Closed days and public holidays

The University closes for 15 days in each academic year, ie from 1 October to the following 30 September. Eight of these days are public holidays: the Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day holidays; Good Friday and Easter Monday; May Day; Whit Monday; August Bank Holiday Monday.

The other seven days are set in advance by the University Council, and will normally include: days which would otherwise be working days between Christmas and New Year; and the Tuesday and Wednesday after Easter.

2013
Tuesday 1 January (public holiday)

Wednesday 2 January (closed day)
Friday 29 March (public holiday)

Monday 1 April (public holiday)

Tuesday 2 April (closed day)

Wednesday 3 April (closed day)
Monday 6 May (public holiday)

Monday 27 May (public holiday)
Monday 26 August (public holiday)
Monday 23 December (closed day)

Tuesday 24 December (closed day)

Wednesday 25 December (public holiday)

Thursday 26 December (public holiday)

Friday 27 December (closed day)

Monday 30 December (closed day)

Tuesday 31 December (closed day)
2014

Wednesday 1 January (public holiday)

NB: The University will be open as usual on 2 January 2014.

University closed days for the remainder of 2014 are yet to be approved by Council. We apologise for the delay in publishing this information and we hope to update in June 2013.