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Diversity Calendar 2018
© Copyright Manchester Metropolitan University 2018
Diversity Calendar 2018
The calendar is an important resource for Manchester Metropolitan University, particularly in terms of academic planning around religious festivals and holidays. It will also help raise awareness of equality and diversity and more generally well being issues.
Please note some of the dates for events/religious days may be subject to change or regional and local variations. Also, some religious festivals begin at sundown of the day before. Sources including the Manchester Chaplaincy Group, SHAP and The Religious Education Council have been used for the dates.
Some academic dates have not yet been set for Sept – Dec 2018, therefore the online calendar will be updated when these become available.
Use the links on the following page to find out more about the religions listed in this calendar.
Key:
Religious Dates*
Other Dates, Holidays or Well Being Events
University/Academic Dates
*According to The Religious Education Council, SHAP and the Manchester Chaplaincy Group
Bahá’i:
www.bahai.org.uk
Buddhist:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/
Chinese:
www.religionfacts.com/chinese_religion/index.htm
Christian:
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/
Hindu:
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/
Jain:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/jainism/
Jewish:
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/
Muslim:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/
Pagan:
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/
Rastafarian:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/rastafari/
Shinto:
www.japan-guide.com/e/e2056.html
Sikh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/
Zoroastrian:
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/zoroastrian/
For the University’s information giving factsheets on the featured religions go to:
www.mmu.ac.uk/humanresources/equalities/resources/
January 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 1 1 Bank Holiday New Year’s Day (Western Calendar)
Gantan-sai (Shinto)
2 Mahayana New Year (Buddhist) 2-4 Jan
3
4 Exchange & Study Abroad Welcome Programme 4-5 Jan
World Braille Day
5 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib (Sikh)
6 Epiphany (Christian)
7 Feast of the Nativity (Orthodox Christian)
Christmas Day –Ethiopian (Rastafari)
Week 2 8 Spring Term
Starts
Enrolment & Induction Week for January Starters
Seijin-no-hi (Shinto)
9 Race Staff Forum, 10am-12pm
LGBTA+ Staff Forum, 2pm-4pm
10 11 12 13
14 Maghi (Sikh)
Makar Sankranti (Hindu)
Week 3 15 16 Disabled Staff Forum, 10am-12pm
17 Gender Staff Forum, 10am-12pm
18 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18 -25 January
19 20 21 World Religion Day
Week 4 22 Vasant Panchami (Hindu)
23 24 Welcome Event for Students Exchange and Study Abroad
25
26
27 National Holocaust Memorial Day
28
Week 5 29
30 Tu BiShvat (Jewish) 30-31 Jan
31 Birthday of Guru Har Rai (Sikh)
February 2018
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 5
LGBT History Month
1 Imbolc (Pagan) 2 3 Setsubun (Shinto)
4
Week 6 5 Diversity and Equal Opportunities
Committee
Manchester Hate Crime Awareness Week 5-11 Feb
6 International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
7 8 9 10 11
Week 7 12
13 Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
14 St Valentine’s Day (Christian)
Ash Wednesday (Christian)
15 Parinirvana (Buddhist/Jain)
16 Chinese New Year – Year of the Dog
17 18
Week 8 19 Clean Monday – Beginning of Lent (Orthodox Christian)
20 21 UN International Mother Language Day
22 23 24 25
Week 9 26 National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 26 Feb-4 March
27
28 Rare Disease Day
Ta’anit Esther (Jewish)
March 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 9 1 St David’s Day (Christian)
Purim (Jewish)
2 Nineteen Day Fast (Bahá’i) 2-20 March
Holi (Hindu)
Manchester Irish Festival 2-18 March
3 Hina-matsuri (Shinto)
Hola Mahalla (Sikh)
4
Week 10 5 6 7 8 International Women’s Day
9
10 11 Mothering Sunday (Christian)
Week 11 12 Brain Awareness Week 12-18 March
13 14 15 Magha Puja (Buddhist)
16
17 St Patrick’s Day (Christian)
18 Ugadi (Hindu New Year)
Ramayana (Hindu) 18-25 Mar
Week 12 19
20 Spring Equinox (Pagan)
21 World Down Syndrome Day
Naw-Ruz/Nowruz (New Year) (Bahá’i/Zoroastrian)
Shubun-sai (Shinto)
22 23 Spring Term
Ends
24 25 Annunciation (Christian)
Palm Sunday (Christian)
Rama Navami (Hindu)
Week 13 26 Khordad Sal (Zoroastrian)
27
28 29 Maundy Thursday (Christian)
Mahavir Jayanti (Jain)
30 Bank Holiday Good Friday (Christian)
Pesach (Passover) (Jewish) 30 Mar-7 Apr
31 Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV)
Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)
April 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 13 30 Examination Week 1 Theravada New Year (Buddhist) 30 Apr-2 May
1 Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh)
Week 14 2 Bank Holiday
Easter Monday (Christian)
World Autism Awareness Day
3
4 5 Qing Ming Jie (Chinese)
6 7 World Health Day
8
Week 15 9 10 Parkinson’s Awareness Week 10-16 April
11 Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Memorial Day (Jewish) 11
12 13 Lailat al Miraj (Muslim)
14 Vaisakhi (Sikh)
15
Week 16 16 Bank
Holiday
Summer Term
Starts
17 18 Birthday of Guru Angad Dev (Sikh)
Yom HaZikaron (Jewish)
19 Yom HaAtzmaut (Jewish)
20 21 Ridván (Bahá’i) 21 Apr-2 May
22
Week 17 23 Revision Week
St George’s Day (Christian)
24 25 26 27 28
29
May 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 18 1 Beltane (Pagan)
Lailat al Bara’ah (Muslim)
2 Twelfth Day of Ridván (Holy Day) (Bahá’i)
Lag Ba’Omer (Jewish)
3 World Press Freedom Day
4 5 6
Week 19 7 Bank Holiday
Examination
Week 2
8 World Red Cross Red Crescent Day
9 10 Ascension of Jesus (Christian)
11 12
13 Yom Yerushalayim (Jewish)
Week 20 14 Examination
Week 3
Mental Health Awareness Week 14-20 May
Diversity and Equal Opportunities
Committee
15 16 Ramadan begins (dates may vary due to Islamic Lunar Calendar) (Muslim) 16 May- 14 Jun
17 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHoBiT)
18 19 Shavuot (Jewish) 19-21 May
20 Pentecost (Christian)
Week 21 21 Examination
Week 4
22 23 Declaration of the Báb (Bahá’i)
24 25 26
27 Trinity Sunday (Christian)
Week 22 28 Bank Holiday
29 Vesak – Buddha Day (Buddhist)
Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahái)
30 31
June 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 22
1 2 3
Week 23 4 Unit Assessment
Boards Week 1
5 6
7 8 9 10 Laylat al Qadr (Muslim)
Week 24 11 Unit Assessment
Boards Week 2
Carers Week 11-17 Jun
National Men’s Health Week 11-17 Jun
12 13
14 15 Eid-Ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan – dates can vary due to Islamic Lunar Calendar) (Muslim)
16 17 Father’s Day
Week 25 18 Learning Disability Week 18-24 Jun
19 20
21 Summer Solstice (Pagan)
World Music Day
22 Summer Term
Ends
23 National Women in Engineering Day
24
Week 26 25 Results issued to
students
26 27
28 29 30
July 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 26 30 31 1
Week 27 2
3 4 5 6 Sparkle Weekend 6-8 July
7 8
Week 28 9 Martyrdom of the Báb (Bahá’i)
10 11 12 13 14 Ratha Yatra (Hindu)
15
Week 29 16 17 Award Ceremonies 17-
26 July
18 19 20 21 22 Fast of Tish’a B’Av (Jewish)
Week 30 23 Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
24 25 26 27 Asalha Puja – Dharma day (Buddhist)
28 29
August 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 31 1 Start of Academic Year
2017/18
2
3 4 5
Week 32 6 Re-sit Examinations
Week 1
7 8 9
10 11
12 United Nations International Youth Day
Week 33 13 Re-sit Examinations
Week 2
14
15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)
16
17 18 19
Week 34 20 21 Waqf al Arafa – Hajj (Muslim)
22 Eid-al-Adha (Muslim) 22-25 Aug
23
24 Manchester Pride Big Weekend 24-28 Aug
25 Manchester Pride Parade
Ghost Festival (Chinese)
26
Week 35 27 Bank
Holiday
28 29 Re-sit Assessment
Boards
30 Re-sit Assessment
Boards
31
September 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 35 1 Installation of the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh)
2 Janmashtami (Hindu)
Week 36 3 4 5 6 7 Paryushan (Jain) 7-14 September
8 9 Rosh HaShanah – Jewish New Year 9-11 Sep
Week 37 10 World Suicide Prevention Day
11 Ethiopian New Year (Rastafari)
12 Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu) 12-23 Sep
Al-Hijra – Islamic New Year (Muslim)
Tzom Gedaliah (Jewish)
13 14
15 16
Week 38 17 Autumn
Term starts
18 19 Yom Kippur (Jewish)
20
21 International Day of Peace
Ashura (Muslim)
22 23 Autumn Equinox (Pagan)
Bi-Visibility Day
Week 39 24 Autumn Moon Festival (Chinese)
Sukkot (Jewish) 24-30 Sep
25 26 European Day of Languages
27
28
29 30
October 2018
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 40 1 Shmini Atzeret (Jewish)
Black History Month
2 Simchat Torah (Jewish)
3 4 5 6 7
Week 41 8 9 Navaratri (Hindu) 9-18 Oct
Ada Lovelace Day
10 World Mental Health Day
11
12 13 14 Durga Puja (Hindu) 14-19 Oct
Week 42 15 16
17
18 19 20 Birth of the Báb (Bahá’i)
21
Week 43 22 23 24 25 26
27 28
Week 44 29 30 31 Halloween – All Hallow’s Eve (Christian)
Samhain (Hallowe’en) (Pagan)
November 2018
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 44
1 All Saints’ Day (Christian)
National Stress Awareness Day
2 All Souls’ Day (Christian)
Crowning of Emperor Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
3 4
Week 45 5 6 7 Diwali (Deepavali) (Hindu/Jain/Sikh) 7-10 Nov
8 9 10 Birth of Bahá’u’llah (Bahá’i)
11 Remembrance Sunday
Week 46 12 Trans Awareness Week 12-18 November
13 14
15 16 17 18
Week 47 19 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)
21 Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) (Sunni Muslim)
22 23 Birthday of Guru Nanak (Sikh)
Niinamesai (Shinto)
24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh)
25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Milad un Nabi (Shia Muslim)
Week 48 26 Day of the Covenant (Bahá’i)
27 28 Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Bahá’i)
29 30 St Andrew’s Day (Christian)
December 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Week 48 31
1 World AIDS Day 2 Advent begins (Christian)
Hanukkah (Jewish) 2-10 December
Week 49 3 United Nations International Day of Disabled People (IDDP)
4 5 6 7 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christian)
Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
9
Week 50 10 Human Rights Day
11 12 13 14 Autumn Term
Ends 15 16
Week 51 17 18 19 20 21 Winter Solstice (Pagan)
22 23
Week 52 24 Christmas Eve (Christian)
25 Bank Holiday
Christmas Day (Christian/National)
26 Bank Holiday
Boxing Day
Zarathosht Diso (Zoroastrian)
27 28 29 30
Equality and Diversity Team
Stuart McKenna - Equality and Diversity Manager – [email protected] - 0161 247 3313
Mona Patel - Equality and Diversity Specialist – [email protected] - 0161 247 3301
Lydia Lancaster - Equality and Diversity Coordinator – [email protected] – 0161 247 6419
Equality and Diversity contact details: [email protected] - 0161 247 6494
Twitter: @MMUEqualities Facebook: MMU Equality & Diversity
For information on sacred places around Manchester, go to
http://www.mmu.ac.uk/humanresources/equalities/pdf/sacred-spaces.pdf
This calendar is available online at www.mmu.ac.uk/humanresources/equalities/index.php
and can be made available in other formats. To request another format please contact us
on +44 (0)161 247 6494.
