Lent term named for Lent, the six-week fasting period before Easter, is the name of the winter academic term at the following British universities: * University of Cambridge * Canterbury Christ Church University * University of Lancaster * University of Liverpool * London School of Economics and Political Science * Swansea University The term runs from January to March and thus corresponds to Hilary term at Oxford and Dublin, and Epiphany term at Durham. At Sydney, it ran from March to May (10th to 22nd Mondays of the year).