{"id":70,"date":"2016-02-19T14:44:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T14:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/laurajones8\/?p=70"},"modified":"2016-02-19T14:44:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T14:44:47","slug":"dentistry-blog-the-social-side-of-university-and-dentistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/laurajones8\/2016\/02\/19\/dentistry-blog-the-social-side-of-university-and-dentistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Dentistry Blog – The social side of university and dentistry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The social side of university and dentistry<\/strong><\/p>\n

You get a real flavour of what the social side of university is like in your first week, arguably the best week, and definitely the most mental, freshers week! It\u2019s set up and run by the student\u2019s union (so by students), with the primary aim of getting you to mingle with all the new people in your halls – the fresher\u2019s crew are brilliant at this – as well as experience what Newcastle has to offer. This includes an array of daytime activities from paintballing and quad-biking, to cocktail making and beach trips. Then onto Newcastle\u2019s incredible (and award winning) nightlife; there are a number of themed bar crawls ending in the city\u2019s superclubs, and music performances in the newly refurbished union. Or if that\u2019s not your scene, try the \u2018grub crawls\u2019, comedy gigs and cinema trips, and best of all, everything\u2019s included in the price of the fresher\u2019s wristband, it\u2019s incredible value. If like me, you enjoyed it so much, you can volunteer to be one of the crew the following year, so you get to do it all again!<\/p>\n

There are so many sport clubs for you to choose from, whether you\u2019re a footballer trying out for the first team, or want to try something completely different like ultimate Frisbee. There are also hundreds of non-sporting related societies, such as the film society, the 20-minute society (a 20 minute heads up is given before a totally spontaneous event, sometimes even a holiday), and then, your course societies, which brings me to the ever-famous dentsoc.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t stress how good dentsoc is, it\u2019s the perfect way to let your hair down after a busy week on clinic, socialise with everyone on the course, and get involved in some wickedly funny events.<\/p>\n

It really sets Newcastle apart from the other dental schools, and the \u2018Crown and Bridge\u2019 acts as its central hub. The \u2018Crown and Bridge\u2019 is our very own bar, situated next to the lecture theatres, and for a one off payment at the beginning of first year, around \u00a390, gets you membership for life, and that includes your drinks! Roughly every 2 weeks there\u2019s a dentsoc event, be it \u2018blind date\u2019 for valentines, the hilarious \u2018hustings\u2019 event (the dentsoc presidential candidates show their campaign videos, which are superb), the annual ball (your chance to dress to the nines), or even events out of the Toon, such as sports day, a weekend where all the dental schools converge on one city for a brilliant day of sports, followed by epic nights out.<\/p>\n

Dentsoc really is the epitome of \u2018work hard, play hard\u2019!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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