LibGuides: UG CamGuides: A Week in the Life: STEM: Medicine & Natural Sciences

Introduction

The 'week in the life' project was co-created with 11 students currently studying at Cambridge from different disciplines and with different interests. The students created this content in their own voice to represent their own experiences of navigating the Cambridge 'week'.

STEM: Medicine and Natural Sciences

Video 1: A Week in the Life of a STEM Student

In this video Josh gives you an idea of what it is like to study Medicine or Natural Sciences at Cambridge. A typical weekly timetable below illustrates how you might find your time is used.

Video 2: Josh answers questions

In a second video, Josh answers questions and gives tips on the following areas:

It's a busy schedule. How do you find time to relax?
What tips do you have for getting through a repetitive week?
It's a tight schedule! What happens if you miss a lecture?

Josh's timetable

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
9-10am		Lecture			Lecture
10-11am	2 hour practical	2 hour practical	Supervision	Lecture	self study	Lecture	self study
11am-12pm	2 hour practical	2 hour practical		Lecture	Lecture	Lecture
12-1pm	Lecture	Lecture	Lecture			Grocery shopping
1-2pm							2 hours Table Tennis
2-3pm	Lecture	2 hours self study		Supervision	2 hour practical		2 hours Table Tennis
3-4pm		2 hours self study		2 hours self study	2 hour practical
4-5pm	JCR Meeting		Lecture	2 hours self study		Laundry	self study
5-6pm
6-7pm		Supervision			2 hours self study
7-8pm	2 hours self study		2 hours self study	2 hours self study	2 hours self study		3 hours Cooking
8-9pm	2 hours self study	Supervision	2 hours self study	2 hours self study	Hang out with friends - clubroom / games room	hang out with friends	3 hours Cooking
9-10pm					Hang out with friends - clubroom / games room		3 hours Cooking