Thats the topic of the week for my SAP project.

I have, yet again, put together a little brainstorm of all the ideas I have in order to make the student experience a little more bearable for second year entrants at BCU.

I’ve tried to incorporate a range of ideas, that would appeal to a variety of personalities. Whether it be an online community, a night at

bar 42 or a workshop session “how to” style for the more academically minded.

I myself found using sites such as Facebook very useful before joining University. It meant I recognised faces and a little bit of pressure was off to make that move to say Hi when I arrived. I think without these tools I wouldn’t have been able to smile/say hello to people in the corridor.. which ultimately has lead to some great friendships.

Hopefully a large majority of the ideas can be used throughout the year so that the student experience is continually being improved.

I also think it will be important for students to feed back at the end of the year, so that the following years can just get better and better.

The next step is to plan when each of the activities can be used to their maximum potential.

It would also be useful to get the opinions of past 2nd year entrants so that I can focus my research and plans to suit the people they will be serving.

(click the image for a large version of the brainstorm).

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