Compensation and Military Training Days were introduced to spread the impact of public holidays across teaching periods for undergraduate students, given the majority of holidays fall on a Monday. The table below shows each public holiday or military training day that falls within semester 1 and 2. Each event has a corresponding compensation day.
Classes scheduled on the event day will have their class moved to the compensation day noted for that week. Consequently, classes originally scheduled on the compensation day will be lost.
Example: You have classes that fall on the Canberra Day public holiday (i.e. 8 March 2021). You will simply lose that day of teaching as the compensation day falls on 8 March. If you have classes that fall on Reconciliation Day, instead of losing that day of teaching, your timetable for the Monday will be moved to Tuesday 1 June. Classes originally scheduled for Tuesday 1 June will be lost that week.
Military Training Days are non-teaching days. Trainee Officers have military commitments on these days whilst non-military students will have a class free day.
2021
Compensation/Military Days S1 2021
Event | Date | Compensation day
|
Canberra Day | Mon 8 Mar | Monday lost |
Military Training Day | Thu 1 Apr | Thursday lost |
Good Friday | Fri 2 Apr | Friday lost |
Easter Monday | Mon 5 Apr | No compensation (Mid Semester break) |
Military Training Day | Thu 22 Apr | Thursday lost |
Military Training Day | Fri 23 Apr | Friday lost |
ANZAC Day Holiday | Mon 26 Apr | Monday lost |
Military Training Day | Fri 28 May | Compensation Day: Friday 28 May classes to be delivered on Wednesday 26 May. Wednesday 26 May lost. |
Reconciliation Day | Mon 31 May | Compensation Day: Monday 31 May classes to be delivered on Tuesday 1 June. Tuesday 1 June lost. |
Queen's Birthday | Mon 14 Jun | No compensation (Study week) |
Compensation/Military Days S2 2021
Event | Date | Compensation day
|
Military Training Day | Wed 18 Aug | Wednesday lost |
Labour Day | Mon 4 Oct | Monday lost |
Military Training Day | Thu 14 Oct | Thursday lost |
Military Training Day | Fri 15 Oct | Friday lost |