Academic Appeals Committee
AMAC: Academic Misconduct Appeals Committee
DPT/Prog: Department / Programme

UTLC
11:00 - 13:00

30
Research committee
11:00 - 13:00

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November 2015
Sat

Sun

Week 6

SSLC

Mon

Tue

Wed

10

11

H&S Committee

Thu

Fri

12

13

APR documents to LU

7 Week 7

Executive Group
13:00 - 15:00

WB DPT/Prog team
meetings

14 Week 8

15

16

17

Deadline sending S1 and resit

exams papers to validating
partners

UTLC 11:00 - 13:00

18

19
APR documents to LSBU &
QMU

WB F/DTLC meetings

21 Week 9

22

23

24

25
University board
14:00 - 16:00

WB Faculty councils to review

students attendance

28 Week 10

20

29

Abbreviations
SSLC: Staff Students Liaison Committee
H&S Committee: Health & Safety Committee
LSBU: London South Bank University

30

26

27
Prep year committee
11:00 - 13:00

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December 2015
Sat

Sun

Mon

Week 10

5 Week 11

Wed

Thu

Fri

10

11

16

17

Staff Development Committee

11:00 - 13:00

WB F/DTLCs
WB DPT/Prog team meetings

Executive Group
11:00 - 13:00

Validating partners feedback on S1

& resit exams papers

WB S1 module evaluation

12 Week 12

Tue

13

14

15
LU APR review visit

S1 Last day of
teaching

18

S1 Final exam schedule

published

19

20
Revision period

21
Revision period

22
Revision period

Senate 14:00 - 16:00

23

24

25
Elmawled Elnabawi

Revision period

Revision period

Western Christmas, Boxing day & University closure holidays

Students vacation 24 December 2015 to 1 January 2016

26

27

28

29

Western Christmas, Boxing day & University closure holidays

Students vacation 24 December 2015 to 1 January 2016

30

31

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January 2016
Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

1
New Year
holiday

S1 English levels exams

S1 Examinations

10
S1 exams

11
S1 exams

WB DPT/Prog team meetings

S1 Examinations

12
S1 exams

S1 Examinations

13
S1 exams

8
Eastern Christmas

14
S1 exams

15
S1 exams

Executive Group
11:00 - 13:00

S1 English IP claims deadline

S2 CW briefs to validating
partners

16

17

18

S1 Examinations

19

S1 Examinations

20
Epiphany (No Exams)

21
S1 Examinations

S1 Examinations

S1 English IP panel

23

24

22

APR draft to LU

25

26

27

28

29

Students Mid year break

Students Mid year break
25th Jan Revolution

University board 14:00 - 16:00

S1 IP Claims submission deadline

S1 English MEB

30

31
Students Mid year break
S1 Mark input deadline

Abbreviations:
IP: Impaired Performance
CW: Course Work
S1: Semester one
MEB: Module Exam Board

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February 2016
Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Students Mid year break

Final mark input deadline

Departmental moderation meetings

LU APR response to BUE

Validating partners feedback

on S2 CW briefs

6 Week 1

W/B F/DTLC

AMC cases to Q&V deadline

14

11

12

Prep Year Committee 11:00 13:00

LU to inform BUE about

AILR requirements

15
S1 AMC panels
Engineering
Mass Media
Nursing

WB Dept/Prog
team meetings

10
Executive Group
11:00 - 13:00

Staff Development Committee

11:00 - 13:00

S2 Start of teaching

13 Week 2

UTLC 11:00 - 13:00

16
S1 AMC panels
BAEPS
Pharmacy
Dentistry

17
S1 IP panels
Engineering
Mass Media
Nursing

18
S1 IP panels
BAEPS

19
S1 IP & AMC panels
ICS
Pharmacy
Dentistry

Senate 14:00 - 16:00

20 Week 3

21
Meetings with LU to discuss IP &
AMC decisions

27Week 4

28
MEB Meetings
Pharmacy
Nursing
Mass Media

Abbreviations
AMC: Academic Misconduct Committee
AILR: Annual Institutional Level Review

22
MEB Meetings
Engineering (LU)

29
MEB Meetings
Engineering (LSBU)

23

24
MEB Meetings
BAEPS DYs 2 & 3

25
MEB Meetings
ICS DY2 & DY3
Basic Sciences (LU)
Prep Year Engineering

26

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March 2016
Sat

Sun

Mon

Week 4

5 Week 5

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

10

11

16

17

18

23

24

25

30

31

MEB Meetings
BA Prep & DY1
ECON Prep & DY1

SSLC

WB F/DTLC
AILR documents to
LU

MEB Meetings
ICS Prep & DY1
POLS Prep & DY1

Executive Group 11:00 - 13:00

S1 Interim transcripts
Prog action plan to validating
partners deadline

12 Week 6

13

14

WB Dept/Prog team
meetings

19Week 7

15
S1 students enquiry forms
submission deadline

20

21

UTLC 11:00 - 13:00

22
Module leaders feedback on
students enquiry

W/B F/DTLC

Deadline: S2 + Resit Final Exam

Papers & Model Answers to
validating partners (All Degree
Years)
LU Subject Advisors Visit

26Week 8

27
WB Dept/Prog team
meetings

28

29
University Board 14:00 - 16:00

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April 2016
Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

2 Week 9

4
Staff development committee
11:00 - 13:00

WB Faculty councils review

students attendance

9 Week 10

10

11

13

14

15

20

21

22

27

28

Executive Group 11:00 - 13:00

12
Senate
14:00 - 16:00

WB Dept/Prog team
meetings

16Week 11
WB F/DTLC

23Week 12

17

18

S2 Student module &

programme evaluation

24

LSBU/LU feedback on
S2 & Resit Exam

19
University board 14:00 - 16:00

25

26
Sinai liberation day

SA Reports from LU

29
S2 Last day of teaching

S2 Exams schedule online

UTLC 11:00 - 13:00
Prep Year Committee
11:00 - 13:00

30

Abbreviations
SA: Subject Advisors

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May 2016
Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

W/B Dept/Prog team

meetings

Sustainable Mega Projects; Chance Change Challenge Conference II

Eastern Easter

Fri

Revision period

Sham El-Nasim
Holiday

Labor Day

Thu

10

11

12

13

Revision period

Staff development committee

11:00 - 13:00

English levels exams

Executive Group 11:00 - 13:00

AILR visit

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Semester two exams

Prog/Module changes to
LU/LSBU

21

22

S2 English IP claims submission

deadline

23

24

25

26

Semester two exams

WB F/DTLC

28

S2 English IP panel

29

30
Semester two exams

31

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June 2016
Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

1
S2 IP claims submission
deadline

Thu

Fri

3
S2 English MEB meeting
AMC cases to Q&V deadline

UTLC 11:00 - 13:00

6 Ramadan

7 Ramadan

8 Ramadan

Executive Group 11:00 - 13:00

S2 student mark input deadline

S2 IP Panels:
Dentistry
Pharmacy
Mass Media
Nursing

12 Ramadan
S2 AMC panels
Dentistry
Pharmacy
Mass Media
Nursing

13 Ramadan
S2 IP & AMC Panels
ICS

14

15 Ramadan

Ramadan

S2 IP Panels:
BAEPS

S2 IP Panels:
Engineering

S2 AMC panels BAEPS

19 Ramadan
MEBs
Engineering (LU)
Pharmacy
Dentistry
Mass Media

20 Ramadan
MEBs
ECON & POLS

21 Ramadan
MEBs
BA

22 Ramadan
MEBs / PEBs
ENG (LSBU)

Dept moderation meetings for

final yr projects & dissertation
Mark input for final year projects &
dissertations deadline

25 Ramadan

26 Ramadan
PEBs:
Engineering Prep & DY1
ICS Prep & DY1
PEBs:
Pharmacy
Mass Media

Abbreviations
PEB: Programme Exam Board

27 Ramadan
PEBs:
BAEPS Prep & DY1
Nursing

28 Ramadan

MEBs
ICS
Basic Sciences
Prep Year Engineering

17 Ramadan

S2 AMC panels
Engineering

23 Ramadan
Meeting with LU to discuss IPs
and AMCs decisions

IP/AMC panels for Projects &

dissertations

29 Ramadan
PEBs: ENG DYs 2, 3 & 4

PEB:
Dentistry

16 Ramadan

IP Claims for projects & dissertations

submission deadline

Final year projects & dissertations

submission deadline

18 Ramadan

10 Ramadan

S2 mark input final deadline all

modules except final years
projects & dissertations

Departmental Moderation Meetings

11 Ramadan

9 Ramadan

PEBs: BA DYs 2 & 3

30 Ramadan
PEBs: ECON & POLS DYs 2,& 3
PEBs: ICS DYs 2 & 3

24 Ramadan

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July 2016
Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

1Ramadan

2Ramadan

3 Ramadan

4Ramadan

5 Ramadan

S2 Transcripts Online
Eid El-Fetr Holidays (Tentative)

EG Track PEBs

Prog/Module feedback from

validated partners

10

11
Academic Appeals submission
deadline

Eid El-Fetr Holidays

(Tentative)

16

17

18

Executive Group 11:00 - 13:00

12

13

19

14
Transfer to EG track deadline

S2 Mark enquiry forms

submission deadline

15
Module leaders feedback on
seniors enquiries

20

21

22

27

28

29

Senate 14:00 - 16:00

Academic Appeals Commimttees + AMC Appeals Committtees
Module leaders feedback on other
enquiries

23

24

25

26

July Revolution (Holiday)

University Board 14:00 - 16:00

30

31
CW re assessments
Final Prog/Module specs to
validating partners

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August 2016
Sat

Sun

Mon

SAP final exams schedule

published

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

11

12

CW re assessments

10

SAP English IP claims

submission deadline

Executive Group 11:00 - 13:00

SAP Examination period

SAP English levels exams

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

24

25

26

SAP Examination period

Final approval for prog/mod specs
from validated partners

20

21

22

23
SAP Examination period

27

28

29

SAP mark input deadline

SAP IP claims submission deadline

S1 CW briefs to LU/LSBU

SAP English IP panel

Abbreviations
SAP: Summer Assessment Period

30

SAP AMC cases to Q&V deadline

31
SAP AMCs

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September 2016
Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

SAP English MEB

SAP IP panels

SAP MEBs

WB Induction for new staff

15

16

SAP PEBs

Executive Group 11:00 - 13:00

10

11

SAP Transcripts Online

12

13

14

Eid El Aladha Holidays (Tentative)

Staff development committee

11:00 - 13:00

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

29

30

(New Students) Prep Year Induction

SAP Appeals submission deadline

APR preparation begins

24 Week 1
S1 2016-2017 start of teaching

WB Data transfer to LU

25
LU to send APR
requirements to BUE

26

27

Transfer to EG track deadline

28

UTLC 11:00 - 13:00

SAP AAC + AMAC meetings