Michaelmas term
Michaelmas term is the first academic term of the academic year in a number of English-speaking universities and schools, especially in the United Kingdom. Michaelmas term derives its name from the Feast of St Michael and All Angels, which falls on 29 September. The term runs from September or October to Christmas.
The legal year
The term is also the name of the first of four terms into which the legal year is divided by the Courts of England and Wales and the Courts of Northern Ireland. While the name is not used in the legal systems of the United States, the U. S. Supreme Court nevertheless follows the same custom by beginning its year-long term on the first Monday in October, a few days after Michaelmas.
Universities
Universities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which use the name 'Michaelmas term' include:
- University of Oxford
- University of Cambridge
- Durham University
- Swansea University
- King's College London
- University of Wales, Trinity Saint David
- Aberystwyth University
- Lancaster University
- London School of Economics
- The Honorable Society of King's Inns
- Heythrop College
- Trinity College, Dublin, The University of Dublin
- Canterbury Christ Church University
In addition, the name is used unofficially in several other University of London colleges. It also used to be the third and final term at the University of Sydney before it swapped over to the two-semester system in 1989.
At the University of Oxford, following the resolution made by Council on 8 May 2002, Michaelmas Term begins on and includes 1 October and ends on and includes 17 December.[1] In the Michaelmas Term, as in Hilary Term and in Trinity Term, there is a period of eight weeks known as Full Term, beginning on a Sunday, within which lectures and other instruction prescribed by statute or regulation are given.[1] The dates on which each Full Term will begin and end in the next academic year but one are published by the Registrar in the University Gazette during each Hilary Term.[1]
Schools
Schools in the United Kingdom and Ireland which use the name 'Michaelmas term' include:
- Abingdon School
- Amesbury School
- Ardingly College
- Barnard Castle School
- Beechwood Park School
- Bloxham School
- Bradfield College
- Birkdale School
- Brighton College
- Bristol Cathedral Choir School
- Brentwood School
- Bromsgrove School
- Catholic University School
- Chigwell School
- Claremont School, East Sussex
- Clifton College
- Cranleigh School
- Cokethorpe School
- Dean Close School
- Christ's Hospital
- Dulwich College
- Eastbourne College
- Edenhurst Preparatory School, Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Eltham College
- Epsom College
- Eton College
- Forest School
- Giggleswick School
- Gresham's School
- Harvey Grammar School
- Highgate School
- Hull Collegiate School
- Hurstpierpoint College
- Ipswich School
- King's School, Chester
- King's School, Ely
- King's School, Gloucester
- King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School
- Lancing College
- Llandovery College
- Liverpool College
- Magdalen College School, Oxford
- Manchester Grammar School
- Marlborough College
- Monmouth School
- New Hall School
- Norwich School
- Oswestry School
- Oundle School, Northamptonshire
- Our Lady's, Abingdon
- Pangbourne College
- Papplewick School
- Pennine Camphill community
- Princethorpe College
- Radley College
- Reading School
- Repton School
- Royal School, Armagh
- Royal Grammar School, Guildford
- Royal Grammar School, Worcester
- Royal Masonic School for Girls, Hertfordshire
- Ruthin School
- Rye St Antony School, Oxford
- Sedbergh School
- Sevenoaks School
- Sexey's School
- Sherborne School
- Sherborne School for Girls
- Shrewsbury School
- Skegness Grammar School, Skegness
- St Ambrose College, Manchester
- St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon
- St Bede's College, Manchester (formerly) [2][3]
- St Benedict's School
- St Columba's College
- St Dunstan's College
- St. Edmund's School, Canterbury
- St Olave's Grammar School
- Stonyhurst College
- Sutton Valence School
- Terra Nova School
- The Prebendal School
- Tonbridge School
- Trent College
- Warwick School
- Wellingborough School
- Wellington College, Berkshire
- Wells Cathedral School
- Whitgift School
- William Hulme's Grammar School
- Wisbech Grammar School
- Worth School
- Woodbridge School
- Worksop College
- Yarm School
Schools in the United States which use the name 'Michaelmas term' include:
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Oxford University: Regulations on the number and lengths of terms, University of Oxford, UK.
- ↑ "St. Bede's Manchester College". The Tablet: 25. 31 August 1878. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ↑ "St Bede's College Holidays and Term Dates". termdates.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
External links
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- Oxford University: Dates of Full Terms
- University of Wales, Lampeter Dates of Terms
- University of Sydney, Calendar Archive