Back up your files! Back up everything! Do it! My laptop, after seven years of service, has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. Unfortunately for me, the hard drive with all my back-ups on it kicked that…
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Essays, Exams, and Exciting New Units
The end of last term was a blur of essay panic. I don’t know why I always end up at that point. There is always more than enough time throughout the term to work on the essays, and…
Getting into the rhythm again
Like in the previous years it has taken me a while to get into the rhythm of university again. There are so many things that have or want to be read. Exciting essays that make my heart beat faster and…
Experiences over the Summer
Hi, I am Luise and I study Anthropology at the University of Bristol. I have just started my third year after a fantastic summer. Over the last months I had the exciting opportunity to work with two lecturers in my…
Exams and coursework – experience of exams in university context.
Having submitted most of my assessed work for teaching block 1 last week, I only have my assessed choreography performance and the choreography workfile left to hand in. We have hit the ground running with Choreography since coming back, with…
Reflections on how term went, things happening at end of term, plans for the break.
The pace of this last term definitely picked up for me in the last couple of weeks. My assessment for Interpreting Plays is happening at the end of this week, and rehearsals for Choreography (for which the assessed show is…
Update on progress – how classes are going (specific highlights), social life, societies etc.
Just over one month into the academic year and Studiospace has already hosted it’s first show: DAT. DAT (Directors, Actors, Technicians) is traditionally how Studiospace kicks off the year and the format is specifically aimed at getting first years involved…
Reflections on start of the new academic year – where you are living, settling back in to Bristol, targets for the year.
After an extremely restful summer, moving back into Bristol was a very busy time for me. This year I have started my role as a senior resident in university accommodation, meaning I live in halls and am tasked with welcoming…
December: Reflections on how term went, things happening at end of term, plans for the break
As I come to the mid-point of my degree, it feels like an appropriate moment to take some time to reflect on how far I’ve come and on what I’ve been doing since joining Bristol a year and a half…
Welcome and Progress Update
It’s quite a scary thought to see that November is already here and half of my first term is gone already. Fortunately, I have managed to catch my breath a little bit in the past few days as it has…