50 i.e. Long Vacation. Oxford’s academic year is divided into three terms and three vacations. Each Oxford term consists of a period of eight weeks, beginning on a Sunday. In each of these terms there is a period of eight weeks known as Full Term. (1) Michaelmas Term is the first of the academic year and it begins on and includes 1 October and ends on and includes 17 December; (2) Hilary Term begins on and includes 7 January and ends on and includes 25 March or the Saturday before Palm Sunday; (3) Trinity Term begins on and includes 20 April or the Wednesday after Easter, whichever is the later, and ends on and includes 6 July. Long Vacation runs from the end of Trinity Term to the start of Michaelmas Term.