Hopefully by now you’ve enrolled onto your course, picked up your student ID card and collected the keys to your new residence, be it on campus or in the village.
Now hold onto those keys tightly, they’re the keys to your new life of independence….and they’re also costly to replace if you lose them and we all know it’s embarrassing being locked out of your room on the first day!
Now the real fun begins, the Student’s Union has planned a fortnight of awesome events for you to get to know your fellow freshers and to help you find your way around your new university and new city.
The chaos kicks off with Fresh & Free on the 21 September; a party in a marquee crammed full of freshers that has been voted the best student night around for four years running.
Pull on your Fresher’s t-shirt (your entry ticket) and get to know everyone – if you can shout over the music loud enough!
Although you may be feeling far-from-fresh the next day, there’s some (admittedly) less interesting but important stuff you should probably get round to doing.
Undergraduate and postgraduate inductions are taking place between the 22nd and the 26th and campus tours are on the hour every hour between 11am and 3pm from the 22nd to the 24th.
One of the best events of the week is the Fresher’s Fayre. When the debris left by free-spirited freshers at Fresh & Free is cleared away, the pavilion is transformed into a fayre full of stalls and stands helping you to decide which sports, clubs and societies to join.
With over 170 different clubs to consider from extreme Frisbee to the Disney Society -there’s something for everyone.
Societies are a fantastic and easy way of making fiends with people with the same interests as you and they can quickly become one of the best parts of your uni experience.
Finally, Freshers’ fortnight comes a close with a bang with the annual Fresher’s Ball featuring live performances and the return of the by-now infamous Bomb Bar. Acts from previous years have included Wheatus, Sam & The Womp, Tinchy Stryder and Charlie Simpson and this year Becky Hill and Jess Glynne are headlining.
Lectures begin on Monday, 29 September, so leave some time to recuperate from the fun-filled and exhausting freshers’ antics!
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