Just got home from my first day of my second year at uni!

It was like I had never left!! Had introduction sessions to the restructuring of the university, and how we are a subject, and no longer a programme. Additionally we are no longer a school of health and social care, but a faculty of health and life sciences. (Guess they'll have to change the road signs then!!).
Also it was explained to us that due to the change in fees etc. the university wanted to give the students a better, richer student experience, and explained a few policy changes, all in all it looked a good thing, like the university was working for the students. I can definitely see why its voted one of the top new universities - I can same I am very happy with the standard and quality of teaching I receive, very glad I chose Brookes, and very glad to be back!!

Looks like I'm going to have a very interesting academic year, all my modules seem both engaging and challenging, and the whole thing makes me feel like I'm getting somewhere with my OT training!
Got the dates of my two exams - Ones an essay based one of a case study, and the OT process, and the other is a multliple choice research and methodology one! Exam week is 16-21st of December so I may be home from uni quite late this Christmas.
My second placement starts week 5 of semester 2, and I have to go back for a week or so in May, 21-1st June I believe, to finish the year, as I start my third placement at the very beginning of September.

Went for a drink with Katie off my course after we walked back from uni, so it was a nice and easy way to get back into the swing of things. Now I can't wait for Monday morning! It only takes 30 minutes to walk from where I'm living to my uni campus, which is a pleasant walk when the weather is nice! Also, only a 20 minute walk into the city centre as well. Might have wasted my money on a bus pass...All this walking will keep me fit. Guess I will want the bus pass for when the weathers bad though.

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First post...

It's Wednesday, 3 days until I leave for uni. I'm mostly packed, except the few bits that have to be packed the day I leave. It's weird to think my whole life is in boxes.
11 days untill my birthday.

Photos, I have lots of photos. And they will be the first thing to go up!! I have all my kitchen stuff (thanks mother) and my bathroom and bedding stuff, all blue, (again, thanks mother! and nan, :) ). I have a suitcase of clothes to take..although my shoes don't fit in!! A few bits from my room I wanted to keep, and a box full of text books; heavy, expensive text books. I have a 1TB harddrive full of music(and photos) courtersy of my 'friend' Jac. So it'll be unpack, chill with the music...hit the freshers event?! :-D

I'm looking forward to having a new place to explore, new things to see and people to meet. It's like a fresh start, a new adventure, where hopefully I can escape the small mindedness of most the people living on the Isle of Wight. Don't get me wrong I think it's a lovely place to live, if your old, or a sheep.
Pretty in a simple, natural way; lots of grass and trees, peace and quiet....I imagine I'll look forward to coming home to find that peace again, as it's a far cry from the busy city I'm moving to.

I think I will miss the comfort of having my family so close, but I don't think I will get home sick. I won't miss Liv, only because of last year I got used to not seeing her much; will miss my drinking partner on a Thursday night; my Tuesday evenings with Ben; and my cat. I'll miss him a lot.
It's scary to think that this is the start of 3 years that will, hopefully, change, and shape the rest of my life.

BSc (Hons) Occupational therapy at the School of Health and Social Care at Oxford Brookes. Wish me luck...

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