Mums and Dads

Mums and Dads is an age-old pastoral support scheme designed to ensure that Freshers settle into University and Medical School life as quickly as possible. Just as you think you’ve left your parents behind we provide you with two more!

To avoid parents or children feeling unloved when unable to contact their new relatives, both children (first years) and parents (second years) will have to opt-in to the scheme. This means that those not wanting to be involved don’t have to be.

Mums and Dads should provide help wherever necessary, social or academic. Nice parents will feel obliged to have their children round for dinner, buy the odd drink, give guided tours of Bristol (with focus on the best watering holes) and perhaps even hand down revision notes. They might even sell on the textbooks at good rates, although, children, please be aware of the Scambler!

“I met my parents before Mum’s and Dad’s night – they took us out for a drink. It was great meeting some people right off the bat who could tell you what medical school was like. They told us what to buy, what not to buy. They’re not just there for first year either, I still see my parents – and i’ve also got a medic sister and many many cousins!” – 3rd year medical student