Monday 24 September 2012

Moved To Glasgow and Started Uni

I thought it was time that I updated my blog and tried to get in to the habbit of updating it more frequently again...

I moved down to Glasgow on the 28th of August, almost two weeks before the start of my course at Glasgow Caledonian University.  I'm staying with a friend I've know since we were about 3 years and just across the road are three more friends who my flatmate and I went to school with - so it's nice being able to go round to their flat for a quiet drink now and again.

Before I started my course I was going to the library and looking over my old maths books - I still have a passion for maths and hope to be able tutor some secondary school students while I'm down here - and having a general wonder around trying to familiarize myself with the new surroundings and finding the room which my classes are in.

The first day was really just a getting-to-know-you day, the people who are on the course (only 7/8) are from varying undergraduate backgrounds: there's people from clothing, multimedia, product and interior design with only one person having completed the 3D animation degree at Glasgow Caledonian University.

One the first day we were told that for our Summer project, we could either do a 30,000 - 50,000 dissertation or a 3 - 5 minute animation.  I think it would better to create a 3 - 5 minute animation because you can also present it to prospective employees which might not be quite as easy with a large dissertation, so I've already started to think of a story and a character - I think I've got something quite good, but we'll see...

-Harry