Definitions for "Reading week"
A period during a semester or term when students can concentrate on their individual learning and research. During these weeks there are usually no formal teaching sessions.
A term used by some departments to describe a week in the middle of the Autumn and Spring Terms, where there is normally no teaching, but programme monitoring committee meetings and tutorials might take place. Also sometimes referred to as tutorial or monitoring week.
A recess near the middle of the second term designed to allow students to catch up on outstanding reading and to prepare for the oncoming final examinations.
A period in which classes are suspended in favour of independent study