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Campus closed Wednesday Dec 1, AND Thursday Dec 2, AND Friday Dec 3

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    #122
    Riamfada
    Registered Users Posts: 10,246 ✭✭✭✭Riamfada


    Oasis_Dublin wrote: »
    You think they would send a few staff members into the library so people living locally can go in and get books.

    Its closed for insurance reasons id say.


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    #123
    141089
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭141089


    Just got this email
    Dear UCD Student,

    I hope that you are surviving the frost and snow. Here is some information in regard to questions that you might have about your modules and the loss of the last two and half days of term due to the severe weather.

    Firstly, there will be no extra classes held next week (beginning 6th December 2010), many students have returned home and the continuing poor weather makes travel difficult and dangerous. There are a very small number of graduate modules scheduled for next week and students should watch Blackboard for information on these modules.

    Most lecturers have covered the whole curriculum before the last week of term and the final lecture/s are mostly a wrap-up of the module. However, I have asked all lecturers to review their exam papers and to see if there was any material due to be delivered in classes at the end of this week that would be needed by students to attempt any part of their papers. If there is, I have asked the academic staff to:

    1. Communicate with students through Blackboard to bring them up to date on any issues in regard to a module that need clarifying;

    2. Where it is needed, put extra reading material up on Blackboard to cover any areas that need clarification;

    3. When grading exams, revise the grading strategy so as not to penalise students who cannot answer a question that relates to material not covered in class.

    Please keep checking Blackboard over the next few days for updates from your lecturers.

    Again, bear in mind that a very small number of teaching hours were lost due to the bad weather and your Programme Dean and Head/s of School and I will be closely monitoring the situation to ensure that all students will be treated fairly in what they are and are not expected to know, so that they can do well in their modules.

    My very best wishes to you in your upcoming exams,

    Kind regards

    Bairbre

    Professor Bairbre Redmond MSocSc, DASS, CQSW, PhD
    Deputy Registrar Teaching and Learning
    Tierney Building, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4
    Tel: +353-1-7161069
    www.ucd.ie/teaching

    Seems fair but gay cause my class were gonna have much needed tutorials


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    #124
    littlefriend
    Registered Users Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭littlefriend


    Surely the library being closed for 5 and half days just before the exams deserves a mention on that email?


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    #125
    conor.hogan.2
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    half day thursday, friday, saturday and sunday = 3 and a half days?


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    #126
    Oasis_Dublin
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    Grimes wrote: »
    Its closed for insurance reasons id say.
    I'd gladly sign away whatever right I have to claim for a fall in UCD for the weekend. Open the library for an hour or two on saturday, it really shouldn't be too much to ask with all of a week to go until final exams.


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    #127
    littlefriend
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    conor.hogan.2 wrote: »
    half day thursday, friday, saturday and sunday = 3 and a half days?

    No it closed on half day Wednesday. I can't count so its 4.5 days. Do you not think that is quite a big deal?


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    #128
    delta_bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭delta_bravo


    That email was probably sent to pre-empt any extenuating circumstances applications as a result of the closure of the library.


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    #129
    conor.hogan.2
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    littlefriend wrote: »
    No it closed on half day Wednesday. I can't count so its 4.5 days. Do you not think that is quite a big deal?

    huge deal - personally im more worried bout missed lectures and more importantly missed tutorials/labs.


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    #130
    Paracore
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    half day thursday, friday, saturday and sunday = 3 and a half days

    I really hope it's not maths your studying Littlefriend!


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    #131
    antomorro-sei
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    Paracore wrote: »
    half day thursday, friday, saturday and sunday = 3 and a half days

    I really hope it's not maths your studying Littlefriend!

    Littlefriend said half day wednesday, thursday, friday etc etc etc....


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    #132
    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    it is closed for too long - leave it at that :D


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    #133
    F4Fake
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭F4Fake


    Gah. Need books for study. Books are in locker. Locker is in Roebuck. Roebuck is in UCD. UCD is closed till Monday. Load of wánk.


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    #134
    Econoline Van
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    This is really pretty disastrous.:(


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    #135
    Sad Professor
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    The cancelled lectures don't bother me, but 4 and half days with no access to the library is a pretty severe setback so close to exams.


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    #136
    littlefriend
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    Sad Professor wrote: »
    The cancelled lectures don't bother me, but 4 and half days with no access to the library is a pretty severe setback so close to exams.

    Yeah I agree. What do you think they should do about it though?


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    #137
    Sad Professor
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    littlefriend wrote: »
    Yeah I agree. What do you think they should do about it though?
    I don't know. There's probably nothing they can do. The college certainly isn't going to delay the exams over 4 lost days. Right now they are just hoping that's all it is. It's up to individual module coordinators whether they want to take account of this by giving extra tips or taking it easy on people when marking. I'm not optimistic. :pac:


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    #138
    Musefan
    Registered Users Posts: 775 ✭✭✭Musefan


    In a rare moment of actual organisation, I photocopied all I needed from the books in the Library about three weeks ago. Bit disappointed in myself now I have no excuse not to study :(


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    #139
    Oasis_Dublin
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    It is ridiculous to have the college closed this close to exams. I know one of the librarians who lives on the dual carriage across from Brewery Road. No hassle for him/her to get in. Open the library for a few hours on either day.


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    #140
    TimeToShine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    i HAVE NO F*CKING BOOKS TO STUDY


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    #141
    kev9100
    Registered Users Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭kev9100


    TimeToShine wrote: »
    i HAVE NO F*CKING BOOKS TO STUDY

    Join the club. Go over your lecture notes... presuming you went to them.


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    #142
    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    The web can also be used for study and not just boards etc


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    #143
    Chet T16
    Registered Users Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Chet T16


    If only there was some vast collection of information available in an interconnected network we could all do some study...

    Seriously, don't not study just because you have an excuse not to


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    #144
    Oasis_Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,467 ✭✭✭Oasis_Dublin


    I forgot the entire UCD library was available on the internet, I'm such a tw*t...


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    #145
    RandolphEsq
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    Ah, I've been using the 'UCD is closed' excuse to justify not studying since Wed. It IS a perfect excuse to make yourself feel better about study, and looking at photos on Facebook of others enjoying the snow only cements the logic of using that as an excuse!


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    #146
    Victoria.
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭Victoria.


    Does anyone know what will happen regarding people who missed labs and tutorials?I missed a lab on Monday as I couldn't make it to UCD but the campus was still open so I presume I just lose whatever that was worth. I missed another one on Thursday worth 5% of a module when the campus was actually closed. Do I have a chance in getting any credit for that or is the whole situation just seen as a act of God and therefore tough luck?


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    #147
    Tayto2000
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    Victoria. wrote: »
    Does anyone know what will happen regarding people who missed labs and tutorials?I missed a lab on Monday as I couldn't make it to UCD but the campus was still open so I presume I just lose whatever that was worth. I missed another one on Thursday worth 5% of a module when the campus was actually closed. Do I have a chance in getting any credit for that or is the whole situation just seen as a act of God and therefore tough luck?

    Anything you missed when campus was open you're liable for as per usual (Although you can still claim extenuating circumstances if you were stuck somewhere and couldn't attend).

    Campus was shut on Thursday so you should be OK for the other one. If it's not rescheduled, most likely it just won't be counted. There's a thaw started and things should be open Monday, give the school a call then and see what's happening.


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    #148
    Victoria.
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭Victoria.


    Thanks Tayto
    Tayto2000 wrote: »
    Campus was shut on Thursday so you should be OK for the other one. If it's not rescheduled, most likely it just won't be counted.

    When you say that it won't be counted does that mean that the final exam will just be worth more, because 2/3 of the people doing the module have already done the lab?


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    #149
    Tayto2000
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    Victoria. wrote: »
    Thanks Tayto



    When you say that it won't be counted does that mean that the final exam will just be worth more, because 2/3 of the people doing the module have already done the lab?

    Most likely rescheduled for reading week if most of the people on the module have already done it, but I'm only guessing. Check with the school on Monday for a more definite answer.


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    #150
    Victoria.
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭Victoria.


    Tayto2000 wrote: »
    Most likely rescheduled for reading week if most of the people on the module have already done it, but I'm only guessing. Check with the school on Monday for a more definite answer.

    Ok thanks, good luck with your exams :)


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    #151
    valor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭valor


    SO I have a review lecture schedule tomorrow that the other half of the class has already had...is this definitely cancelled? am I just SOL about it or whats the deal?


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