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9-9.30am 

Help and Questions Desk (optional) 

Staff & student ambassadors will be available to answer questions. 

Maths Building [20] 
A Floor 

9.30 – 9.55 am 

Campus Tour (optional) 

 A short guided tour will depart from the maths building and finish at the School Welcome talk location. 

Maths Building [20]  
A Floor 

10–10.50am  

School Welcome 

Welcome to the School of Mathematical Sciences with the Head of School.  

Physics Building [22], Room B1 

Lunch break 

1–1.50pm 

How our systems work 

Find out more about how your course will be run and the support available. 

Keighton Auditorium [56] 

2-2.50pm 

Maths and Applied Maths (G123) (2+2) Course Director talk 

Meet your Course Director and an overview of your course 

Pope Building [27], Room A17 

2-2.50pm 

Statistics (G300) (2+2) Course Director talk 

Meet your Course Director and an overview of your course 

Pope Building [27], Room A17 

Free time 

Time set aside to visit the Sports and Societies Fair or do any tasks you need to do or attend optional online sessions such as British and academic culture - see Section B)** 

11am – 12pm 

MathSoc pizza meet and greet (optional) 

Meet the MathSoc team and other members, with pizza and refreshments and there will be fun activities and a quiz 

Coates Building [36] Room C25 

12pm-4pm 

Free time 

Time set aside to visit the Students’ Union Freebies Fair or do any task you need to do or attend optional online sessions (see Section B)** 

Free time 

Opportunity to do any task you need to do or attend optional sessions (see Section B)** 

2-2.50pm 

Student Wellbeing 

Find out about the wellbeing support available to you and about equality, diversion and inclusion within the school. 

Coates Road Auditorium [51]

10 – 12am 

Free time 

Time set aside to visit the Discover Nottingham Fair or do any task you need to do or attend optional online sessions (see Section B)** 

12pm-1pm 

School Cake and Quiz 

Re-cap quiz of key points and opportunity to ask questions followed by refreshments and chat with staff. Ideal for late arrivals who missed sessions earlier in the week 

Pope Building [27], Room A14 

2-3pm 

Library induction (optional) 

Join the friendly library staff for an online session that will explain how to get started with your libraries and how they can help you to achieve your study goals. 

Link:  

Viewing room: Maths A17

12-12.30pm 

or 

3-3.30pm 

Introduction to Academic Language and Communication Skills  

Gives an overview of a wide range of support ALACS offers to help you achieve your academic potential, including academic literacies, linguistic competence and communications skills whilst you are studying at UoN. 

10-11am 

or 

2-3pm 

Academic Essentials 

Aims to help you understand the academic conventions you are expected to follow by the University, including academic integrity, criticality and formality. 

11am-12pm 

or 

1-2pm 

Academic Communication 

Aims to introduce the main modes of academic communication used at the university-Moodle and e-mail, and how to make the best and most appropriate use of them. 

3-4pm 

British and academic culture (for international students) 

Overview of some interesting aspects of British culture and some insights into what academic culture in the UK expects from students. 

1-2pm 

Reading and writing in English (for international students) 

Overview of what might be expected of you during your study in terms of reading sources and writing assignments 

11am-12pm 

Speaking and listening in English (for international students) 

Overview of what you might face during your stay in the UK in terms of interacting with people inside and outside the university. 

Starting your digital student life 

Using the university’s digital systems is essential for keeping up with your course, effectively managing your time, and communicating with your tutors and lecturers. This session supports you to feel more confident in navigating the university's most used digital systems including Outlook email, Outlook calendar and Microsoft Teams. It offers top tips for online etiquette including asking questions in online sessions, as well as sharing ways to avoid digital overload.  

• Using Outlook e-mail and calendar 

• Professional communication via email and Teams 

• Navigating Teams – a basic guide 

• Digital tools, academic integrity (inc. Cite Them Right) 

• Avoiding digital overload, screen-time habits 

Note-making for university 

You are likely to make notes during a range of your learning experiences at university. But how do you do it? We will be discussing the benefits of digital, hand-written, and hybrid note-making strategies and offer you a range of tools to try out when making notes in lectures, seminars, and from your reading.  

• Why note-making habits matter at university 

• Hand-written, digital, and hybrid strategies 

• Short-cuts for note-making in lectures 

• Adapting Cornell, mind-maps, and summarising strategies 

• Using OneNote for digital note-making 

Procrastination, perfectionism, and managing your time 

Managing your time at university is key to studying success. In this session, we will help you to identify reasons for procrastination and equip you with strategies for battling perfectionist tendencies, setting great goals, and keeping track of your time. 

• Understanding and addressing procrastination 

• How perfectionism influences working habits 

• Tools for long, medium, and short-term planning 

• Setting SMART goals 

• Working with high and low focus times