They settle in and we miss them. Uni Starters 2023 - Thread 2

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I wanted to get a news thread ready for everyone as you wake up in the Uk.

We are settling into a routine of talking to DS on FaceTime on Sunday mornings after our breakfast, which is early pm his time. It is so nice to see his smile and catch up on how he is doing. I know at some point he will have a bad day, but so far he seems to be doing so well, I am ridiculously proud.

Hope you all have a good week!

Hasn't the time flown? It's really quite scary! DD is doing MFL so once her YA is over she'll have another year at uni.

Lovely to resurrect this thread again and hear the latest news. It’s getting surreal that they are so close to finishing this year.
DD finishes her long placement next Friday then breaks up for Easter week after. It’ll be head down for dissertation writing then and applying for her two year ECT that will hopefully start this September.
We know graduation is September but no date as yet. Very annoying that a uni that has so many teachers graduating that they’ve chosen Sept which is when they will be in their school working.

On another note was I the only one to read @ZittiEBuoniHello, all in a Jim from Friday Night Dinner voice? 😂

Shalom, Jackie, shalom 😂

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DD has just over a week to go of this term. She has done the last non-timed essay. Three last week plus appearing in a show, running a new writers group, lectures, supervisions and meeting with her dissertation supervisor, it was a mega crazy week for her. Some of her friends don’t get three essays in a term let alone a week.

Dissertation will be submitted at start of Lent term, followed by a few weeks of revision, then exams, all these final parts count for 70% of the grade so a lot riding on just a few weeks.

We have DD’s graduation date a few days into July. She then has to vacate her room the morning after so we’ve booked an hotel for the night after the graduation, we’ll pack up her room and head home. All seems a bit rushed and sudden after 3 years.

DH and I went to see DS in Utrecht this weekend - he’s having a great time during his year abroad and it was lovely to see him there and meet some flatmates too.

I felt sure he’d find somewhere to live back in Newcastle next year and he has so good to know that’s sorted too.

At the moment he’s not sure at all what his plans are after uni but said he doesn’t think he wants to do more studying. I feel fine about him - I get the feeling he’ll sort things out 😊

DD is home for Easter from Saturday for four or five weeks then when returns submission of dissertation (only non-exam assessed piece of her entire three years) then two weeks of classes and then exams, graduation date set for 3rd July. All seems to be coming to a close, new chapters hopefully opening up.

Feel awful for those young people and their parents who haven’t been so lucky with the meningitis outbreak. So tragic. I know we discussed vaccination on one of our earlier threads before our YP went off but not all could afford it and it is no guarantee. Relieved DD is vaccinated but still asking her to keep an eye out for herself and for friends.

It really is so very very sad! And regardless if vaccines they do need to be very aware of signs of meningitis but also septicaemia as it’s so often missed!

Interestingly dd was emailed by her University with advice on what to look out for. I think it's great that they are being proactive.

How are any of your dc who are grad job hunters doing? My dc has a four year course so is starting the search in the autumn and we're a shade worried!

Dd is very chilled about the process at the moment. She's creating her C.V this week having handed in her dissertation yesterday.

She's really organised and has a timeline she's planned to meet all deadlines. She's focusing on this for now and has said she will take any job to start with.

I think at the moment, we are quite chilled.

Just a quick update. Dd has received her results, she has been awarded a first.

Now to find a job.

Huge congratulations 🥂

That must feel amazing.

Thank you @SiouxsieSiouxStiletto . It's a fantastic result especially given her tough start.

You guys are the first place I've told. How are all your dc getting on?

Congratulations @Downsidesupside . Wonderful news and all the best for the job hunting. I have just got back home with all of DD's stuff. Can't move in the hallway but after a 2 hour trip it's all staying there as I'm ready to sleep. DD has been awarded a 2.1and we are all really proud after the tears of A levels and now she is off in september to do a masters, so more moving in and out of flats. In a few weeks we have her graduation and 21st birthday. I'm hoping she goes away on holiday with her uni friends so i can get some rest! I hope all is well with you all. Looking forward to hearing your news.

Haven't been on this thread for ages! My DD did a placement year, which will come to an end in a few weeks, so she then has her 3rd year to go. Back in uni accommodation in September. There are some graduate schemes she is going to apply to in September, ready for starting summer 2027.

Fantastic results to your DD’s @Downsidesupside and @Lowther👏👏
DD hasn’t had her classification yet but should hear next month with graduation in Sept.
She’s finished now though and has her first job lined up for Sept in a primary school teaching KS1. The interview was over 5 hours and very intense but she loved the school and was thrilled they offered her the job.

Hope the placement year has gone well and that her last uni year is a good one @ulza

Has your DD finished at Chichester now @MargaretThursdayWhat is her next step?

@AnneOfCleavage Yeah, it's been a good experience and she now knows she definitely does not want to do that particular job! And it's given her a better idea of what she does want to do.

@AnneOfCleavage

Yes she's finished. I don't think she has the result yet, but she does have an agent, which is more important if she wants to get anywhere in the acting world.

My lounge is waiting for her to tidy her room so we can begin the impossible task of squeezing two rooms into one!

What is your DD studying at Uni @Lyxou? Wow do you apply for graduate schemes a year in advance!! 😲

I laughed out loud at that @MargaretThursdayas DD said the same thing and she moved out end of May and we are still tripping over excess stuff everywhere. She’s now planning her birthday party so that’s taking precedence to sorting stuff and tidying grrr.
Have you booked graduation? I’d be surprised if we were the same day as different courses - her new job have given her the day off for it luckily.
How great she has an agent. That’s brilliant. Hope the jobs start coming in soon 😊

Nice to see updates. Incredible how fast it has been. Ds finished his placement so still another year. I feel I need it as all so quick! Accommodation sorted for third year with friends.

@AnneOfCleavage She's studying maths. Doesn't particularly enjoy it, wished she'd done something more applied maths, like physics or some kind of engineering. I'm not sure she's going to do that well in terms of degree classification, but she just wants to get the final year out of the way now, so she can get a job. She has picked all the more applied maths options for her third year so she might enjoy it a bit more. We'll see.

Hmm, username may have changed, I thought it wasn't supposed to do that

DD graduates on Friday. A few percent off a first but her Uni doesn’t give out a large number of firsts so it was always a big reach to get more than an upper 2nd. She has also enjoyed the journey. How time has flown. She applied for jobs from Easter onwards but found it a juggle with exams, especially as 70% of her result relied on the exams she was sitting in final term so she had to stay focused.

After a lot of thoughts and chats with people who knew her, looking at where her experience lay and her tutoring in particular she had her induction day this week at a school she will be teacher training at from September. Teaching four days a week, at Uni remotely one day and paying £10k for the privilege! No accommodation to pay as it is at a school local to home. She has a few students lined up for 11+ , English and Oxbridge entrance tutoring on Saturdays to help her with some money so that will take the sting out of not having much money for another year!

Good luck to all as they make the transition to working life or stay on for few more years!!

I think her graduation is 18th September. Do you know when your Dcs is?