Last Updated on 22/08/2024
This page under review following a review of the Thesis Preparation Assignment (TPA) with updates to the page due in September 2024.
2023 cohort
Full time route
| 17th November 2023 | SAE 1 report |
| 4th-15th December 2023 | SAE 1 Viva – Vivas are arranged on an individual basis during this time and trainees are notified directly |
| 19th January 2024 | SAE 2/PWC |
| 1st-16th February 2024 | SAE 2 Viva – Vivas are arranged on an individual basis during this time and trainees are notified directly |
| 19th April 2024 | TPA |
| 21st June 2024 | PALS 1 |
| 19th July 2024 | Thesis Proposal |
| 20th September 2024 | PALS 2 |
| 17th January 2025 | Project Block Portfolio/SIPP |
| 15th August 2025 | PASE |
| 17th October 2025 | PALS 3 |
| 20thth March 2026 | Thesis |
Part time route
| 19th January 2024 | SAE 1 report |
| 1st – 16th February 2024 | SAE 1 Viva – Vivas are arranged on an individual basis during this time and trainees are notified directly |
| 19th April 2024 | SAE 2/PWC |
| 1st-17th May 2024 | SAE 2 Viva – Vivas are arranged on an individual basis during this time and trainees are notified directly |
| 20th Sept 2024 | PALS 1 |
| 17th January 2025 | PALS 2 |
| 18th July 2025 | Project Block Portfolio/SIPP |
| 15th August 2025 | TPA |
| 19th September 2025 | Thesis Proposal |
| 19th June 2026 | PASE |
| 16th October 2026 | PALS 3 |
| 15th July 2027 | Thesis |
2022 cohort
Full time route
| 18th November 2022 | SAE 1 report |
| 1st-9th December 2022 | SAE 1 Viva – Vivas are arranged on an individual basis during this time and trainees are notified directly |
| 20th January 2023 | SAE 2/PWC |
| 1st-15th February 2023 | SAE 2 Viva – Vivas are arranged on an individual basis during this time and trainees are notified directly |
| 21st April 2023 | TPA |
| 16th June 2023 | PALS 1 |
| 14th July 2023 | Thesis Proposal |
| 15th September 2023 | PALS 2 |
| 19th January 2024 | Project Block Portfolio/SIPP |
| 16th August 2024 | PASE |
| 18th October 2024 | PALS 3 |
| 21stMarch 2025 | Thesis |
Part time route
| 18th November 2022 | SAE 1 report |
| 1st – 9th December 2022 | SAE 1 Viva – Vivas are arranged on an individual basis during this time and trainees are notified directly |
| 20th January 2023 | SAE 2/PWC |
| 1st-15th February 2023 | SAE 2 Viva – Vivas are arranged on an individual basis during this time and trainees are notified directly |
| 15th Sept 2023 | PALS 1 |
| 19th January 2024 | PALS 2 |
| 19th July 2024 | Project Block Portfolio/SIPP |
| 16th August 2024 | TPA |
| 20th September 2024 | Thesis Proposal |
| 20th June 2025 | PASE |
| 17th October 2025 | PALS 3 |
| 17th July 2026 | Thesis |
2021 cohort
Part time route
| 21st June 2024 | PASE |
| 18th October 2024 | PALS 3 |
| 18th July 2025 | Thesis |
Generic deadlines tables
Deadlines normally fall on the third Friday of the month
| Month | SAE | TPA | PALS | PASE | SIPP | Out of sync subs |
| Sept | Thesis Proposal PT | PALS 2 – FT
PALS 1 – PT |
x | |||
| Oct | PALS 3 – FT
PALS 3 – PT |
x | ||||
| Nov | SAE 1 report – FT | |||||
| Dec | SAE 1 Viva – individually set up – FT | |||||
| Jan | SAE 2 FT /PWC
SAE 1 report – PT |
PALS 2 – PT | Project block portfolio FT | x | ||
| Feb | SAE 2 Viva – individually set up
SAE 1 Viva – PT |
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| Mar | Thesis – FT (2nd Fri) | |||||
| Apr | SAE 2/PWC PT | TPA – FT (tbc) | x | |||
| May | SAE 2 Viva PT | |||||
| June | PALS 1 – FT | PASE – PT | x | |||
| July | Thesis (2nd Fri) -PT
Thesis proposal FT |
Project block portfolio PT | ||||
| Aug | TPA – PT | PASE – FT
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x |
Out of sync submission = any assignment but only on submission points with an ‘x’
Submission points -chronological
| Month & Year | Full time | Part time |
| Year 1 | ||
| Nov | SAE 1 report | |
| Dec | SAE 1 Viva | |
| Jan | SAE 2/PWC | SAE 1 report |
| Feb | SAE 2 Viva | SAE 1 Viva |
| Mar | ||
| April | TPA (tbc) | SAE 2/PWC |
| May | SAE 2 Viva | |
| June | PALS 1 | |
| July | Thesis Proposal | |
| Aug | ||
| Year 2 | ||
| Sept | PALS 2 | PALS 1 |
| Oct | ||
| Nov | ||
| Dec | ||
| Jan | Project Block Portfolio/SIPP | PALS 2 |
| Feb | ||
| Mar | ||
| Apr | ||
| May | ||
| June | ||
| Jul | Project Block Portfolio/SIPP | |
| Aug | PASE | TPA (tbc) |
| Year 3 | ||
| Sept | Thesis Proposal | |
| Oct | PALS 3 | |
| Nov | ||
| Dec | ||
| Jan | ||
| Feb | ||
| Mar | Thesis (2nd Fri) | |
| Apr | ||
| May | ||
| June | PASE | |
| Jul | ||
| Aug | ||
| Year 4 | ||
| Sept | ||
| Oct | PALS 3 | |
| Nov | ||
| Dec | ||
| Jan | ||
| Feb | ||
| Mar | ||
| Apr | ||
| May | ||
| June | ||
| Jul | Thesis (2nd Fri) | |
| Aug | ||
| Year 5 | Complete in Dec – no more deadlines |