Where did February go? ... We're nearly at the 6 month mark!

Some of our postbag - thank you for brightening up the admin!

February the shortest month - also the fastest-moving month here in Summer School HQ. Students were notified about their course allocations in early February and we then did various bits of shuffling (where we could) to make sure that students were happy with the courses they had been allocated to.

We then started looking at people on the waiting list and trying to match these to the places still available - of which there were now not many.

The issue of allocation then hit us again as we found ourselves with only just enough bedrooms for those who had booked by the deadline. We looked at using the Leamington Spa campus to relieve the pressure, but in the end decided that we wanted all the resident students to be together in the same place. Invoicing for the balance of the fees started at the end of the month and we hope to have a final picture of how many students we will have at Summer School 2015 by the end of March. Currently we are expecting over 250 students, so around 30% more than attended the 2013 summer school. We expect over a third of those attending to be new to the AGWSD summer school.

It now feels like we have turned an important corner in organizing the event. With post from students arriving by email and as real mail (pictured) it is clear that we are all starting to look forward to the fun. In the next month registered students will start to receive more detailed information about the programme and also be put into contact with their tutors. The following six months will be filled with activity and anticipation and we hope to share some of the fun with those who can't attend in person.