It's like last year, just with a bit of polish
3rd year now. Hmm.
Not precisely sure what that means or entitles me too, but there you go.
Welcome to the new year everyone. Good to be back.
For current students, timetables are out.
For new students, welcome.
I could go on and on about the this and that of thinking about uni, starting at UTS, your information for orientation and new student information, but I will leave it to those quiet informative series of websites.
So, if I had to give one piece of advice, what would it be?
(Hmm, good question Richard, thanks for asking.)
I think it would be, to be yourself, but stay open minded. There are a lot of people at uni, but only one of you. Tacky, I know, but one of the truest things I have found.
More generally and especially if you've come from a high school or an area where you know many people, it's likely you are suddenly going to be the so called small fish in the very big pond. But that's ok.
You will meet people in your first semester and hopefully you'll get involved in one of the many clubs that the uni hosts. And there's events and trips and so on. There is usually something going on about the place, so try and keep busy; you can get more info during orientation and now by poking randomly about the UTS website.
For me, I'm still not quite sure what to make of starting up again. I'm half way through my degree now, but sometimes I'm not really sure where the time has gone, yet I still want it to go quicker. I guess part of the thing about being an older student is that many more things appear in context and time becomes more noticeable.
I'll have prac on during the first half of May and there is a country prac that I am maybe interested in applying to go on; I think it's in the middle of the year.
Faculty wise, the main news this year will be Education joining a new Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. No doubt, we'll hear loads more about that in the months ahead.
That's just about it for now. Next on my current agenda - timetables and orientation.
Until soon,
r
ps. For those regular readers, I'm not doing honours.
