
Who was it who said 'Genius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration'? They should have said 90% good time management. No point working hard if you aren't really focused on the tasks that need to be done and applying the right amount of time to those that matter. My challenge is doing the hard tasks rather than being distracted by concentrating on things I enjoy (it's still work, after all!). It's such a skill to have the discipline to work out what needs to be done and just get on with it. Don't think I've quite got it together yet.

I can't believe it's already week 3...
I've been so busy with trying to kep up with uni & college life - its a lot busier than the quieter country lifestyle I'm used to and trying to keep on top of all my lectures/labs/workshops and social life is a bit difficult.

Link Week is happening next week. All the events are coming together and it looks like its going to be a great week with some good opportunities to meet more students and your lecturers informally in a festival atmosphere.
With uni back in full swing sacrifices must be made in order to gain academic victory at the end of semester. In my case this means I have to spend as much time as possible on my honours project and as little as I can on other forms of entertainment.

I can't believe that one week of semester is gone already and before I know it, it will be Week 3.

Week 1 is almost over already. We had an awesome crowd at the first lunch. It was great to see some folk catching up after Flying Start and others meeting for the first time.
Week 2 we have our Info Panel on Tuesday 11th, 1pm in Rm G202 -that is in the Social Sciences South Wing courtyard. There will be some key members of staff who will give a bit of an overview of some things you might need to think about at this time of year and you can ask questions. Anyone welcome -bring friends along, they don't have to be in UniSkills.
Well it's been a long 12 years, but school is over and finally university has arrived.

UniSkills' Flying Start Orientation got off to a... well, Flying Start today. Students enjoyed a day of activities ranging from Campus tours to a volleyball. We all started the day with some 'icebreaker' activities.


In 2007, we asked three fabulous then-first-year students - Dion, Anne and Elza - to blog for us on the node website. We've created a collection of the best posts on the first six weeks of life at uni for a 'fresher'. Here they are (click here for the full post ):
Orientation/pre-semester