糖心原创

9-9.30am 

Help & 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 

Compulsory session 

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

Physics Building [22], Room B1 

11.15–12pm 

Group Tutorial 

Compulsory session 

Meet with your Personal Tutor  

(You will be allocated a location) 

Lunch break 

1–1.50pm 

How our systems work 

Compulsory session 

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

Keighton Auditorium [56] 

2pm-3.20pm 

How your course works 

Compulsory session 

Find out more about how your course will be run 

Coates Rd Auditorium [51] 

3.30–4.20pm 

Course Director Talk 

Compulsory session*  

Please attend the talk relevant to your course.  *Note that G100/G103 students are not required for this session. 

Maths & International 糖心原创 (G104) 

Life Sciences Building [23] Room B39 

Maths with Year in Industry (G105/G106) 

Pope Building [27] Room A21 

Maths & Economics (GL11)  
(this course has a separate induction timetable) 

Physics Building [22], Room B23

Financial Maths (G120) 

Pope Building [27] Room A13

Statistics (G300) Y1 

Pope Building [27], Room A22 

10am–1pm 

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 (See Section B)** 

2–2.50pm 

PASS  

Compulsory session 

Find out more about our award-winning PASS scheme and solve some exciting mathematical problems 

Pope Building [27], Room C14

3–3.50pm 

Parallel A level revision lectures 

Compulsory session 

Choose one of these lectures to reinforce your knowledge and introduce you to some new concepts. 

Algebra 

Pope Building [27], Room C14 

Curve Sketching 

Chemistry Building [28], Room X1 

4–4.50pm 

A level revision lecture:Matrices 

Compulsory session 

Reinforce your knowledge and introduce you to some new concepts. 

Keighton Auditorium [56]

9–9.50am 

Parallel A level revision lectures  

Compulsory session 

Choose one of these lectures to reinforce your knowledge and introduce you to some new concepts. 

Complex Numbers Introduction 

Pope Building [27] Room C17 

Complex Numbers Advanced 

Pope Building [27] Room C14 

10-10.50 

A level revision lecture: Proof 

Compulsory session 

Reinforce your knowledge and introduce you to some new concepts. 

Pope Building [27] Room C14 

11am-12pm 

MathSoc meet and greet (optional) 

Meet the MathSoc team and other members, with refreshments, fun activities and a quiz 

Coates Building [36] Room C25 

Lunch break 

1pm–3pm 

Group problem solving session 

Compulsory session 

A chance for you to meet new people and start working together – a very important skill for your studies 

Pope Building [27] Rooms A13 or A14 

3–4pm 

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)** 

9–9.50am 

Python bootcamp (Groups 1-3) 

Compulsory session 

Python bootcamp: Vital pre-course coding session. Bring your own laptop along to this session. 

Pope Building [27], Room A13 

10–10.50am 

Python bootcamp (Groups 4-7) 

Compulsory session 

Python bootcamp: Vital pre-course coding session. Bring your own laptop along to this session. 

Pope Building [27], Room A13 

11–11.50am 

Python bootcamp (Groups 8-10) 

Compulsory session 

Python bootcamp: Vital pre-course coding session. Bring your own laptop along to this session. 

Pope Building [27], Room A13 

Lunch break 

1–1.50pm 

Parallel A level revision lectures  

Compulsory session 

Choose one of these lectures to reinforce your knowledge and introduce you to some new concepts. 

Numerical Methods 

Pope Building [27], Room C15 

Parametric and Differential Equations 

Pope Building [27], Room C14 

2–2.50pm 

Student Wellbeing 

Compulsory session 

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

Coates Road Auditorium [51]

3–3.50pm 

A level revision lecture: Calculus 

Compulsory session 

Reinforce your knowledge and introduce you to some new concepts. 

Physics Building [22], Room B1 

4–5pm 

Free time 

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

9–9.50am 

Python Bootcamp 

(Groups 8-10) 

Compulsory session 

Python Bootcamp: Vital pre-course coding session. Bring your own laptop along to this session. 

Pope Building [27], Room A14 

10–10.50am 

Python Bootcamp 

(Groups 1-3) 

Compulsory session 

Python Bootcamp: Vital pre-course coding session. Bring your own laptop along to this session. 

Pope Building [27], Room A14 

11–11.50pm 

Python Bootcamp 

(Groups 4-7) 

Compulsory session 

Python Bootcamp: Vital pre-course coding session. Bring your own laptop along to this session.  

Pope Building [27], Room A14 

12-1pm 

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 

Lunch break 

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 Building [20] Room A17 

3–4pm 

Free Time 

Time set aside to visit the Discover Nottingham & Re-charge Fair or do any tasks you need to do or attend optional online sessions** 

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 

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.