The first week at AUCB

Induction Week
Monday 28th September
After worrying the night before to my boyfriend about whether i'll find any friends and that i don't know whether i'd be good enough, he helped me keep my confidence and cheered me up.
So a nervous but excitable day for all new students on the FdA Fashion course, on a 1030am start. I was lucky enough to get a lift into the arts college year by a second year.
Walking into the library and finding the other students doing the course, it was such a nervous moment not knowing who you would meet.
After getting to know everyone we were split in three groups and given a briefing of what the course would be like and having a tour of the campus, i felt like i was never going to remember where everything is, it all feels so big. On our lunch break we were able to search through the freshers tents picking up many freebies and discounts.
There was also a welcome from the principal which was nice to know who it is.
We finished tired after a long day at 4pm, the day wasn't as bad as i thought it would=]

Tuesday 29th September
An earlier start of 945am as i was in the first group to have photos done.
At 11 got a bit lost of finding where we were meant to be for a Fashion DVD on pervious students work, but someone found us. I found watching this DVD was such an inspiration and just made you want to get started, it felt so unreal that i was going to learn how to construct clothes like the such that were shown. It was nice to know what sort of things i'd get up to in my first year.
There was lecture on proper use of IT and then went and did enrolment, where it felt like playing musical chairs whilst we were waiting.
Ended the day with Learning Styles IT scanning to find out what are best method of learning is, mine was visual, it was interesting to know what sort of method was best for me and what the best ways of learning are.


Wednesday 30th September
Had a library induction, which was helpful as it showned what sort of resources the library provided for use, such as i didn't know that they had DVD and videos that we could use.

Back in the studios we were given welcome packs that contained some essentials that we would need to use during the course such as scissors, patternmaster, layout paper, pins, etc. We also recieved lockers to keep our stuff in which was a relief from lugging around heavy bags.
A treasure hunt in form of answering questions was the next tasks to promote team building this helped to get to know other people in the group that we had not yet spoken to, I've found that everyone has been so friendly. This task also helped us get to know the campus a bit better and also a bit of bournemouth uni and what resources they have there.
This day ended with a student union talk and the answers to the questions from the treasure hunt.


Thursday 1st October
We had to met at the bus stop prompt at 930 to catch a catch to studland beach, i thought that it was a great idea for students who are not local to see what is around Bournemouth and Poole. We walked the length of Studland and stopped at a cafe at the end where in groups we had to figure out what designer or brand was in the clues we were given, the group i was in had Jean Paul Gaultier. This was a nice chance to get to find out information about designers and to know any we hadn't heard of. We finished off we a trip to the pub whilst waiting for the coach it was nice being able to have the chance to talk to people and get to know them.

Jean Paul Gaultier

Friday day off

♥Tiffany♥