Today I had the pleasure to attend a talk with the Northern Society of Costume and Textiles, called The Gentlewomen's Wardrobe, Fashions in the Era of Anne Lister, by the great Lucy Adlington of the History Wardrobe.
Lucy talkked the auduience through the items worn by woman in the era, along with aditional information about their lives.
My degree officially starts today the 1st October, but last week was so busy, yet satisfying and oddly relaxing, I've missed being really busy.
Starting Monday with a one-to-one session on getting into teaching with lots of great advice, do I want to be a teacher, honestly I am not sure yet. That said I am really enjoying teaching, and new experiences, training and qualifications are always a bonus.
The chat was really useful and certainly gave me some thinking points and areas for further investigation.
Tuesday was a successful day at work with my students, most of whom had never touched a sewing machine before, all designing and making their own bags. I was really impressed with this and very proud of them all.
Wednesday started with a two-hour online training session on Period dignity and Menopause from BECTU, found this surprisingly interesting and learned a lot, much of which I have already passed on to others.
From this, I dashed to a coordinators meeting for our academic society, and this went well. Then onto another meeting, while also taking part in an online Postgrad catch-up meeting
Thursday a meeting with my volunteer manager and mentor, for the sports volunteering I am doing, followed by a little spare time to dash into town to buy materials for the session I was running later in the day. Then a meeting with a theatre company about a project for the academic society. I did however manage to have a brief lunch with a friend before delivering a session on Yarncrafts for the school of applied sciences, this was well received with some students asking for another session.
Friday a day off, that isn't a day off in the way other people have a day off, that means a day of floristry ready for a family wedding.
Friday evening a little light research and reading, some more time booking training on SkillsForge, and some Society organisation.
Well its began, the new academic year has started.
After a busy first day actully teaching my costume class at collage, I dashed through t university for th highlight of the year. Welcom fair.
A tie when thousands of students eat lots of free pizza ad pack in to an over heated sports hall to view wha th unversities many societies have to offer. You can gt free sweets, free drinks, lanyards, safety advice frm the local Fire Service, free bags, or from our stall The Costume Society free sketch books.
All the while being entertained by th local nightclub banging out so music. For many students this is some kind of fresh new hell that scares them so much they ae scared to come for day two of welcome fair, for others the forget to go to their lectures and spend the dayeating sweets and soaking up the club like (with lights) of the sweaty sports hall. Most first years dont join as they have forgotton all that they saw on the way round. For those of usthat have done it all before we sit and watch, spotting the ew rather bewildered oun students, or the far more confident mature students who wonder what exactly they have let themselve in for.
It is however lovely to meet new students and old studnts, students returning from Placement somee of whom due to covid have not yet experienced a Welcome fair.
Tomorrow I'll have a nosy and see what else is here, but for today I'll sit and watch, observe the mayhem, the stdents with a character nd those still to develop one.
