Enrolment - Part 2

So i've now enrolled online and keep checking my university emails.

Enrolling was pretty straight forward, follow a step by step system of inputting names, addresses, emergency contacts and how to pay your fees. As i am doing a nursing course this is currently still funded by the NHS, so i don't have to worry about fee payment. 

That does make me feel a lot better as going from a full time salary to a small bursary is difficult.  I have been budgeting since i knew i was successful in gaining a place. 

Feels weird now having to do that, after graduating 5 years ago it's beginning to feel like another lifetime. 

So much has happened since then. And it does sound so clichéd but time definitely seems to go quicker as you get older!

And now it is enrolling down at the university. Since i have organised our study and all my paperwork, all my certificates, from my GCSE's to training at work, are all in one folder. This meant i could take the folder down to university and let them have a look and see the originals. TIP: Never lose any certificate you are ever given as even years down the line they may be needed! I completed my GCSE's over 10 years ago and i still have them and still need them!

Enrolment is fairly straight forward, it's remembering to bring everything with you. 

Your university will tell you what is needed, in terms of ID, certificates, if you need to bring a photo or if they take one on the day (don't turn up hungover looking worse for wear!).

We had our photo taken and our certificates checked.  We were then measured for our uniform and had to pay for that (remember the cheque book) and then through to confirm our enrollment.  We had to go through our details and ensure we had certificates if they were needed. From this, through to yet another room to get our photo taken for our student card. 

It was all very straight forward and the staff helping us out were students at the university so we knew we were in good hands! After that we were given a time for our occupational health check by the university. This is next week. I don't know exactly what they are going to do but i can't imagine it being much different from my occupational health check for work. But i am sure i will let you all know! 

So now i have my student card that says i am a nursing student, i have my timetable (this is posted online) and i have my uniform ordered. Seems to be getting very real now!

I also have gone down to the library and being a little ahead of everyone else got a few books out :D 

Only because i know once we have our reading lists everyone will be straight to the library to get them out or to buy them. So through research i have taken out the basic ones which i had taken out a while back (mentioned in a previous post).  

Now its stationery and bag buying time! 

On my travels

Hi all :)

So today I'm travelling seeing family and friends. Will probably be the last time for a while so im making the most of it. 

It's weird how quick this summer seems to be going when I keep thinking it's dragging. But I have re-read some of my earlier blog posts and some statuses etc from social sites and it has gone very quick. 

I am more or less sorted for starting university apart from getting my house organised.  

Me and my partner have just moved so everything I did have organised is now lying in boxes. 

But so far, I have a diary (using a filofax), a wall planner, many lever arch files, many pens, highlighters, notepads, hole punch, poly pockets, a dictaphone, a usb stick, 2 external hard drives and my laptop.

So seemingly stationary wise I appear to have what I may need. Failing that, there will be the Welcome Week fair where you always bag some freebies! Even if it is just a few pens! 

I've seen a good few people panicking about occupational health checks still, what to do about finances, what bag to use, if to have a tablet, how you can get on with others, what age group will be in your cohort etc. The list goes on.

But my advice would be to not worry too much.  Universities will send out information that you will need and there will be induction classes before your actual classes get underway. 

I'm now just waiting on information being sent from my university in regards to induction and when to go for uniform measurement etc.  And then once that's on I can sort out how I'm getting it off work! 

But I am really looking forward to starting and seeing how the course is structured and how much work we will get!

So only a little longer to wait and then university starts. After all them months of waiting, finally!