My First Week as a UQ Student!!!

Before I begin, I believe it would be a good idea to introduce myself!!

HEY!! My name is Caroline Whitehead and I am currently 18 years of age (Woo!!)
I live with my parents and my little brother, and my two cats, Tigger and Sparkell – my babies since I was 9!  I love travelling and I have been to the UK, Japan and America, but I'm planning on studying in the UK in the future, while seeing the beautiful sights Europe has to offer.  The biggest culture shock would definitely have been Japan, it is undeniably beautiful though.

I graduated high school in 2010, from Grace Lutheran College (Yeah, you probably haven’t heard of it, it’s near Redcliffe) and then went to Griffith for a year.  There I studied business before I applied to UQ (YUSS!!) Right now I am doing a dual degree in Journalism and Business – Majoring in advertising. 

Needless to say, I have been anticipating the start of this course for over a year.  The question is; has my first Journalism lecture lived up to my expectations?

After a full day at work and a rushed ferry ride to the beautiful University of Queensland, and I have arrived in the Schonell Theatre.  I can’t believe I have never checked this place out before, even with the multitude of open days, library visits and hang-outs with friends in the Pizza Cafe, I have never so much as glimpsed inside the theatre.  Believe me, I was not disappointed, I walked in and was immediately taken back to a cinema I visited whilst in England over the 2010-2011 summer break.  The elaborate wings and rich smell simply ooze greatness (And it should when you think that one of Australia’s leading lights, Geoffrey Rush used to walk the hallowed halls.. well stage) But all that aside, the first lecture had the perfect setting but did it have the perfect content?

After noticing that everyone had picked up a course profile, I proudly noted that I had already printed one off at home the night before... good start!  The man, I now know to be our lecturer, Dr Bruce Redman, launched into all the general housekeeping and, after completing a year of Business at Griffith, I was not expecting to be particularly enthralled.  However, after just a couple of minutes I found I was really interested.  The content that we were going through, while still the basics of the course, the outline of the course profile, assessment and what we are expected to complete; it was a lot more exciting than I expected.  I noticed that we are a lot more involved than any other lecture I have ever been in, and everyone seems willing to be involved... which is different again.

As we launched into more detail, we were told that all good journalists these days use Twitter (Finally the account I signed up for 2 years ago is going to be put to some use), Facebook to share news and stories (check got a Facebook too), a blog however? No, I can’t say that I’ve really ever been all that into blogging, but now is the perfect opportunity to start.  When we asked what to include in a blog, it was similar to ‘the information covered in lectures, things that you can report on, things you’re interested in and your thoughts – basically anything and everything’ Which means in future, this blog is going to have the weekly lecture topic, a few fun yet educational links and videos, my interests (fashion, Harry Potter, Apple – not the fruit, leather shoes, bags and cats) all combined!!

So here goes, my blogging innocence has come to an end, and my career as a fabulous fashion journalist, editor-of-Vogue has BEGUN!!