Hello there everyone, I hope you
are well. I can’t believe that I only have a few more weeks of teaching for my
degree! I know I still have two exams to complete and a dissertation, but after
the 2nd of April I will have no more lectures to attend! So as for
the title of this blog, even though there are only a few weeks left of my
lectures, I don’t actually finish my studies until September. For those of you
who may not know, master’s degrees are slightly different to bachelor’s degrees
in the sense they are one full year, as opposed to an academic year (usually
around 9 months). This means that I won’t officially finish until September of
this year.
In non-university (but somewhat
university related) news, I do have events to look forward to once I have
finished my lectures. Over the Easter weekend I will be going to York for the
weekend with some friends from during my undergraduate studies. I haven’t seen
some of them since last year, so it will be nice to see everyone again. The
journey to York should also be fun, as myself and 3 other people are driving
there; bring on the road trip! Speaking of road trips, I will be driving to
Birmingham this weekend to visit a friend which should also be quite exciting.
I will be doing the journey alone, however, so it possibly won’t be as fun, but
an experience nonetheless. 
For all you cat lovers out there,
this blog’s interesting fact is about cats; cat whiskers to be precise!
Interestingly enough, there are exactly 24 whiskers on every cat, with 12 on
each side of their face. Whiskers are used by cats to hunt, as well as to sense
their surroundings. Veterinary neuroscientists have found that cat’s whiskers
connect to a part of the brain similar to the visual cortex, meaning that cats
can effectively see with their whiskers. Cats also use their whiskers to judge
whether or not they will fit into tight spaces, and research has found that
cats with damaged whiskers can have difficulty completing some tasks.
Hopefully you found that fact
just as interesting as I did, I hope you are all working hard, and all up to
date with your work. Until next time!
