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CAP1

Dates

What's happening
30 May 2025 Enrolment for 2025-2026 academic programme opens
20 - 25 July 2025 CAP1 autumn 2024/25 exams
01 Aug 2025
 Publication of CAP1 autumn 2024/25 exam results 
01 Aug 2025 to 18 Aug 2025  Course enrolment and repeat exam enrolment 
15 Sept 2025 Programme enrolment closing date for new intake
08 Sep 2025 to 09 Jan 2026  CAP1 Law e-assessment window  
26 Sept 2025 Commencement of CAP1 2025/26 programme
31 Oct 2025 Last date for refund/credit of full enrolment fee less admin charge

31 Dec 2025

Last date for request of 50% programme refunds/credits
11 - 19 Apr 2026 CAP1 mock exams

18 - 22 May 2026

CAP1 summer 2025/26 exams
29 May 2026  Publication of CAP1 summer 2025/26 exam results
TBC  CAP1 Law e-assessment repeat window
14 - 18 Sept 2026  CAP1 Repeat 2025/26 exams
25 Sept 2026  Publication of CAP1 Repeat 2025/26 exam results

CAP2 

Dates

What's happening

30 May 2025

 Enrolment for 2025-2026 academic programme opens 
25 Jul 2025 Publication of CAP2 summer 2024/25 exam results
15 Sept 2025 Programme enrolment closing date for new intake
01 - 05 Sept 2025 CAP2 autumn 2024/25 exams
26 Sept 2025  Publication of CAP2 autumn 2024/25 exam results 

26 Sept - 13 Oct

Course enrolment and repeat exam enrolment
3 Oct 2025
 Commencement of CAP2 2025/26 programme

31 Oct 2025

Last date for refund/credit of full enrolment fee less admin charge 

31 Dec 2025

Last date for request of 50% programme refunds/credits
23 Jan – 9 Feb 2026 
Repeat exam enrolment 

2 - 10 May 2026

CAP2 mock exams 

22 - 26 June 2026

CAP2 summer 2025/26 exams
03 July 2026 Publication of CAP2 summer 2025/26 exam results

28 Sept - 2 Oct 2026

CAP2 autumn 2025/26 exams

09 Oct 2026

Publication of CAP2 autumn 2025/26 exam results


FAE

Dates

What's happening
25 July 2025 Enrolment for 2025-2026 academic programme opens
5 Sept 2025 Publication of FAE 2024/25 main exam results 
5 Sept to 20 Oct 2025  Enrolment for FAE autumn 24/25 resit exam and revision course 
10 Oct 2025 Commencement of FAE 2025/26 programme
13 Oct 2025 Programme enrolment closing date for new intake
31 Oct 2025 Last date for refund/credit of full enrolment fee less admin charge
6 Dec 2025
 AFR Interim Assessment
12 Dec 2025
 Publication of  AFR Interim Assessment results
31 Dec 2025  Last date for request of 50% programme refunds/credits 
5 & 6 Jan 2026 FAE autumn 24/25 resit exams
30 Jan 2026 Publication of  FAE autumn 24/25 resit exams results
23 Jan to 9 Feb 2026 Enrolment for FAE summer August 2026 exams
27 June to 5 July 2026 FAE 2025/26 mock exams 
11 & 13 Aug 2026 FAE 2025/26 main exams
4 Sept 2026 Publication of FAE 2025/26 main exam results 

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