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Academic Quality and Partnerships

Partnership Calendar of Business 2025/26


Partnership Calendar of Business 2025/26 [PDF 145.76KB]

 

CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

 

2025-26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semester One

Following items to be received by the University from its partners:

  • Confirmation of the courses to be delivered during the year*.
  • List of HE tutors and CVs of any new tutors
  • Electronic copies of all student handbooks for each validated course.
  • Calendar of HE-relevant committee dates.
  • Dates, composition and membership of examination and resit boards.
  • Confirmation of External Examiner fees.
  • Copy of complaints and appeals policy and procedure 2024-25

 

 

Mon 1 Sept 2025, unless a separate deadline has been agreed with AQP

 

 

 

*For partners delivering courses with non-standard start dates: please notify the Partnership Office as soon as these courses are confirmed and send a copy of the relevant student handbook on or before the start date.

Teaching at Ò»±¾µÀ begins (autumn term)

Mon 22 Sept 2025

University Education Committee

Wed 22 Oct 2025

Indicative deadline for proposals for major curriculum changes and new modules to validated courses for 2025/26.

 

Fri 31 Oct 2025

Collaborative Provision Approval Sub- Committee (CPASC)

Thurs 6 Nov 2025

Partners to submit a list of names of all students on Sussex-validated courses, and the course they are assigned to, as at 1 December 2025.

 

Mon 1 Dec 2025

 

Partners to submit their Annual Monitoring Report to the University.

 

Fri 5 Dec 2025

Teaching at Ò»±¾µÀ ends (autumn term)

Fri 5 Dec 2025

Ò»±¾µÀ winter vacation

Sat 13 Dec 2025- Sun 5 Jan 2026

Per capita fee invoice sent by the University to partner institution.

Fri 19 Dec 2025

Ò»±¾µÀ semester one assessment period

Mon 5 – Sat 17 Jan 2026

 

Partner Annual Monitoring Review Event (PAMRE)

Thurs 15 Jan 2026 (in person)

Ò»±¾µÀ intersemester week

Mon 19 – Fri 23 Jan 2026

Ò»±¾µÀ Winter Graduation

Wed 21 – Fri 23 Jan 2026

 

 

Teaching at Ò»±¾µÀ begins (spring term)

Mon 26 Jan 2026

Deadline for new course proposals starting 2026/27 for courses recruited through UCAS*

16 February 2026

Collaborative Provision Approval Sub- Committee (CPASC)

Thurs 12 Mar 2026

Ò»±¾µÀ spring vacation

Sat 11 Apr – Sun 3 May 2026

Teaching at Ò»±¾µÀ resumes (summer term)

Tues 5 May 2026

Following items to be received by the University from its partners:

  • Deadline for External Examiner nominations for 2025/26.

 

For Undergraduate nominations:

Thurs 01 May 2025

for Postgraduate nominations: Mon 01 Aug 2025

Teaching at Ò»±¾µÀ ends

Sat 30 May 2026

Following items to be received by the University from its partners:

  • Deadline for policy changes (inc. examination and assessment regulations) for implementation in 2025/26.

 

 

 

Fri 22 May 2026

Ò»±¾µÀ semester two assessment period

Tues 5 May – Sat 23 May 2026

Collaborative Provision Approval Sub-Committee (CPASC)

Thurs 28 May 2026

Ò»±¾µÀ Summer Vacation

Sun 24 May 2026 to Sun 20 Sep

Ò»±¾µÀ Progression & Award Boards (Finalists)

Wed 10 & Thurs 11 June 2026

Ò»±¾µÀ Progression & Award Boards (Progression)

Wed 24 & Thurs 25 June 2026

Ò»±¾µÀ Progression & Award Boards (Postgraduate Taught Courses)

Wed 8 & Thurs 9 July 2026

Ò»±¾µÀ Summer Graduation

Mon 20 – Fri 25 July 2026

Ò»±¾µÀ Progression & Award Boards (Resit)

Wed 2 Sept & Thurs 3 Sept 2026

 

AQP, August 2025

 

*This excludes postgraduate courses, courses not recruited through UCAS and courses due for re-validation.