In our first month of moving here
and starting our classes, in just a total of two weeks, my experience
here has began full of promise. We moved into our new apartment which is
only a two minute walk from campus and relatively an O.K place to live
for the next year here. Our landlord was very welcoming and with a shop
just below and a maintenance man around the building, the people we have
met so far seem very helpful and accommodating by speaking English for
us.We have met up with some other students from Coventry university also
studying in Nicosia, part of the Erasmus program and all get on well, I
feel this year will be a great experience as all of us what to take as
much as we can back to Coventry with us.
My
first priority was to officially register and choose the subjects I
will be studying for the first semester. With my learning agreement,
arrival form signed and a brief welcome talk of what modules are
available to me, I have now enrolled onto Advanced Typography, History
of Graphic Design, Design for Production, Design for Publishing and as
an added extra subject Greek Language. I'm looking forward to the
outcome of my work from reading the briefs and talking to tutors and
being apart of the classes. I will also be in the same classes as some
of my friends from Coventry and new friends, from Scotland, I met online
through the Erasmus group. As a group we have really integrated well
with some of our Greek classmates and even had some Greek lessons from
them to try and help us. A very friendly member of the class has asked
if I would model for him to help with his photography class.
I'm
just beginning my projects and the workload is already quite a lot
however we have the option to swap and drop modules still in the coming
weeks. From my first few lessons I have really enjoyed the classes and
feel excited with the work ahead, such as producing a full magazine. I
think it is going to be a challenging task ahead but I'm excited at the
thought of what I will achieve for my portfolio. I will need to consider
the workload and how to manage my time to produce the work as I have
been planning on returning to the UK soon to retrieve a new travel card
and visit friends from the course I left this year.
NAP x
