What are the course dates?

The academic year starts formally in the third week of September 2010 with an induction night for students in their local Hub.  The following week students come together from across all the Hubs for a 5-day residential teaching block (27 September to 1 October 2010).  The first residential block is followed by a pattern of 4 Hub Teaching weeks followed by 2 study weeks. This pattern is repeated 3 times before the second residential teaching block (21 to 25 February 2011), and then 3 times afterwards. 

At the end of each block of 2 study weeks a piece of work needs to be submitted. There are 6 pieces of work to be completed during the academic year. These are a mixture of essays and written reflections alongside portfolios of evidence of ministry and leadership. During Hub Teaching Weeks, students will have 3.5 hours of classroom/study time at their Hub.

Key dates are:

• First residential teaching block:
  • 27 September to 1 October 2010
• Term 1: 8 evening teaching nights in the Hubs in weeks commencing:
  • 4, 11, 18, 25 October 2010; 15, 22, 29 November 2010; 6 December 2010
• Term 2: first half-term has 4 evening teaching nights in the Hubs in weeks commencing:
  • 10, 17, 24, 31 January 2011
• Second residential teaching block:
  • 21 to 25 February 2011
• Term 2: second half-term has 4 evening teaching nights in the Hubs in weeks commencing:
  • 7, 14, 21, 28 March 2011
• Term 3: 8 evening teaching nights in the Hubs in weeks commencing:
  • 2, 9, 16, 23 May 2011; 13, 20, 27 June 2011; 4 July 2011

• To download a calendar showing the dates for the full year, click here.