Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, The University of Bath

Dr Steve Wharton

Availability and movements during student Summer Vacation 2024
03 June-27 September; the University is closed Summer Bank Holiday Monday 26 August, and University Discretionary Day Tuesday 27^th

In the period 20 August-17 September inclusive, all activities listed below shall be undertaken virtually save where otherwise indicated.

I shall be happy to meet online via Teams or Zoom ; e-mail me to make any such arrangements.

Although the 2023/2024 academic year finishes from a teaching perspective over the Summer once the semester ends on 31 May, the student vacation sees staff involved in a variety of research- and administration-related activities including marking of assessments. When not otherwise indicated, I am normally working as/from home and checking e-mail three times a day, and am reachable via Teams or Zoom (e-mail me to arrange a mutually convenient time for a call if there is no green tick indicating I am online).

Known commitments at time of writing (19 August; previous commitments in previous weeks removed) are:

	Week of 03 June	Marking plus
	Monday 03 June	External Examining duties, Aston University 15.00 Routes into Languages Translation Bee Regional Finals
	Tuesday 04 June	10.20 Dissertation discussion 11.00 Departmental Coffee Morning 13.30 LanGW4 preparatory meeting (Zoom) 16.15 Meeting (Zoom)
	Wednesday 05 June	At University of Cardiff all day before 19.00 PoLIS Finalist Ball, Roman Baths
	Thursday 06 June	16.30 Dissertation discussion (Teams)
	Friday 07 June	18.00 Friends of Victoria Art Gallery AGM
	Sunday 09 June	Badminton Summer Fete
	Week of 10 June	Marking plus
	Monday 10 June	10.45-15.00 on campus including marking moderation
	Tuesday 11 June	11.00 Meeting (Teams) 12.45 Meeting (Teams)
	Wednesday 12 June	13.00 BsEU for Finalist students (Teams)
	Friday 14 and Saturday 15 June	University Open Days
	Monday 17 June	On campus 09.10-11.55 including External Examining duties, Aston University
	Tuesday 18 June	12.30 Vice Chancellor lunch meeting 18.00 Reform Club Member Forum (Zoom) 19.15 Dinner with visiting academic
	Wednesday 19 June	Working in London before 18.00 Reform Club Conservation Charitable Trust
	Thursday 20 to Monday 24 June	Byron Bicentenary Conference, Rome
	Tuesday 25 June	Returning from Rome
	Wednesday 26 June	BsEU for continuing atudents am/pm 13.15 PoLIS end of year Staff Meeting 15.15 Academic Assembly AMA on DDAT (Teams) 18.00 Reform Club General Committee, London
	Thursday 27 June	LanGW4 Conference including Round Table on the Year Abroad 19.00 French Section farewell to Claudine
	Friday 28 June	16.00 Badminton School Board of Governors
	Saturday 29 June	Celebrating Badminton Day, Badminton School
	Monday 01 July	19.00 Badminton Year 7 Musical
	Tuesday 02 July	10.00 Continuing BsEP for IMML
	Wednesday 03 July	11.00 Dissertation discussion (Teams) 13.00 Continuing BsEP for ML 14.15 School of Management Board of Studies (Teams)
	Thursday 04 July	19.30 Working dinner, Reform Club
	Friday 05 July	UCML Plenary, London
	Monday 08 July	Attending funeral in Dorset
	Tuesday 09 July	13.30-16.45 Meetings (Zoom)
	Wednesday 10 July	Working lunch, London
	Thursday 11 July	In London 12.00-16.00 for Celebration of French National Day 16.00 Education Support Partnership GDP Committee (Zoom)
	Friday 12 July	09.30 Meeting on campus 12.00 Working lunch with Badminton governor, Bristol
	Saturday 13 July	Appleford School Speech Day
	Tuesday 16 July	10.00 Processing Assistant Marshal for Awards Ceremony 1, Bath Abbey
	Wednesday 17 July (PoLIS Award Ceremonies)	Reform Club Conservation Charitable Trust Open Day 18.30 Reform Club Garden Party
	Thursday 18 July	On campus 10.00-12.55 16.15 Meeting (Zoom) 18.00 Reform Club General Committee (Zoom)
	Friday 19 July	In London on business
	Monday 22 July	En route to Glasgow (Teams/Zoom calls possible - e-mail to make arrangements)
	Tuesday 23 to Friday 26 July	BARS Conference, University of Glasgow
	Monday 29 July to Friday 02 August	Annual Leave (incommunicado)
	Tuesday 06 August	Hosting UAB academic
	Wednesday 07 August	On campus 08.50-13.05 (including online training)
	Friday 09 August	10.30 BRLSI-related meeting in town
	Monday 12 to Friday 23 August	Supplementary Assessment Period
	Monday 12 August	20.00 Romeo and Juliet, Bath Abbey
	Tuesday 13 August	15.00 Dissertation discussion (Teams)
	Wednesday 14 August	11.00 YA institutions discussion (Teams) 16.00 Online meeting
	Thursday 15 and Friday 16 August	Annual Leave (incommunicado)
	Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 August	Working as/from home - no in-person appointments (Teams/Zoom calls possible - e-mail to make arrangements)
	Thursday 22 August to Friday 06 September	Annual Leave (incommunicado)
	Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 August	Bank Holiday and University discretionary day (University closed)
	Monday 09 to Tuesday 17 September	Working as/from home - no in-person appointments (Teams/Zoom calls possible - e-mail to make arrangements)
	Monday 09 September	11.00 Career Conversation (Teams)
	Thursday 12 September	16.00 Education Support Board Meeting (Zoom)
	Monday 16 September	10.00 Finalist/Second Year returner event planning meeting (Teams)
	Wednesday 18 September	18.00 Reform Club General Committee
	Thursday 19 September	14.00 Career Conversation (Teams)
	Monday 23 to Friday 27 September	Freshers'/Induction Week (Welcome Week)
	Monday 23 September	19.30 Reform Club Wine Pool
	Thursday 26 September	13.15 Meeting for Freshers of French
	Friday 27 September	10.15 Induction meetings with returning ML//IPML Second Years 11.15 Induction meetings with returning ML/IPML Finalists 12.15 Departmental Meeting for incoming exchange/visiting students 13.30 In-office exchange/visiting student advice drop-in session
	Monday 30 September	Semester One teaching begins
Urgent messages may be transmitted when the University is operating normal office hours via the Faculty/Departmental Hub (1WN 3.02), which has a contact telephone number for emergencies. You may contact the Office via polis-ug-admin@bath.ac.uk.
Dr Steve Wharton, Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, The University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK Page last updated 19 August 2024 by SW Copyright (c) 2024 in Dr Steve Wharton