DONT GO TO DIT!!

Duckworth_Luas

Naikon wrote: »

I can't wait to see the back end of this college. Why did I NOT put down DCU all those years ago? To any prospective student - Think very long and Hard before you apply to DIT. The standards can be diabolical. No consistency with the Administration imo.

"Here is my reciept for your reciept!"

I went to both DIT and DCU. DCU was a big step down in my experience.

JenniFurr

I'd like to thank everyone who has replied with advice on the situation. I think I will bring it up with the SU at some point in the near future. As for taking this to the media, I don't think I'll go THAT far yet. I'm in treatment at the moment and I'm under quite a bit of stress so that would be the last thing I need. Plus it seems a bit like overkill.

I don't want to make it seem like lecturers at DIT are horrible. I've had some fantastic ones and I don't want to tar them all with the same brush. I honestly don't see myself returning to DIT after this though. I can't bare the thought of looking this year head in the eye again I am that furious with her. I'm pretty sure I will use my previous study to continue with another institute.

Naikon

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

I went to both DIT and DCU. DCU was a big step down in my experience.

The Lecturing standards are for the most part very good. It's the admin that drive the place down. bigtime.

bastados

I ran into a couple of real asshole lecturers in DIT during my time..they have left since I hear . Always felt it was lacking in skilled lecturers in the Fine Art dept.

JenniFurr

IPushButtons wrote: »

Agreed go to the students union and inform them of you experiences, I would still go to the media, DIT have clearly failed in there handling of this case (from the information provided) and this information is in the public's interest and should be discussed in a public forum if for no other reason than to inform potential students of what they may face when attending DIT and DIT should have a chance to inform students and potential students of there policies when it's dealing with people who are experiencing mental illness.

Im guessing that the teaching staff have none or little training when it comes to dealing with cases of mental illness this would explain why this girl was treated so badly and other students with mental illnesses will receive the same treatment as this her. Is that fair on them, I don't think so and DIT should be professional in there approach when caring for there students, clearly there not and seem to have a very Irish attitude in the way they do business.

I've just sent in an email to the SU explaining my situation as best I could. Hopefully it will bare some fruit although I don't exactly know what they're going to do about it, if anything. I don't want that to seem like I'm saying the SU can't do their job but I'm sort of apprehensive about naming names in this situation as I may decide to go back next year to finish my degree.

I would hate to see someone else being treated like this again though so maybe talking about it now might stop it from happening.

Also I've heard from a few people that lecturers, year heads etc. have a negative view on medical certs from DIT health centres. I found that the doctors and nurses at Aungier Street were wonderful and that's why I chose to go to them about my illness more frequently. Since when are their medical certs not good enough?

Duckworth_Luas

Naikon wrote: »

The Lecturing standards are for the most part very good. It's the admin that drive the place down. bigtime.

I was talking about Admin. DCU was a disaster area!

starfish12

Do people not feel that its totally depends on the course you are doing, rather than a blanket verdict on the whole course?

From my experience every single college/it/uni etc .has one or more particular course that is far and above what is offered by the others, I know when I did my degree in marketing in DIT it was the only pure marketing undergrad you could do, and when it came to interviews straight from college, anyone from our course far outshone people who had done business in dcu (for example) and specialised in marketing.

Having said that, at the time, business studies in DCU was much more highly regarded than business studies in DIT, so I really think it depends on the course, and that is how people should pick their courses, not necessarily on the instute or college as a whole....

Generic Username

starfish12 wrote: »

Do people not feel that its totally depends on the course you are doing, rather than a blanket verdict on the whole course?

From my experience every single college/it/uni etc .has one or more particular course that is far and above what is offered by the others, I know when I did my degree in marketing in DIT it was the only pure marketing undergrad you could do, and when it came to interviews straight from college, anyone from our course far outshone people who had done business in dcu (for example) and specialised in marketing.

Having said that, at the time, business studies in DCU was much more highly regarded than business studies in DIT, so I really think it depends on the course, and that is how people should pick their courses, not necessarily on the instute or college as a whole....

I agree. I've personally have had bad experiences in DIT but I know many who have loved attending. Also DIT may get some criticisms from different campuses. One campus may be adequate, another could be great and another could be woeful. And this could be in only one area.

I go to Kevin Street and I like it in some respects but needs improving in some areas.

raining2011

I do a night course in Ag. Street and for the most part my experience with DIT has been 4/5, the lecturers that I have are all great, the facilites are in need of upgrading (the girls bathrooms are rank, the canteen makes up its own hours at night sometimes its open in the break of my lectures sometimes its not and the staff there [well the ones I've dealt with] are so rude, seats in the class rooms breaking or in very ad condition), the porters (seems to come up a lot in the thread!) are so rude and cannot wait to kick us out after our class ends - its timetabled to end at 10pm but at about 9.40 they start with the bell noise saying the college is closing, ok yeah we get to get out early after a long day of work and study but at the same time thats 20mins of class we miss every week twice a week, registering and getting student cards for the majority of the class was a joke (I was luckly able to get mine before I started one day) the registeration office closes at lunch time and then closes before our classes start at night - bit silly for a night course no? - getting the timetable was a joke, it was emailed on the Friday night before starting on the Tuesday evening, I went up to the revelent department a week before class started and the girl in the office tried to tell me the course and stream I was talking about didn't exsit!! Also getting our exam results was a nightmare there was no communication about when they would be out or how to get them, it was pure chance that we met our course cord one day and she told us other than that nothing from the exam office themselves.

So all in all its the admin in the college, a small number of staff (porters and canteen), and the registeration & exam office that my problem is with - other than that I have to say I love my course, the lecturers I have are all very helpful and the other people in my class are great too!

crazycrazy

Can anybody throw light on the European Msc food science program at DIT. I am planning to apply this year.

Please let me know about the teaching standards, job opportunity and facilities to the students. Also how is the DIT campus at Kevin Street.

Thank you