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

Dr Steve Wharton

Availability and movements during student Summer Vacation 2026
01 June-31 July (I retire from the University on 31 July)

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

Although the 2025/2026 academic year finishes from a teaching perspective over the Summer once the semester ends on 29 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 (11 July; previous commitments in previous weeks removed) are:

	Week of 01 June	Marking plus
	Monday 01 June	12.30 Working lunch in town
	Wednesday 03 June in London	09.30 Education Support Trustee Strategy Awayday
	Week of 08 June	Marking plus
	Monday 08 June in Bristol	08.30 Badminton School RRC Committee 11.30 Meeting, Bristol University 15.30 Badminton School Staff Council
	Tuesday 09 June	15.00 Routes into Languages Translation Bee Regional Final 19.00 French Section Dinner
	Wednesday 10 June	13.00 BsEU for Finalist students (Teams)
	Thursday 11 June	11.30 Keith McDowall Memorial Service, St Bride`s London
	Friday 12 and Saturday 13 June	University Open Days
	16-19 June	Hosting visiting academic for MAIT/TPLS
	Wednesday 17 June	18.00 Reform Club Conservation Charitable Trust
	Thursday 18 June	09.00-13.30 MAIT/TPLS-related activities with visiting speaker
	Friday 19 June	18.00 Badminton School Upper Sixth Leavers` Dinner
	Tuesday 23 June in London	18.30 Byron Society Talk, Art Workers` Guild
	Wednesday 24 June in London	12.30 PoLIS end of year Staff Meeting (Teams) 14.00 BsEU for continuing students (Teams) 20.15 Byron-related dinner, London
	Thursday 25 June	09.15 Pre-BEU call (Teams) 10.15 Online meeting (Teams) 11.15 Chairing BEU for MAIT/MATBI/TPLS (Teams)
	Friday 26 June	14.00 Badminton School SCR check 16.00 Badminton School Board of Governors
	Saturday 27 June	Celebrating Badminton Day, Badminton School
	Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 June	Annual Leave (incommunicado)
	Wednesday 01 July	13.00 Continuing BsEC for ML (Teams) 14.15 School of Management Board of Studies (Teams)
	Thursday 02 and Friday 03 July	Annual Leave (incommunicado)
	Tuesday 07 July	On campus in the morning 16.00 Education Support GDP Committee Meeting (Teams) 18.15 Meeting
	Wednesday 08 July	Research-related trip to London 14.00 Meeting
	Thursday 09 July	On campus 14.30 Extraordinary Meeting of Academic Assembly
	Friday 10 July	On campus
	13 -18 July : Awards Ceremonies, Bath Abbey
	Monday 13 July	On campus
	Tuesday 14 July	On campus am, in London pm
	Wednesday 15 July in London	Reform Club Conservation Charitable Trust Information Day 18.30 Reform Club Garden Party
	Thursday 16 July	11.30 PoLIS Graduation Reception 15.00 Processing Assistant Marshal at Award Ceremony 11 (IMML) 17.30 Processing Assistant Marshal at Award Ceremony 12 (ML/IPML)
	Friday 17 July	On campus
	Monday 20-Friday 31 July	Annual Leave (incommunicado)
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. Upon retirement, whilst I shall retain my University e-mail address, it shall be checked less frequently.
Dr Steve Wharton, Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, The University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK Page last updated 11 July 2026 by SW Copyright (c) 2026 in Dr Steve Wharton