So....

amoeba_girl

We're not back til the 21st? Is that right?

Hope y'all had a great christmas!

Thomas_S_Hunterson

yup

Stepherunie

Terms starts for all on the 21st unless you're one of those with placements but you'd know if you had them.

Term for me starts on the 7th of January.

Vorsprung

Jimmy's back on the 3rd!

Stepherunie

Jim! you poor thing! you've got my sympathy vote, I thought the 7th was bad.

Vorsprung

It's not too bad, I got my 5 weeks holidays, can't complain too much!

Stepherunie

In that case i'm taking back my sympathy vote, I only got 16 days off!

ant043

Thank god i'm not back for placement before 21st

redcar

Ok I am sorry but what exactly is this placement stuff? I gather its a placement in some field of some work or something... sorry I am stupid!

Stepherunie

People doing health sci or vet courses have to do placements in hospitals etc to build up sufficient hours to qualify.

i.e. to be a radiographer one must complete something like 1500 hours of clinical placement over your four years to be allowed to practice. Most of this can't be fitted into the actual term time as lectures must be done so we do it in block placements.

Whilst some occur during term time, to get the sufficient number of hours placement has to happen over the christmas, easter and summer breaks in order to allow for sufficient hours to be built up.

So we come back early after Christmas, finish late in summer and somtimes come back early in September.

Ballerina

Stepherunie wrote: »

Term for me starts on the 7th of January.

I feel your pain.Although mines only second year and im looking as it as a little holiday down the country....probably a reeeally bad idea

Riamfada

Do all the buildings open again on the 7th or are some earlier?

Stepherunie

From what I know most buildings are opening again on the 7th but I'd say arts will be open because there's always courses and things on over Christmas and stuff.

Riamfada

First Response said the 7th of January. To quote famous supervillan

<german accent> but all my schtuff is dar</german accent>

panda100

bigjimthefirst wrote: »

Jimmy's back on the 3rd!

me too.NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!I really dont want to go back up to Dubland!I wish I could do a long distance course from Limerick

dajaffa

Ballerina wrote: »

I feel your pain.Although mines only second year and im looking as it as a little holiday down the country....probably a reeeally bad idea

Ah the second year one is great craic. It's still observational, the hardest thing you'll have to do is supervise exercises that the physio has already given! (Unless you get one of those seniors who asks lots of questions, but you'll be grand I promise!)

I'd placement from the 13th August til the 14th December + am now back on regular college time

redcar

Stepherunie wrote: »

People doing health sci or vet courses have to do placements in hospitals etc to build up sufficient hours to qualify.

i.e. to be a radiographer one must complete something like 1500 hours of clinical placement over your four years to be allowed to practice. Most of this can't be fitted into the actual term time as lectures must be done so we do it in block placements.

Whilst some occur during term time, to get the sufficient number of hours placement has to happen over the christmas, easter and summer breaks in order to allow for sufficient hours to be built up.

So we come back early after Christmas, finish late in summer and somtimes come back early in September.

Ah kewl! Thanks!:) x

pretty*monster

Grimes wrote: »

Do all the buildings open again on the 7th or are some earlier?

You might get in on the 4th (but you didn't here it from me).

Riamfada

details? PM or Text me if you want!

rainbow kirby

Bah, it's times like this (sitting at my desk in work, I've been back since the 28th of December) that I wish I was back in college.