DD is getting on well with 3 out of her 5 housemates - the other 2 just stay in their rooms and don't talk to anyone! They have a flat with a door to the outside so don't have to mix with anyone in the flats around hers - so hopefully that will be a bit safer Covid wise. She has really been enjoying movie evenings with the others in her flat - she has hardly seen anyone her own age since March, so although socially things are a bit restricted she is actually happier there than she would be at home.
Although she was told just before she went that they planned to have tutorials and maybe seminars/workshops face-to -face they have now been told they will all be on-line. Labs will now only be once a fortnight instead of every week and will not be with a partner, which might be an issue for her as she wears green glasses to read, but will be in safety goggles and a face shield and won't be able to take them off to put her green glasses on, and won't have a partner to read the instructions to her. I'm going to send her some green paper to print them on to, so hopefully that will help.
She has had a pretty poor service from the suppliers of her computer (from DSA) and so she hasn't yet had all the training for the different programs, and trying to sort out that and all the other disability support, on top of sorting out all the moving to uni stuff, meant she was pretty overwhelmed and anxious at the beginning of the week, but she seems to be more on top of it now - she likes her personal tutor so I think she has been emailing him.
She also has to choose optional modules - she wanted to do one outside of her department but had to check whether it would fit into her timetable - but it is for next semester and the timetables haven't been published yet! Her tutor was looking into it for her, and officially she has until next weekend to decide, but the module she would choose instead starts this week so basically she has had to give up on the other one and go with this one, as she can't access the lecture unless she is booked onto the module - so that all seems a bit of a mess really. It's left her with a rather lopsided timetable - much more work this semester than next.
She is looking forward to studying again, but a bit worried she has forgotten everything. I'm sure it will all come back to her once she makes a start.
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