to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.);to conduct (electricity);to let permeate (e.g. water through a fabric);to permit through;to let through (e.g. air);to run through (e.g. a pipe);to penetrate;to let in
I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.