Hey
@twinkle_31,
Welcome week consists of an induction to your course such as what modules there are, when and if you can choose modules, if there are any field trips in the first year and what you would need for them and icebreakers to get to know your course mates. Usually a couple of weeks before you will be able to access an induction timetable showing you all the different activities that your course or department are putting on and whether they are all compulsory or not.
There is then the freshers fair which is where you can meet the different societies and sports clubs and find out which ones you are interested in and you can either sign up on the spot or wait and do it through the student union website. This also usually has different businesses there who usually give out quite a lot of different freebies. The companies who are there sometimes are shared on the uni's student union Instagram and if you go a bit later from when it starts usually stories will have been posted on Instagram showing who are there.
In the evening you would then have the freshers events which are held in your student union bar / 'club'. For the Edge Hill 2023 freshers there were events from the Saturday move in date (23 sep) till the following Sunday (1 oct) these included parties, music bingo, karaoke and a cinema showing.
I would recommend looking on the universities student union Instagram page as this will likely be where the fresher events are shared.
I would recommend the messenger bag or even a tote bag as for my circumstances you just need a pen and paper really for the first week.
Hope that helps, let me know if you have any further questions! 🙂
Rebecca
3rd Year Geoenvironmental Hazards Student