Thank you to the 24 institutions who responded to my query on 4th Feb
(one or two in duplicate - but thankfully your answers were
consistent!). The results were as follows:
1. Current structure of academic year
(a) 2 semesters 12 (50%)
(b) 3 terms 7 (29%)
(c) 3 terms and 2 semesters 5 (21%)
2. Is this under review?
(a) Yes 3 (13%)
(b) No 21(88%)
3. Timing of majority of Main exams
(a) 2 diets, end of each semester (or 'half-year') 18 (75%)
(b) 1 diet, in the summer 6 (25%)
4. Timing of majority of Resits
(a) Sem 1 resits at end of semester 2 3 (13%)
(b) 1st half of July 0(0%)
(c) 2nd half of July 0 (0%)
(d) 1st half of August 2 (8%)
(e) 2nd half of August 9 (38%)
(f) 1st half of September 13 (54%)
(g) 2nd half of September 1 (4%)
(h) The following summer 1 (4%)
NB Percentages in qu. 4 might add up to > 100 e.g. if resits are
traditionally in the last week of August and the 1st week of Sept then
the respondent will have ticked both (e) and (f).
I have an Excel spreadsheet showing the answers for each institution
and would be happy to send it to anyone who requests it (but will get
told off if I send it as an attachment to the mailbase en mass).
Institutions which answered were:
Aston
Bath
Bradford
Brighton
Chester
Essex
Goldsmiths
Hertfordshire
Huddersfld
Keele
Lancaster
Liverpool
Liverpool JM
Northumbria
Nottingham
Nottingham Trent
Queens
Reading
Sheffield
Sussex
Swansea
UEA
Ulster
Winchester (King Alfreds)
Anne Johnson, Assistant Registrar
Student Systems Office, Sussex House,
University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH
Telephone (01273) 678761; Fax (01273) 877389
E-mail [log in to unmask]
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