Pre-Christmas Update

It has been a very busy month for the dance science students at Bedford. To get an idea of what we are up to....our first assignment for the Research Design module is due on the 9th and our lab reports for Physiology are due on the 17th. Alongside our assessments are lectures and seminars have continued to intrigue and challenge us.


Here are some pictures of Ellie during our body composition lecture for Physiology. We even got the chance to sit in Bod Pod to get a feel for what it is like as a means of measuring body composition.






We have also been looking at dance and the disabled dancer and below is my auntie Tammy enjoying a bowling Christmas party. She loves dancing, drama and horse riding. Having a greater understanding of how  dance help disabled individuals is very interesting. I'm sure many disabled adults like Tammy will benefit both physically and psychologically from increased availability for dance opportunities. StopGap performed their piece 'Artificial Things' at the UoB theater last week which reminded us how dance is open as a career for anyone.

As part of our Psychology module we had a Skype seminar with Sanna Nordin-Bates. Nordin-Bates has come up a lot within our psychology literature so it was amazing to get the chance to chat to her about her work and hear about her background of how her career has progressed. We all agreed that it was great to grasp an idea of working life beyond the completion of our MSc course.

For me personally it has been a very exciting month as I am going on the Go Global trip to Beijing next week. The trip has been completely organised by the University and proves how there is so much available to students beyond the content of the course. It's been stressful to get my University work done before my trip but its such a fantastic opportunity that I'm sure my hard work will be worth it.

Have a lovely Christmas and New Year from me (Charlotte) and the rest of the Dance Science students at UoB