Hi everyone my name is Megan and I’m a first year student at the University of Nottingham.
I'm going to study Geography and I'm actually moving into halls today. It's Saturday the
19th of September and I'm so excited. Obviously this year things are going to be a little
bit different so I'm a bit apprehensive but after months of being locked away I literally
can't wait to move to a new city and meet new people.
So yeah we're leaving in about half an hour. My lovely parents have already packed most
of the things. I've just got a couple of last boxes to go in. So yeah we've got about an
hour and a half to two hour drive, so it's not too bad. Now I just planned to film my first
week to give you a glimpse into what Welcome Week is like this year. Just look at the amount
of stuff that is in the car.
Hello so I'm in the car now on the motorway, everything's going okay so far. Funnily enough
I just passed someone in the car who is in my accommodation and on my course. We’re
probably going to arrive at the same time. Yeah I’ll definitely arrive in time for
my 11 till 1 slot which is good.
Just walked into my room for the first ever time. Yeah so you have to wear masks like
everywhere in the hall. Not in your own room but I’m just going to keep it on as I don’t
want to keep touching it. I’ve just left my parents in the car I thought I’d find
my own way here first, be a proper adult.
Oh you've got a nice view. It's not a bad view actually.
So we’ve put everything in my room as you’ve seen. It’s crazy how much stuff I have.
I'm not going to do all the unpacking now but just the essentials just so my room doesn't
look like this.
Right so this is the progress we’ve made so far. There’s still lots and lots of
things everywhere.
Hello so my parents just left as you can see. It was quite upsetting saying goodbye. I want
to just get straight into the action now so I'm meeting some girls. I just put on the
group chat asking like 'does anyone want to meet and give me a little tour?' because a
lot of people have been here for a while. There’s still mess everywhere but look so far.
We had dinner, my first dinner was alright, it was chicken and rice so that was fine.
We walked around the campus with a couple of girls and I went to dinner with lovely girl called
Heather and we're meeting later, just to go to the Students' Union. They have this bar
there and they do food and stuff as well, called Mooch, so yeah I'm looking forward to that.
It is Sunday morning now. We're just going to go for a little walk, we need to go to
Co-op because we need to get in some bits for the fridge. We've got a nice evening,
we're going to the Alchemist. I'll try and show you shots of campus while we go on our
little walk.
Hello so we just did put first Co-op trip so I’m glad we know where we are now. I’m
with Heather. It is quite early in the morning so the campus is very quiet. It's very nice,
it's a very picturesque walk. So we’re just heading back now then I think we're just going
to walk around campus, maybe explore the town.
So it’s now Monday morning. I’ll let you know how my first ever tutorial goes.
My personal tutor seems really nice and we’ve got an actual meeting in person outside come
rain or shine next Wednesday. Now I’m just doing really boring stuff like I have to sign
up to a GP, I need to sign up to the gym.
I’m going to Rock City tonight, a Crisis night, so I’m really looking forward to that.
This morning I just had all of my induction lectures. We had one about mental health which
is obviously so important every year but especially this year. And we also had one about work
placements and getting a job and all that. The way they did that was it was a video that
you'd watch before so that was pre-recorded then straight after you’d go to a Q&A which
was live on Microsoft Teams, so that people could ask questions. So yeah I really liked
how that worked. I’m excited to get lunch today. I'll take you along, show you
bits of campus and let's go!
Hello so I hope you can hear me. I think it's Wednesday today. I'm just on the way to Mooch
which is the Students' Union bar to meet up with some girls from Geography. I’m going
to go for lunch. It's raining. I actually did my module choices this morning so I've
done all of that. I have no lectures for the rest of the day.
Hello so I’ve just finished the freshers fair and we’re gonna give you a little haul
of everything that we got. A unicorn from UniSalad. A wellbeing box with everything
you need. A little travel mug. A free slice of Dominos. Right so we also got some chocolate
and some playing cards which is good as I didn’t bring any to uni.
So that’s it, I hope you enjoyed a little glimpse into my first week at the University
of Nottingham. If you'd like to see more of my time at uni, then be sure to check out
my Instagram and YouTube channel, just search ‘Megan Mahoney’. I hope to see you again soon. Bye!