Cars, timetables and student finance

I often whinge about how much work I have to do, so thought it might be a good idea to publish my timetable. Will also give anyone who is thinking of studying biomedical sciences an idea of the hours required.

Monday- morning of lectures

9-11 Fundamentals of pharmacology

12-1 Fundamentals of pharmacology

Afternoon off currently trying to organise work experience in this gap

Tuesday- a good mixture of labs and lectures

9-12 Fundamentals of pharmacology LAB

12-1 Cell biology

2-4 Cell biology

Wednesday- quite day with lab fun

Morning off again trying to get work experience or a job organised for here

2-5 Cell biology lab

Thursday - a day of lectures

9-11 Molecular biology and micro biology

12-1 Molecular biology and micro biology

3-4 Fundamentals of pharmacology

Friday- Physically hard day on my feet for 6 hours minimum.

9-12 Molecular biology and microbiology

LAB

2-5 Laboratory skills

I’m now 100% skint, the car died again today and look like its going to cost me a new alternator.

The biggest down side to uni

I’m ill once again although the living in halls experience is a great side to university it does have a major pitfall. I have once again got cold the second time in as many months, once the virus hits it not a case of if you get the cold its when you will get it, living in such small quarters makes it inevitable. Sighs and sniffles. Seen as I feel rotten and had taekwondo on Friday, ive gone home for the weekend to a surprise of alot more snow than back at uni whoooot fun time.

Microbiology is so far my favourite unit, below is a pic of the what we’ve spent the best part of 6 hours of lab time doing. WASH YOUR HANDS PEOPLE

The medics snow man. The halls I live in has a block dedicated to Newcastle medical students who are on placement, below is a snow man we ended up messing on building with them.

Catch up part 2

I really don’t haven’t updated this in ages, but im going to attempt to turn over a new leaf. On the uni front ive passed all my first term modules granted one with not the mark I really wanted, but have started the new modules with an idea on how to get the grades I want.

Not really enjoying halls anymore and wish id just lived at home, me and one of my flat mates are poler opposites with totally different values and always seem to be arguing of late. Next year will def be living with the parents but not sure if that’s worse hmm well see in time.

Managed to move a little bit further forwards with the voluntary work but still not started. CRB check say that your address is your halls of residence, which is fair enough. But as I don’t live their permanently, I haven’t changed any of my bank statements bills etc to that address so don’t have any evidence to send to them which is proving a bit of a nightmare. Organising work experience is proving even more difficult recently sent 30 letters to GP’s so far have heard back from two both of which wont take me. ANY SUGGESTIONS IN COMMENTS PLEASEEEEEE

Im currently at home for the weekend after being at senior grade training for taekwondo. The snow here is way more than at uni, so been out to have some fun. Living on the coast means we had some on Monday and that’s been about it.

catch up time

Time flies when you’re having fun. Last week we handed in our first assessed piece of work and we just finished the nervous system component of human physiology for first year eeek.

Had my first full weekend in the flat without going out on the night since I got here I suppose it’s starting to settle down into more normal life now.

Went to see the SAW 5 film the other week which was a distinct disappointment but still better than SAW 4.

Sent some emails about voluntary work and work experience at the hospital but haven’t heard anything back yet.

Two of my flat mates have spent the night watching saw 1 where as ive been working on writing up my notes since 6pm shame I picked such a heavy work load course but I do love it so I’m not complaining that much.

Uni life and work load

Got the guts to have the cartilage of my ear pierced which was painless at the time but resulted in a night of no sleep as I stupidly got the side I sleep on pierced whoops.

The work load at uni is slowly building up first assessed lab report is due in on Friday its weird going from having the mark scheme at AS and A2 to not knowing exactly what they want at degree level.

Got a lab group meeting tomorrow to try and put it all together into a report and I still haven’t finished the stats.

Other than that still enjoying the social life but getting sick of going out all the time.

Im also now the treasurer of taekwondo society.

Homesickness

Homesickness sucks tonight it really hit me how much I miss home spoke to my mam earlier on and now the only decent thing on tv is law and order.

Law and order is me and my mam show which I always watch with her on a night when she gets in for work and dad is on back turns.

As much as I love my course I wanna go home.

Week 1 is over eeek

It weired feeling that I’m into my second week of uni already, but things are going good. I think I now know how to follow our Human Physiology lectures which are interesting if hard to understand.

Had a few lab sessions aswell but they were mainly a revision of A2 level chemistry. The long summer between sixth form and uni isn’t really good as I seem to have forgotten 90% of the formulas I learnt in chemistry eek.

First taekwondo session at the uni club tonight looking forward to it but worried as well as the club I came from was really good and the one im going to is only starting this year.