Term dates and opening hours

Your programme will fit within the dates outlined below, however, some courses will vary. There may be times when you need to complete assessments or work based learning, or when additional sessions are offered outside of these dates.

The assessment period begins in June and many programmes will have no formal teaching after this point. You should check your handbook for the academic calendar of activity that is specific for your programme for the exact dates you will be in attendance.

During scheduled HECPD (staff training) there will be no formal teaching and limited access to the library.

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2026/27 Term Dates

Enrolment week:
Monday 7th – Friday 11th September 2026

First semester

Classes commence: Monday 14th September 2026

HE & FE Inset Days (staff training - no lectures): 22nd and 23rd October 2026

Reading week: Monday 26th October 2026 - Friday 30th October 2026 (inclusive)
End of term: Friday 11th December 2026

Second semester

HE & FE Inset day (staff training - no lectures): Monday 4th January 2027

Start of Term: Tuesday 5th January 2027
Reading Week: Monday 15th February 2027 - Friday 19th February 2027 (inclusive)
End of Term: Wednesday 24th March 2027

HE & FE Inset day (staff training - no lectures): Thursday 25th March 2027

Third semester

Start of Term: Monday 12th April 2027
Reading Week: Monday 31st May 2027 - Friday, 4th June 2027
End of Term: Friday, 11th June 2027

HE Conference: 22nd June 2027

Faculty CPD (staff training - no lectures): 28th June 2027 - 9th July 2027

2026/27 Opening hours


Monday
8am - 6pm

Tuesday
8am - 6pm

Wednesday
8am - 9pm

Thursday
8am - 6pm

Friday
8am - 5pm

Saturday
CLOSED

Sunday
CLOSED

  • Quality courses

    We are rated as Gold in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework, meaning the teaching, learning and opportunities we provide are of the highest quality in Britain, and we have also achieved the best Higher Education Review in the West of England.

  • Student satisfaction

    We achieved an overall satisfaction score of 93% in the National Student Survey 2019 and five of our degree areas – Animal Management, Applied Computing, Counselling, Early Years and Musical Theatre – have individual overall satisfaction scores of 100%.

  • Outstanding support

    We do all we can to support our students, including offering mental health and wellbeing guidance and providing additional learning expertise, and we also offer plenty of opportunities to get involved with everything going on at UCW.

  • Quality courses

    We are rated as Gold in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework, meaning the teaching, learning and opportunities we provide are of the highest quality in Britain, and we have also achieved the best Higher Education Review in the West of England.

  • Student satisfaction

    We achieved an overall satisfaction score of 93% in the National Student Survey 2019 and five of our degree areas – Animal Management, Applied Computing, Counselling, Early Years and Musical Theatre – have individual overall satisfaction scores of 100%.

  • Outstanding support

    We do all we can to support our students, including offering mental health and wellbeing guidance and providing additional learning expertise, and we also offer plenty of opportunities to get involved with everything going on at UCW.

Quality courses

We are rated as Gold in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework, meaning the teaching, learning and opportunities we provide are of the highest quality in Britain, and we have also achieved the best Higher Education Review in the West of England.

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