Term over

The end of term is often terribly hectic, but this year, after I finished the three sets of marking, things got easier. The day after I would see a cohort of students for an exam practice session, and that needed preparation, so I worked another evening, but I knew that was a one-off. And after that session I had a fairly relaxed day. In the afternoon, I had the presentation of  a student who couldn’t do it on the official day, and I saw a dissertation student. In between I did all the smaller tasks that had fallen a bit by the wayside. 

The day after there were more student presentations, then doughnut eating, the seminar about physical oceanography in Bangor, and then another student presentation and a meeting with my Welsh tutor. One week left!

That week was a bit fragmented. First a whole day of student presentations, and then a day with meetings about academic integrity, and teaching administration of dissertation projects. And a brief Christmas celebration with the Teaching and Scholarship team. And the day after that I had the morning to myself; mainly for providing feedback and grades for the students who had done presentations. And in the afternoon we had a Christmas lunch for the entire School. 

Atmospheric commute pic

That Thursday I was on Main Campus; at graduation in the morning, and listening to my tutees doing their presentations in the afternoon. And on Friday I had almost nothing timetabled. I spent the day trying to leave a clean-ish slate for the new year: all feedback given, all academic integrity admin sorted, et cetera. And the plants watered, as they will be alone for two weeks. And then Marjan came to get me to celebrate the end of term with a drink. And that was it! Back in the new year!