Speaking From Experience// Task & Workshop

5 THINGS!

5 Things you wish you had been told about Leeds

• How terrible the weather is.
• What opinions the second years had about there time in First Year.
• Certain places to go out that I would enjoy.
• The Best Halls to apply too.
• Cheapest places to go out.

5 Things you wish you had been told about being a Student

• How to live with next to nothing.
• the correct way to spend and save money.
• How rubbish IQ is (my Halls)
• That washing my clothes would cost £2.20
• That certain housemate!

5 Things you wish you had been told about Graphic Design

• Although I have benefitted from it, how difficult the course is.
• How competitive the industry is.
• How hard it can be at times.
• How important the brief is!
• The absolute importance of legibility and readability. 

5 Things you wish you had been told about the Course 

• How good it actually is, didn't think it would be this good!
• How much it changes you as a person 
• How cheap printing is!
• How cheap stationary is in the Library. 
• HOW GOOS IT IS!

5 Things you have learned about Leeds 

• Its very easy to get lost at the best of times.
• Northern people are very hard to understand on the phone.
• On average, there is 2 week of sun and then it rains for the rest of the year.
• House partys are better and cheaper than going out.
• Working in the studio all day isn't all that bad!

5 Things you have learned about being a Student

• Its hard. I didn't think I would appreciate going home so much
• Money is like water and too easily spent
• My halls suck!
• That certain house mate has some issues.

5 Things you wish you had done this Year

• Seen my best friends form home more. 
• Skated ALOT more.
• Gone snowboarding with my brother.
• gone traveling
• become amazing at Illustrator.

5 Things you wish you hadn't done this Year

• Gone to must of the lectures with the worse hangover to date.
• You know what this means
• Drunk 3 Hammers 3 days in a row- Horrible.
• Gone to Scarborough.
• Been hit

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5 Things you have done but you never thought you would this Year

• Learned so much in such a short amount of time.
• Getting sponsored by SSM skates to then turn it down. 
• Travel to London so much and still be on top of my work
• Got a first in one of the modules
• SO MUCH WORK

5 Things that you have dislike this Year 

• The hangovers
• The housemate from hell! Professional Post it noter
• The weather
• The lack of skating 
• Being punched for nothing :(

5 Things you have loved this Year

• The Course 
• Brudenell Social Club/ The pool
• The Music 
• Hebden Bridge
• Friends

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Initial idea is to create some sort of publication that will help new students. Maybe a book that will be given to them at the beginning of the year that warns them of the hard year ahead. I found that I wasn't expecting the course to be as intense as it has been already, of course I have massively benefitted from this but I think they should know how our experiences have been this so they have some idea of what to expect.

3 messages that you want to Deliver: 5 Reasons why that needs Delivering.

1) My experiences of my first year at the college/ what I (or the year in general) thought of the it all.

• To give them a better idea of what to expect in the year ahead.
• To make them feel like they know where they are going, bring them out of the dark.
• Make them feel comfortable with us, the 'second years', make them feel like they can talk to us.
• Have an idea of what WE think of the course, rather that tutor opinion.
• Warn them of certain things to look for, things that could go wrong but can be avoided. 

Ways it could be Delivered 

• I am only going to do one bullet point but I thing the best way for these ideas as a whole is to have it in some sort of booklet filled but easy ways to understand their knowledge of the course. The booklet would have infographics in side and pullout posters. 

2) Best ways to Save Money

• Keep Students on top of their money 
• Help them save money for certain things like printing 
• The right food to buy on a tight budget.
• The best places to shop for cheap food.
• Worst places to shop for food.

Ways it could be Delivered 

• A survival guide
• THE SURVIVAL KIT! 
• Info-graphics posters 
• Wall Charts
• Student starter kit to money 

3) Best Places to go out in Leeds that will suit them 

• Help them find the right places for them
• Help them discover the pubs and clubs with the cheapest drinks
• Help them discover the best places to eat food 
• Help them discover the clubs that play the right sort of music for them
• A good way of promoting certain places in Leeds that might need attention.

Ways it could be Delivered 

• A map of leeds
• Freshers starter pack 
• Info-graphics poster 
• Guide to going out. Where to go and where to avoid!
• Wallcharts 

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