Lessons · Occupational dimension
University Life: Making the Most of It
Enrolment, freshers, lectures, tutors, the library and how assessment works. 8 lessons, about 1.6 hours in all.
- 01Before you arrive: enrolment, reading lists and confirming your room12 min The weeks between accepting your place and arriving are full of small online tasks. Most are quick, but missing one can mean no student…
- 02Freshers' week and orientation: using it well11 min Freshers' week (also called welcome week or orientation) is a short, intense burst of events, admin and new faces. It can feel exciting…
- 03Lectures, seminars, labs and the VLE in practice13 min Lesson ss-08 explains what lectures, seminars and tutorials are. This lesson is about how to handle each one well from week one, including…
- 04Office hours, lecturers and your personal tutor12 min At school, teachers usually come to you. At university, you are expected to go to them. Lecturers set aside office hours, and most UK…
- 05Your university library: finding, borrowing and getting help11 min A university library is far more than a building of books. It gives you e-books, journal articles and databases you could never afford,…
- 06Societies, clubs and the students' union11 min Societies are one of the best things about university: a ready-made group of people who share an interest, from debating and robotics to…
- 07Assessment and feedback at university12 min University assessment comes in many forms beyond the end-of-year exam, and the marks often look very different from school. Feedback is…
- 08Does first year count? Grades, progression and using your summers12 min You may hear that 'first year doesn't count'. Sometimes that is true for your final degree class, but it is never true that first year…