Under Construction

It's an interesting experience studying at a campus that is still under construction. You see, 3 universities and a college got together to share a new campus and, whereas a lot of it is finished, there is a fair bit that still is the domain of construction workers. For most of last term they were making a nuisance of themselves (diggers getting in the way of traffic, builders sending cement dust flying everywhere, that sort of thing) just over the road constructing the new library.

Well, it opened this week and it is huge. The longest library in Europe, apparently. Masses of PCs and study space - much better than the pokey computer room we have in our building. Good incentive to study there away from the distractions at home (internet forums, telly, cats etc.). Also there are masses more books than in the old library. They even have some radiography books! Only about 10, but it's a start, and it's 10 more than the old library had. Hurrah, less intersite loans to have to deal with.

We now also have a barrier at the entrance of the far-too-small car park. The card reader for it is cunningly placed to cause maximum inconvenience - I can only just get the car close enough to lean out of the window to swipe the pass card.

A lot of the building type stuff that is going on I don't have a clue about. This time last year they planted up the strip of ground between the car park and the road with lots of shrubs and suchlike. Today there are a couple of diggers clearing it all away. I wonder what that's all about.