Induction week at UCL is over! I’ve enrolled, navigated my way around Bloomsbury, and have piles and piles of course material and reading lists to sift through. With, in a deskless room, nowhere to put it. I’m hoping I can cope without a desk, and plan to write my essays on a laptop on my bed. Incidentally, that is how I’m writing this blog post right now.

I’m adjusting to the pace of life in London, which is much more hardcore than any of the places I’ve lived before. I’m enjoying the experience, despite being a bit shocked at how easy it is to haemorrhage cash. As I live in one of the trendiest parts of London, I have never felt so much conscious and unconscious pressure to improve my wardrobe. How do they find the time?

After induction week, I’m confident about the course. UCL’s focus is broad and academic, which I like. I will be studying these modules and two of the three option modules. My coursemates come from an array of backgrounds: industrial design, psychology, computer science, graphic communication. I’m one of the few with a graphic communication background.

One day per week I will be doing an internship at one of my favourite design companies, Fjord — I’m thankful I get to stay in touch with the real world while I study Applied Cognitive Science.