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 (16 May; previous commitments in previous weeks removed) are:

 

 

Week of 01 June

Marking plus

 

Monday 01 June

12.30 Working lunch, Bristol

 

Wednesday 03 June in London

Education Support Trustee Strategy Awayday

 

Week of 08 June

Marking plus

 

Monday 08 June at Badminton School

08.30 Badminton School RRC Committee

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 Funeral, 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

 

Wednesday 24 June

13.15 PoLIS end of year Staff Meeting

14.00 BsEU for continuing students (Teams)

16.00 PoLIS Staff end of year barbecue

 

Friday 26 June

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

 

Thursday 02 and Friday 03 July

Annual Leave (incommunicado)

 

Tuesday 07 July

16.00 Education Support GDP Committee Meeting (Teams)

 

13 -18 July : Awards Ceremonies, Bath Abbey

 

 

Monday 13 July

18.00 Reform Club General Committee

 

Wednesday 15 July in London

Reform Club Conservation Charitable Trust Information Day

18.30 Reform Club Garden Party

 

Thursday 16 July

15.00 Processing Assistant Marshal at Award Ceremony 11 (IMML)

17.30 Processing Assistant Marshal at Award Ceremony 12 (ML/IPML)

 

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 16 May 2026 by SW

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