Showing posts with label students. Show all posts
Showing posts with label students. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 September 2015

Journey to University of Bradford

Packing done? Check...managed to pack everything I needed (finally) for the week before I lef the house. It was strange in fact that we were asked to bring toiletries with us.

Anyway, journey to Bradford seems to be quite long. To my memory, I think Bradford has been the second furthest North of England I have travelled, minus the the time when I travelled to Lancaster for something else and to Ulster in Northern Ireland for a conference.

Bye bye London and hello to Bradford!!!!! ☺️

I have always learnt to bring work with me wherever I go to keep me awake and keep my mind working, especially on such long journeys like this afternoon. All in all, it took me about 5 hours to arrive to my room on campus at the University of Bradford through the means of walking, bus, train, tube, train and then finally walking a very hilly road to read my destination.

Bradford is definately not like London, flat and quite. It seems to me that Bradford was indeed a very peaceful area; but then again it was a late Sunday afternoon. It was definately a very interesting journey from the station to the university, carrying my luggage up the hill and making such loud noises from the wheels!
 
Pictures below on some things I saw before on the way up the hill...

This evening, I attended the 'Welcome Reception' at the Bradford Brewary where I met other Bursary students for the British Science Festival as well as staff. It was good to network with others and seeing what univeristies they are coming from. I also met (finally) the other student from University of Westminster. Funny enough that we both are living at the same flat on campus and next door to each other!

Monday, 6 July 2015

Receiving that "Congratulations" email :)

My story of this opportunity first started when I saw a post on my Blackboard site. In the past, I have seen the British Science Festival (BSF) being promoted as it has been held annually. But I have never attended one. The more I researched about this week long festival, that more I was captured and taken an interested into the sessions available. I have heard from others that the festival has always been a good opportunity for students to expand their knowledge in the world of science.

As a result, I took up the challenge and applied for the opportunity. Personal statement was submitted and then there was the wait...

I was not expecting to receive it but to my surprise, receiving an email with "Congratulations" made that day. And since then, my excitement to attend the festival in September just kept on building up!