Academic calendar
Term One 2026 (Further Education, Brackenhurst Campus) runs Sep 14, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Welcome and Induction 2026 (Standard Undergraduate Schools)Welcome and Induction 2026 (Business, Art & Design, Property Management and Development)
- Term One 2026 (Further Education, Brackenhurst Campus)Relevant now
- Term One 2026 (Standard Undergraduate Schools)Term One 2026 (NTU in Mansfield)
- Term One 2026 (Business, Art & Design, Property Management and Development)
- Term Two 2027 (NTU in Mansfield)
- Term Two 2027 (Further Education, Brackenhurst Campus)
- Term Two 2027 (Standard Undergraduate Schools)Term Two 2027 (Business, Art & Design, Property Management and Development)
- Term Three 2027 (Standard Undergraduate Schools)
- Term Three 2027 (Business, Art & Design, Property Management and Development)
- Term Three 2027 (NTU in Mansfield)
- Term Three 2027 (Further Education, Brackenhurst Campus)
- Term One 2027 (Standard Undergraduate)
- Term Two 2028 (Standard Undergraduate)
- Term Three 2028 (Standard Undergraduate)
Campus language
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Showing 18 of 18 terms
B
- Baywatch
- A specific ritual at Ocean nightclub where students swing their shirts over their heads to the Baywatch theme song.
- Bonington Cafe
- The cafe located in the Bonington building, popular with art and design students.
- Brack
- General shorthand for the Brackenhurst Campus accommodation and grounds.
- Byron
- The Byron residence, located directly above the Students' Union in the City Campus.
D
- Dizzy Boots
- The cafe located within the Boots Library on the City Campus.
F
- Fly FM
- The official student radio station of Nottingham Trent University.
G
- Gill Street
- Gill Street North and South halls of residence located at the City Campus.
N
- NTSU
- Nottingham Trent Students' Union, the representative body for all students.
- NTU Sport
- The department managing all athletic teams, gym facilities, and intramural leagues.
O
- Ocean
- A local nightclub that is exclusively reserved for NTU students on Friday nights.
P
- Pev
- Peverell Hall, a large accommodation block located on the Clifton Campus.
- Platform
- The official student magazine and online news publication of NTU.
T
- The Loft
- A social space and eatery located within the Student Union building.
- The Pavilion
- The main catering and social hub located on the Clifton Campus.
- The Poly
- A historical nickname (from Trent Polytechnic) often used by rivals but sometimes reclaimed by NTU students.
- The Refectory
- The primary dining hall located at the Brackenhurst Campus.
- The Varsity
- The annual series of sporting competitions against the University of Nottingham (UoN).
- Trent Army
- The collective identity and chant used by NTU students, particularly during sports matches.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Arkwright
- The Arkwright Building, interconnected with Newton and home to many lecture theaters.
- Attendance Monitoring
- The requirement to tap your Smartcard on readers at the start of lectures and seminars.
- Boots
- The Boots Library, the main library for the City Campus.
- boots_library_caf
- Boots Library Café
- Chaucer
- The Chaucer Building, housing many humanities and social science departments.
- Maudslay
- The Maudslay Building, primarily used for engineering and design workshops.
- Newton
- The Newton Building, a Grade II listed flagship building on the City Campus.
- newton_refectory
- Newton Refectory
- NOW
- Nottingham Trent Online Workspace, the university's virtual learning environment (VLE).
- Smartcard
- The multi-purpose student ID used for building access, library loans, and attendance monitoring.
- The Hopper
- The shuttle bus service connecting the City Campus and the Brackenhurst Campus.
- the_pavilion_refectory
- The Pavilion Refectory
- U4
- The Unibus service that runs frequently between the City and Clifton campuses.
- world_kitchen
- World Kitchen
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Term One 2026 (Further Education, Brackenhurst Campus) runs Sep 14, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 18 approved campus terms and 14 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.