Osteopathy Induction

Hello and welcome to the Osteopathy Programme at Swansea University.

We are looking forward to meeting you at the start of your Osteopathic journey.

During the induction week you will be given lot of information, support and advice to help you settle into the University, and the course.

Induction will familiarise you with the campus facilities, expected professional conduct and the wide range of support services available.

Please check your emails regularly for communications from the University.

The teaching team looks forward to meeting you in September.

If you have any questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

Bethan Davies

Programme Director

j.davies@swansea.ac.uk

Programme Director: Bethan Davies

Senior Lecture: Stephen Buss

Clinical Lead / Admissions / Lecturer: Jo Perkins

Teaching Team:

Sue Croft

Charles Milward

Marelie Mey

Martin Boddy

Nicole Stroh

Ben Rattley

Ian David

Sharon Sylvester

Zeanne Thomas

Beatrice Gbevegnon-Roper

Throughout our degree programmes we work to provide our students with opportunities in and around your School, the city with our industry partners and sign-post for international opportunities available to you. Our focus is to ready you for the world of work. To find out about the opportinities you will have in your School check out our student enterprise and employability webpage.

As a student at Swansea University, you will have the opportunity to engage with industry, take on placement opportunities and complete work experience, so that you are fully equipped for the world of work when you leave us. This process is facilitated by the Careers and Employability team who aim to provide careers advice and employment opportunities all under one roof.

As a student you will be given an Personal Tutor.  This is a member of teaching staff in the Faculty or School who acts as your key point of contact while you are at Swansea University.

You should meet with your Personal Tutor one-to-one at least once every Semester.  You may also be invited to group meetings or workshops with your Personal Tutor

Your Personal Tutor will guide and support you with your academic, professional and personal development.  They can help you with:

• Reviewing your academic progress
• Accessing academic and personal support e.g. with welfare issues
• Understanding the exam and assessment system
• Academic references for placements / job applications
• Answering any other questions you may have or recommend where to best seek advice

Tutors may also have ‘office hours’ when you can see them as well.  You can email your tutor if there is something you want to discuss and/or to arrange a meeting.

Click here for more information about Personal Tutoring

As well as subject specific support by college teaching staff and your personal academic mentor, the Centre for Academic Success provides courses, workshops and one-to-one support in areas such as:

• Academic writing
• Maths and statistics
• Critical thinking
• Time management
• Digital skills
• Presentation skills
• Note taking
• Revision, memory and exam techniques
• English language skills (if English is not your first language).

In addition, if you have a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), disability, mental health or medical condition, the Centre for Academic Success have Specialist Tutors to support your learning, working alongside the Disability Office and Wellbeing Service to support all your needs and requirements whilst studying atSwansea University.

Want to live the Osteopathy student life to the fullest? Make friends with fellow osteo students in socials, have exclusive opportunities of attending guest talks, learn from older peers, and much more

Joining your programme societies will allow you to interact with classmates in other years of the degree course

You can see the list of Swanses Universit socieites here

The Osteopathy Society stopped running during Covid, all social events were put on hold and the Society wasn't able to run like it had done during previous years!

If you are interesting in being part of the Society and helping bring it back, we need a new committee which normally consists of:

President - Chairing meetings, making sure everyone else is doing their bit and making sure the society behaves in line with SU rules.

Treasurer - Looking after the societies’ funds, making sure that anything you raise from membership is put back into the society (socials, end of year balls etc.) and it’s all documented (receipts etc.) with the SU

Social Sec - Planning the parties! Coming up with fun ideas for socials, booking with clubs/bars, and promotion of events

Secretary - Writing minutes in meetings and helping with general organising

Web  Officer-  Social media, posting events and monitoring the Facebook page

Publicity Officer -Organising & arranging marketing material, event décor, flyers, t-shirts etc

If you would like to be involved then please can you email here with your name, student number and what role you would like to apply for.