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WED
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Glenside Welcome Fair
Freshers’ Fair
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SAT 23
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FRI
SAT
28
29
30
Green Gathering and RAG lunch
MacMillan Coffee Morning
Closing Festival
26
27
28
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TUE
Welcome
SEP
International Student Orientation
By-election nominations open
UWE Welcome Weekend
World Suicide Prevention Day
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Freshers’ Week
The Great Bristol Half Marathon
City Campus Welcome Fair
15
16
17
Term 1 starts
20
21
22
24
25
29
By-election voting period
Big Green Week
OCT
23
Societies Conference
30
31
RAG Week
By-elections nominations close
Varsity Colour Run Black History Month
1
2
3
4
5
6
Welcome Series: S Club
Volunteering Fair
JobShop part-time jobs fair
7
8
9
World Mental Health Day
10
11
12
13
14
Sports Conference
15
16
17
18
19
RAG Week
NOV
20
21
UWE Bristol Meet the Employers Fair
Diwali
22
23
Green Space launch
24
25
Varsity Darts
26
27
28
29
RAG Fireworks
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4
Student Rep Committee
Guy Fawkes Night
1
2
3
4
5
Rememberance Sunday
6
7
8
World AIDS Day
Varsity Water Polo
29
30
31
30
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11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
HallsLife Thanksgiving
Black Friday
21
22
Varsity Netball
23
24
St. Andrew’s Day
25
26
Christmas Day Bank holiday
Boxing Day Bank holiday
29
30
27
28
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8
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10
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12
Term 1 ends
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28
New Year’s Eve
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Sports Conference
Back to School Lock In
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11
12
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14
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18
Term 2 starts
Societies Conference
19
20
Accommodation Fair Burns Night
21
22
Student Rep Committee
Varsity Boat Race
23
24
25
26
27
28
THE LEADERSHIP RACE
Winter Olympics
FEB
SHAG Week Feel Good February begins LGBT+ History Month
Varsity Friday Night Lights
Six Nations begins
Super Bowl
1
2
3
4
RAG Jailbreak
MAR
Halloween
The Leadership Race nominations open
Children in Need
End of Term Party
New Year’s Day Bank holiday
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
HallsLife Pancake Day
Varsity Poetry Slam
The Leadership Race nominations close
Shrove Tuesday
Valentine’s Day
Chinese New Year
13
14
15
16
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18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
The Leadership Race voting period
27
28
29
30
31
NUS National Conference
University Mental Health Day
St. David’s Day
Holi
Varsity Colour Run
1
2
3
4
International Women’s Day
The Leadership Race results night
5
6
Societies Conference
Mothering Sunday
7
8
9
10
Sports Conference
11
12
13
St. Patrick’s Day
Varsity Basketball
14
15
16
Student Rep Committee
Varsity Day
World Water Day
Comic Relief
17
18
19
20
Good Friday Bank holiday
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30 Assessment Period
Shakespeare Day
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Christmas Jumper Day
JAN
APR
Halloween Lock In
BUCS This Girl Can Week
Ale and Craft Lager Festival Movember (RAG)
By-election results night
2
3
4
5
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday Bank holiday
University closure day
Varsity One World Games
6
7
8
9
Nurses Day
Early May bank holiday
3
4
Tour de Bristol
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Earth Day
St. George’s Day
27
28
29
30
31
26
27
28
Term 2 ends
Varsity Boat Race
29
30
Assessment Period
Varsity Polo Awards Season
Star Wars Day
1
2
5
6
7
8
Varsity Cricket
Great Bristol 10k
Term 3 starts * (postgraduate)
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10
11
End of Exams Party
12
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16
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20
21
22
Spring bank holiday
23
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