{"id":161,"date":"2026-07-08T16:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/?p=161"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:21:32","slug":"changes-to-the-academic-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/changes-to-the-academic-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to the Academic Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We want to inform you of updates to the University academic calendar and what these changes may mean for your apprentice.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The calendar changes have been designed to improve the apprentice experience and support learner success.&nbsp;They&nbsp;provide apprentices with earlier feedback on their academic performance and more time to prepare for any reassessments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026\/27 university calendar is available&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/current-students\/guides-and-policies\/academic-matters\/term-dates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>&nbsp;on our website&nbsp;(<em>Term dates 2026\/27 &#8211;&nbsp;Undergraduate&nbsp;terms dates 2026\/27&nbsp;<\/em>or<em>&nbsp;Postgraduate terms dates 2026-27<\/em>).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before setting out below&nbsp;what\u2019s&nbsp;being updated&nbsp;in 2026\/27,&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;worth highlighting that a lot will remain unchanged.&nbsp;Teaching dates will not be impacted by the refreshed calendar, and there will be no change to our standard approach of operating two teaching semesters of 12 weeks each in our courses.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calendar updates from the 2026\/27 academic year:\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Earlier release of Semester 1 results<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 2026\/27, Semester 1 results will be published in&nbsp;<strong>February<\/strong>, rather than at the end of the academic year. This means apprentices who need to complete a referred or deferred Semester 1 assessment will know the outcome of the&nbsp;initial&nbsp;assessment much sooner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Semester 1 reassessments moved to April\/May<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referred and deferred Semester 1 assessments will take place in&nbsp;<strong>April\/May<\/strong>.&nbsp;This change will support greater re-assessment&nbsp;success by reducing the time gap from&nbsp;initial&nbsp;assessment.&nbsp;&nbsp;Apprentices who do not complete the referred or deferred Semester 1 assessments in April\/May, or who fail&nbsp;them, will not be offered another opportunity to retrieve any outstanding assessments until the following academic year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Combined publication of Semester 2 and Semester 1 reassessment results<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Results for Semester 2 assessments and Semester 1 referred\/deferred assessments will be released together in&nbsp;<strong>June<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Semester 2 reassessments in Exam Period 3<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apprentices who need to complete a referred or deferred Semester 2 assessment will do so during&nbsp;<strong>Exam Period 3&nbsp;<\/strong>in the summer. For those sitting exams in Exam Period 3&nbsp;&nbsp;the time available to prepare will increase from three to four weeks.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Exception for Level 4 programmes<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For apprentices studying on Level 4 programmes (CertHE), Semester 2 results and Semester 1 referred\/deferred results will be published in&nbsp;<strong>May<\/strong>, rather than June. This earlier publication date ensures apprentices have sufficient time to complete their EPA during the summer period.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your apprentice has already received communication from the University about these changes. If they have any questions,&nbsp;they can contact&nbsp;the Student Centre team by clicking&nbsp;\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/current-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Live Chat speech bubble icon on the bottom right corner of the Student Hub web page<\/a>.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We appreciate your continued support in helping apprentices succeed throughout their studies. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with these changes and consider any implications for workplace planning, particularly where apprentices may need to undertake reassessments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have any questions about these calendar changes or require further information, please contact the Apprenticeship Team, apprenticeships@westminster.ac.uk. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We want to inform you of updates to the University academic calendar and what these changes may mean for your apprentice.\u00a0 The calendar changes have been designed to improve the apprentice experience and support learner success.&nbsp;They&nbsp;provide apprentices with earlier feedback&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":904,"featured_media":108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,19,14,16,15,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-level-4-construction-quantity-surveyor-technician","category-level-4-construction-site-supervisor","category-level-6-building-control-surveyor","category-level-6-chartered-surveyor","category-level-6-construction-quantity-surveyor","category-level-6-construction-site-management","category-level-6-healthcare-biomedical-scientist","category-level-7-chartered-town-planner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/904"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}