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An academic year, or school year, is a period that schools, colleges and universities use to measure the duration of studies for a given educational level. Academic years are often divided into academic terms. [1] Students attend classes and do relevant exams and homework during this time, which comprises school days (days where education ...
An academic term (or simply term) is a portion of an academic year during which an educational institution holds classes. The schedules adopted vary widely. Specific synonyms are commonly used to denote the duration or a term. In most countries, the academic year begins in late summer or early autumn and ends during the following spring or summer.
English school holidays. The English school year runs from early September to mid- or late July. Most schools divide the year into three terms, each term divided into half terms: Autumn term runs from early September to mid December (half term ends in late October). Spring Term runs from early January to Easter (half term ends in mid-February).
Michaelmas term. Michaelmas (/ ˈmɪkəlməs / MIK-əl-məs) term is the first academic term of the academic year in a number of English-speaking universities and schools in the northern hemisphere, especially in the United Kingdom. Michaelmas term derives its name from the Feast of St Michael and All Angels, which falls on 29 September.
Trinity term. Trinity term is the third and final term of the academic year at the University of Oxford, [1][2] Trinity College Dublin, [3] Canterbury Christ Church University, and some private schools in the United Kingdom. It runs from about mid-April to about the end of June and is named after Trinity Sunday, which falls eight weeks after ...
Hilary term is the second academic term of the University of Oxford [1][2] and Trinity College Dublin. [3] It runs from January to March and is so named because the feast day of Hilary of Poitiers, 14 January, falls near the beginning of this term. All terms are dated from this day in the following way: [citation needed] The term originated in ...
Statue of Anthony J. Drexel by Moses J. Ezekiel, which was completed in 1904 and moved to the Drexel campus in 1966 The Main Building, dedicated in 1891 Academy of Natural Sciences (in structure built in 1876) as it appeared in 1891 in its present location but a prior edifice [13]) The interior of Drexel University's Main Building as seen in 2023 Monumental conical pendulum clock by Eugène ...
Full Term. Full Term in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge refers to the eight weeks within the longer academic term, during which lectures are given and students are required to be in residence. The dates of Full Term may differ from year to year within the fixed dates of the whole term (simply, but ambiguously, referred to as "Term ...