BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy

Course co-ordinator contact details

Your course co-ordinator is: Cara Burgess and Karen Benthall
Room Number: C213

Academic Welcome Details

On the Luton campus

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact your course leaders Cara Burgess at caramarie.burgess@beds.ac.uk or Karen Benthall at karen.benthall@beds.ac.uk

Academic induction schedule

Day

Time

Activities

Room

Monday
15 Sept

School Welcome and Course Team Introductory Day

9:30

Head of School Welcome

Your Head of School Dr Alberto Poletti will welcome you and introduce you to the School team along with key University Services that will be available to support your success across your course.

G101

 

Lunch

 

13:00

Meet your Course Team

This afternoon you will meet the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Course Team, who will share an overview of your course structure, the units you will be taking this year and the lecturers that will be leading these unit leads. You will look at what to expect in the year ahead, key dates and deadlines and get some top-tips from final year students.

C210

Tuesday
16 Sept

Engaging with your Course and building your Learning Network and Professional Course Administration

10:00

Preparation for teaching and learning on your course

This session outlines how you will learn and be assessed on your course. The University on-line learning platform ‘BREO’ will be introduced along with Assessment processes and what learning support is available to ensure that you Thrive and Succeed.

C210

 

Lunch

 

13:00

Engaging with your Course and University Networks

Engaging with your course, attendance expectations and building a network of support will be the focus of this afternoon. You will be allocated your ‘personal academic tutor’ (PAT) and introduced to ‘StREAM’ our student engagement tool where you will map your learning with your PAT. We will look at wider University development opportunities and end the day with something fun and sociable.

 

Wednesday
17 Sept

You don’t have any scheduled sessions with your course team today, but there are many events happening on campus if you check out the Welcome pages

Thursday
18 Sept

You don’t have any scheduled sessions with your course team today, but there are many events happening on campus if you check out the Welcome pages

Friday
19 Sept

Please use this time to familiarise yourself with the University services, to include occupational health appointments the student union, student registration, learning resources and library services, the study hub, student support and learning support.

 

Lunch

 

12:30

Uniform - To complete uniform sizing.

D201

Find your Welcome Week timetable and more information about your course on the BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Padlet

telephone

University switchboard
During office hours
(Monday-Friday 08:30-17:00)
+44 (0)1234 400 400

Outside office hours
(Campus Watch)
+44 (0)1582 74 39 89

Contact

Admissions
admission@beds.ac.uk

International office
international@beds.ac.uk

Student support
SiD Online

Registration
SiD Online