Every year the vets have a system where freshers are paired up with someone older in the vet school who is there to look after them, answer questions and generally be useful for the first few weeks of the year (and as far beyond as required). We, the bioscientists, decided that this is a pretty good idea, and that we would like to do something similar. As the course is new it can be especially confusing for new students as half the time the university is just as confused as we are as to the best way of doing things (eg the best bus to get from one campus to the other...the 20 or the 66 if you don't mind a wee walk, or the less regular 118 if you don't fancy the extra exercise in case you were wondering), so it can only be helpful for them to have someone to help them out with anything they're not sure about.
The first major hurdle we hit was, oddly enough, picking a name. The vets use Big Vet Wee Vet, but Big Vet Bioscientist Wee Vet Bioscientist is really a bit of a mouthful. Most other things seemed to make us sound like a scientific Brady Bunch (erm...no thanks), and so we've eventually settled on just using Bioscience. As this was mainly for the jumpers we're going to be wearing throughout Freshers' Week, we were also in need of a logo. This also turned out to be a bit of an issue, and we are now using a pawprint design. The jumpers are now ready, so hopefully I'll be able to provide a picture soon for general interest and so that any new students reading this will know what they're looking for. If you are a new student, we are the ones here to help! The vets may be able to help you out a bit, but they aren't going to know as much about what's going on as we will.
To be honest, we aren't 100% sure what we're doing just now. We know we're there to help first years out when required, but we aren't entirely sure when to turn up on Freshers' Week, or where. Hopefully we can get in contact with various people who can help us out with this, but if not, please be patient with us!
Hopefully I'll have a bit more information for you on this within a few weeks, and with any luck we'll know exactly what we're doing on Freshers' Week. Look out for the jumpers, and if you're lost we'll try and point you back in the right direction!
