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Life Sciences First Year Welcome Event

  • Thu 3 Oct 24

    10:00 - 16:00

  • Colchester Campus

    LTB6

  • Event type

    Welcome

  • Event organiser

    Life Sciences, School of

  • Contact details

    Kathryn Hills

First Year Undergraduates

Thursday 3 October 2024

Time Event Location
10.00am - 11.00am

Welcome talk from staff:

  • Head of School.
  • Director of Education
  • Senior Tutor
  • Year 1 Organiser
 LTB 6
11.00am - 12.00pm Course specific introduction and mixer with directors and peer mentors:
  • Biomedical Science - Dr Selwa Alsam
 LTB 6
 
  • Biochemistry - Dr Marcus Edwards
  • Genetics - Dr Tim Barrow
  • Biological Sciences - Dr Martin Wilkes
  • Human Biology - Dr Greg Brooke
 LTB 4
 
  • Global Sustainability - Prof Leanne Hepburn
  • Ecology and Environmental Biology - Dr Eoin O'Gorman
  • Marine Biology - Dr Michelle Taylor
  • Biotechnology - Dr Robert Ferguson
 LTB 5

Please note that you will be taken to the STEM lab to collect lab coats and other equipment followed or preceded by a peer mentor group campus tour.

Please also ensure that you arrive at your allocated time. 
12:00pm - 12:50pm

Lunch and meet academics and peer mentors for following subjects:

  • Biomedical Science
 STEM Foyer (Room 3.1)
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Nature tour of campus with academics for interested students from the following subjects:

  • Marine Biology
  • Ecology and Environmental Biology
  • Global Sustainability
  In front of the Life Sciences building in Square 3
1:00pm - 1:50pm

Lunch and meet academics and peer mentors for following subjects:

  • Biochemistry
  • Genetics
  • Biological Sciences
  • Global Sustainability
  • Ecology & Marine Biology
 STEM Foyer (Room 3.1)
1:50pm - 2:30pm Campus tours with Peer Mentors STEM Foyer (Room 3.1)
1:00pm - 2:30pm

Icebreaker activity, collection of lab coat and tour of the campus for following students:

  • Biomedical Science
 STEM Lab (STEM Centre, Level 2)
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Icebreaker activity, collection of lab coat and tour of the campus for following students:

  • Biochemistry
  • Genetics
  • Biological Sciences
  • Human Biology
  • Global Sustainability
  • Ecology & Marine Biology
  • Biotechnology
 STEM Lab (STEM Centre, Level 2)


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