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

Dr Steve Wharton

Availability and movements during student Summer Vacation 2025
02 June-26 September; the University is closed Summer Bank Holiday Monday 25 August, and University Discretionary Day Tuesday 26^th

In the period 28 July-14 August 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 2024/2025 academic year finishes from a teaching perspective over the Summer once the semester ends on 30 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 (04 September 2025; previous commitments in previous weeks removed) are:

	Week of 02 June	Marking plus
	Monday 02 June	Hosting visiting speaker for MAIT/TPLS sessions: working from home
	Tuesday 03 June	Hosting visiting speaker for MAIT/TPLS sessions: on campus
	Wednesday 04 June	Hosting visiting speaker for MAIT/TPLS sessions: working from home 10.30 Transfer discussion (Teams) 19.00 PoLIS Summer Ball
	Friday 06 June	In London including 12.45 working lunch
	Week of 09 June	Marking plus
	Monday 09 June	15.00 Routes into Languages Translation Bee Regional Finals
	Tuesday 10 June	10.00 Career Conversation meeting 12.00 SoM OD briefing (Teams)
	Wednesday 11 June	13.00 BsEU for Finalist students (Teams) 18.30 Badminton School musical evening
	Friday 13 and Saturday 14 June	University Open Days
	Monday 16 June	10.00 Aston University Finals Programme Board (Teams) 18.00 Exhibition opening, Reform Club
	Tuesday 17 June	17.30 Badminton School Meeting 19.30 Working dinner with Head of Badminton School
	Wednesday 18 June working in London	13.00 BsEC for Finalists (Teams) 18.00 Reform Club Conservation Charitable Trust
	Tuesday 24 June	19.00 Reform Club Political Committee
	Wednesday 25 June working in London	13.15 PoLIS end of year Staff Meeting (Teams) 14.00 BsEU for continuing students (Teams) 16.35 CPAC (Teams) 17.00 Neurodivergency discussion/working dinner
	Thursday 26 June working in London	19.30 Working dinner
	Friday 27 June	16.00 Badminton School Board of Governors 19.30 Working dinner in Bristol
	Saturday 28 June	Celebrating Badminton Day, Badminton School
	Monday 30 June to Sunday 06 July	Byron Conference, Pisa
	[Wednesday 02 July	13.00 Continuing BsEC for ML (Teams)]
	Monday 07 July on campus 10.00-13.00	11.30 Essay discussion (Teams)
	Tuesday 08 July	16.00 Education Support GDP Committee Meeting (Teams)
	Wednesday 09 July on campus 08.30-13.00	10.00 Career Conversation 12.00 Promotions Panel
	Thursday 10 July on campus 08.30-16.15	10.00-16.00 French Post Interviews
	Friday 11 July	Jane Austen Conference, Southampton University
	Week of 14 July : Awards Ceremonies, Bath Abbey
	Monday 14 July	17.30 Processing Assistant Marshal for Degree Ceremony 1
	Tuesday 15 July	12.30 Working lunch, Bristol
	Wednesday 16 July in London	Reform Club Conservation Charitable Trust Information Day 18.30 Reform Club Garden Party
	Thursday 17 July on campus 10.30-13.45	13.00 meeting
	Friday 18 July	10.00 Processing Assistant Marshal for Degree Ceremony 14 12.30 Processing Assistant Marshal for Degree Ceremony 15
	Monday 21 July	11.00 Routes into Languages SIG meeting (Teams)
	Wednesday 23 July on campus 11.30-13.30	12.00 Career Conversation
	Thursday 24 July	19.00 Reform Club Political Committee Dinner
	Tuesday 29 July	16.00 Dissertation discussion (Teams)
	Wednesday 30 July to Wednesday 12 August	Annual Leave (incommunicado)
	Monday 11 to Friday 22 August	Supplementary Assessment Period
	Thursday 14 August	Working as/from home: no in-person appointments to be booked (Teams/Zoom calls possible; e-mail to make arrangements)
	Monday 18 August	10.00 Student Appeal paperwork discussion (Teams) Working in London in the afternoon (Teams/Zoom calls possible; e-mail to make arrangements)
	Tuesday 19 August	Working in London (Teams/Zoom calls possible; e-mail to make arrangements)
	Thursday 21 and Friday 22 August	Annual Leave (incommunicado)
	Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 August	Bank Holiday and University discretionary day (University closed)
	[Tuesday 26 August	15.00 Michael Davis Memorial Service, St Jamesʼs Church, South Stoke]
	Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 August	Annual Leave (incommunicado)
	[Thursday 28 August	15.30 Badminton-related call (Teams)]
	Monday 01, Tuesday 02, and Wednesday 03 September [Wednesday 03 September	ASMCF Executive Committee Meeting and ASMCF Annual Conference, Canterbury 10.00 Supplementary Board of Examiners for Units (Teams)]
	Wednesday 10 September	12.00 DoS/Year Abroad briefng
	Thursday 11 September working in London	16.00 Education Support Board Meeting 19.00 Daniel OʼConnell 250 Dinner, Reform Club
	Friday 12 September	Governor training and strategy day, Badminton School
	Monday 15 September	08.30 Badminton School Property Committee (Teams) 19.00 Working dinner, London
	Wednesday 17 September	08.30 Badminton School Health & Safety Committee 13.15 Pre-semester teaching meeting 14.15 School of Management Board of Studies (Teams) 18.00 Reform Club General Committee
	Thursday 18 September working in London	16.00 Julia Waters Leaving drinks, Reading University
	Monday 22 to Friday 26 September	Freshers'/Induction Week (Welcome Week)
	Monday 22 September	19.30 Reform Club Wine Pool
	Tuesday 23 September working in London	13.00 Working lunch, Reform Club 19.00 Reform Club Trustee Dinner
	Wednesday 24 September	09.15 Meeting for Freshers of French
	Friday 26 September	10.15 Induction meetings with returning ML Second Years 11.15 Induction meetings with returning ML Finalists 12.15 Departmental Meeting for incoming exchange/visiting students 13.30 In-office exchange/visiting student advice drop-in session
	Monday 29 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 04 September 2025 by SW Copyright (c) 2025 in Dr Steve Wharton