Welcome to the 2012/13 academic year!
It is so nice to have students in the centre again after our short
summer break. Induction week began on Monday 1st October and
you can find photographs of our students meeting each other, the teachers and
receiving talks from the Student’s Union, the Health Centre, the Police and the
Fire Service as well as FoundationCampus staff on our Facebook and Flickr page. It also included
our usual trip to Blackpool to have fish and chips and enjoy the Blackpool
illuminations – a traditional British institution.
Today is the last day
of their first week of study and the students are really starting to settle
down. They will have met their personal tutors for the first time this
week. The personal tutors are a very important part of the student
journey through FoundationCampus and lead a programme throughout the
year that gives an introduction to study in the UK, helping the students with
study strategies, but also gives the students an opportunity to talk about any
personal problems and to reflect on living life in another culture.
It’s
important to recognise that students on our Foundation programmes are not only
here to study but are also experiencing enormous changes outside the classroom,
getting used to living away from their family and in a new culture.
Studying on a foundation year gives the students the opportunity to experience
these challenges outside the classroom before they start their degree or
masters, ensuring they will be able to focus on their study to achieve the best
qualification possible. It also gives them a chance to share their
learning with people who are going through the same changes. Most of our
students stay friends throughout their time at university.
Please keep
checking our blog to share the 2012/13 year with us. We’ll have regular
postings from staff and students and photographs and videos to keep you up to
date.
Best wishes.
Mary
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