Key Religious and Awareness DatesCalendar 2020/21

Key Religious and Awareness DatesCalendar 2020/21Loughborough University is proud of its diverse range of staff, students and visitors from all backgrounds and circumstances. As a University, we strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can reach their full potential and have the same opportunities for participation and contribution towards our activities.

The Key Religious and Awareness Dates Calendar 2019/20 is produced as a guide to support timetabling, work scheduling and event planning to ensure that we provide an inclusive environment for everyone involved with the University. The calendar can also be used for guidance when responding to requests for flexibility on the grounds of religion or belief.

The calendar focuses on seven key faiths:

Bahá’í Hinduism Sikhism Judaism Buddhism Islam Christianity

This does not mean other religions, beliefs or non-belief are not equally valued. The calendar highlights key diversity days, the main faith days observed or celebrated, awareness raising dates, public holidays and academic dates.

Sources of information used to produce the calendar include external faith bodies, diversity organisations and national faith calendars. It was produced accurately at the time of publication, but some dates may vary regionally as they are determined by the lunar calendar. Many holy days begin at sunset the day before the date shown.

If you wish to query a date included or suggest any additions to the calendar, please get in touch at M.Johnson2@lboro.ac.uk

SEPTEMBER2020

1 2 3 5 6 4

7 8 9 10 12 13 11

14 15 16 17 19 20 18

21 22 23 24 26 27 25

28 29 30

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

18 - 20

27 - 28

Rosh Hashanah

Yom Kippur

AWARENESS16 - 23 Bisexual Awareness Week

UNIVERSITY16 - 19

28 Sep - 2 Oct

Open Days

Freshers’ Week

28 Sep - 4 Oct National Inclusion Week

OCTOBER2020

1 3 4 2

5 6 7 8 10 11 9

12 13 14 15 17 18 16

19 20 21 22 24 25 23

26 27 28 29 3130

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

2 - 9

10

Sukkot

Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah

AWARENESS10

28 Sep - 4 Oct

World Mental Health Day

National Inclusion Week

UNIVERSITY28 Sep - 2 Oct

5

Freshers’ Week

Start of Semester 1

17 - 18 Birth of the Báb

17 - 25 Navratri

18 - 19 Birth of Bahá’u’lláh

20 Installation of the scriptures as Guru Granath

5 Start of Autumn Term

25 Daylight Saving Ends

October Black History Month

NOVEMBER2020

1

2 3 4 5 7 8 6

9 10 11 12 14 15 13

16 17 18 19 21 22 20

23 24 25 26 28 29 27

30

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

14

30

Diwali

Guru Nanak Dev Sahib

AWARENESS4

8

National Stress Awareness Day

Remembrance Sunday

8 - 15 Inter Faith Week

18 Nov - 18 Dec UK Disability History Month

20 Transgender Day of Remembrance

26 Carers’ Rights Day

DECEMBER2020

1 2 3 5 6 4

7 8 9 10 12 13 11

14 15 16 17 19 20 18

21 22 23 24 26 27 25

28 29 30 31

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

10 - 18

14

Hannukah/Chanukah

Fast of 10 Tevet

AWARENESS18 Nov - 18 Dec UK Disability History Month

UNIVERSITYTBC

14

London Graduation

Winter Graduation

25 Christmas Day

18 End of Autumn Term

1 World Aids Day

JANUARY2021

2 3 1

4 5 6 7 9 10 8

11 12 13 14 16 17 15

18 19 20 21 23 24 22

25 26 27 28 30 3129

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

28

28

Mahayana New Year

Tu B’shevat (Arbor Day)

AWARENESS1 New Years Day

UNIVERSITY11

11 - 27

Start of Spring Term

Exam Period

17 World Religion Day

27 Holocaust Memorial Day

FEBRUARY2021

1 2 3 4 6 7 5

8 9 10 11 13 14 12

15 16 17 18 20 21 19

22 23 24 25 27 28 26

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

12

16

Chinese New Year

Shrove Tuesday

UNIVERSITY8 Start of Semester 2

16

17

Vasant Panchami

Ash Wednesday

25 - 26

25 - 28

Purim

Intercalary Days

27 Magha Puja

AWARENESSFerbruary LGBT+ History Month

MARCH2021

1 2 3 4 6 7 5

8 9 10 11 13 14 12

15 16 17 18 20 21 19

22 23 24 25 27 28 26

29 30 31

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

1 - 19

11

Nineteen Day Fast

Maha Shivaratri

AWARENESS8 International Women’s Day

UNIVERSITY26 End of Spring Term

11

20

Isra and Mi’raj

Naw Rúz

27 Mar - 3 Apr

28

Pesach

Palm Sunday

29 Holi

29 - 31 Hola Mohalla

14 Mothering Sunday

21 International Transgender Day of Visibility

28 Daylight Saving Starts

APRIL2021

1 3 4 2

5 6 7 8 10 11 9

12 13 14 15 17 18 16

19 20 21 22 24 25 23

26 27 28 29 30

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

27 Mar - 3 Apr

2

Pesach

Good Friday

UNIVERSITY12 - 16

26

Graduation Week

Start of Summer Term

4

12

Easter Sunday

Ramadan Begins

16 - 17

21

Yom Ha’Atzmaut

Rava Navami

27

28

Theravada New Year

Ninth Day Of Ridvan

8 - 9 Yom Hashoah

8 Visakha Puja

AWARENESS22 Stephen Lawrence Day

MAY2021

1 2

3 4 5 6 8 9 7

10 11 12 13 15 16 14

17 18 19 20 22 23 21

24 25 26 27 29 30 28

31

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

1

8

Last Day Of Ridvan

Laylatul Qadr

13

13

Eid al Fitr

Ascension Day

16 - 18

23

Shavuot

Pentecost

28 Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh

AWARENESS17 International Day Against

Homophobia Biphobia and Transphobia

JUNE2021

1 2 3 5 6 4

7 8 9 10 12 13 11

14 15 16 17 19 20 18

21 22 23 24 26 27 25

28 29 30

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

27 Fast of 17 Tammuz

AWARENESS20 Father’s Day

UNIVERSITY1 - 23

23

Exam Period

End of Summer Term

June Pride Month

JULY2021

1 3 4 2

5 6 7 8 10 11 9

12 13 14 15 17 18 16

19 20 21 22 24 25 23

26 27 28 29 31 30

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

18

20

Tish’a B’av

Eid ul Adha

UNIVERSITYTBC Graduation Week

24 Asalha Puja

AUGUST2021

1

2 3 4 5 7 8 6

9 10 11 12 14 15 13

16 17 18 19 21 22 20

23 24 25 26 28 29 27

30 31

TUE SUNWED THU FRI SATMONRELIGIOUS

10

13 - 15

Muharram

Obon

18 - 19

22

Ashura

Raksha Bandhan

30 Krishna Janmashtami