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Build your milestone plan
How your coach works back from your deadline to set realistic dates for each stage.
Count back from the deadline, not forward.
A milestone plan starts at the end. Once we know your hand-in date, everything else is counted back from it.
- Check your handbook for the final deadline and any interim submissions.
- List the weeks you already know are busy: exams, placements, shifts.
- With your coach, set a date for each stage, from proposal to final read.
- Leave at least one buffer week before the deadline.
- Review the plan at each session and move dates if you need to.
A plan that changes is still a plan. The point is knowing what comes next.