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    #7442
    thelad95
    Registered Users Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    lorc43 wrote: »
    the reading room in the arts building, is it open for leaving cert students?

    Technically not but if you wanted somewhere quite to study, nobody would notice who you are as long as you didn't have a school uniform and stayed quite.


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    #7443
    Lara_15
    Registered Users Posts: 704 ✭✭✭Lara_15


    thelad95 wrote: »
    Technically not but if you wanted somewhere quite to study, nobody would notice who you are as long as you didn't have a school uniform and stayed quite.

    Quiet


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    #7444
    barleybooley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭barleybooley


    Lara_15 wrote: »
    Quiet

    Quite
    quite.jpeg


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    #7445
    banquo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    lorc43 wrote: »
    the reading room in the arts building, is it open for leaving cert students?

    Yes. Make sure all your friends know!


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    #7446
    Westeros
    Registered Users Posts: 278 ✭✭Westeros


    Jumped on the bandwagon and stayed up to watch the SuperBowl last night and had a few drinks with the lads. Missed my one and only lecture today. Great start to the semester... :)


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    #7447
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    At least you aren't scrambling to find a work placement. :(


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    #7448
    thelad95
    Registered Users Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    I think this is an issue that's been mentioned here before but I've had 5 of my 7 modules and all 5 are non-native English speakers. Now I'm not racist or anything but the standard of their English is not great and they are hard to understand. It's pretty frustrating.


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    #7449
    Pai Mei
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭Pai Mei


    ^ I noticed that too today. Is there some reason why there are so many foreign lecturers in Maynooth?


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    #7450
    mickstupp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,764 ✭✭✭mickstupp


    Might have something to do with universities getting continually pushed by governments and funding bodies to employ international scholars. Raise the international reputation of the place, or something. I suppose there's department heads getting told to hire internationally or see their funding cut.

    Well just because they're international doesn't make them good.


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    #7451
    Westeros
    Registered Users Posts: 278 ✭✭Westeros


    thelad95 wrote: »
    I think this is an issue that's been mentioned here before but I've had 5 of my 7 modules and all 5 are non-native English speakers. Now I'm not racist or anything but the standard of their English is not great and they are hard to understand. It's pretty frustrating.

    They seem to be on the increase this year too!


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    #7452
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    Just a warning that I don't want any personal attacks on lecturers. General discussion is fine but if this gets too bitchy I will be shutting it down.

    XxMCRxBabyxX


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    #7453
    zl1whqvjs75cdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    More international lecturers may encourage more international students to come to the place. This is a nice money spinner for the college, particularly if the students are Asian or from outside the EU. Dem fees.


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    #7454
    mickstupp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,764 ✭✭✭mickstupp


    I think the number of foreign lecturers also affects the university's world ranking, in some of the ranking systems anyway.


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    #7455
    thelad95
    Registered Users Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    Is Callan Hall as bad as people say? Have a double lecture there tomorrow...


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    #7456
    marko93
    Registered Users Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭marko93


    thelad95 wrote: »
    Is Callan Hall as bad as people say? Have a double lecture there tomorrow...

    Two hours on those wooden chairs? Good luck.


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    #7457
    suitcasepink
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,837 Mod ✭✭✭✭suitcasepink


    thelad95 wrote: »
    Is Callan Hall as bad as people say? Have a double lecture there tomorrow...

    I was there for 2 hours today.

    Dear god bring a cushion, it'll help your ass some little bit


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    #7458
    Stinjy
    Registered Users Posts: 785 ✭✭✭Stinjy


    thelad95 wrote: »
    Is Callan Hall as bad as people say? Have a double lecture there tomorrow...

    hahaha, good luck, god I don't miss that place!

    edit: bring a jacket or something nice to sit on or the rear end may be numb by the time you get out!


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    #7459
    mickstupp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,764 ✭✭✭mickstupp


    I need journal access. Is the library site down for everyone else too?


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    #7460
    MFPM
    Registered Users Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MFPM


    mickstupp wrote: »
    I need journal access. Is the library site down for everyone else too?

    It's not just me then! I've been trying to access the site since 9pm last night.


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    #7461
    JellyBeans92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 489 ✭✭JellyBeans92


    Anyone know when the provisional results are up, in particular for final year computer science.. Seems some of the other departments already have theirs and I'm anxious to know how many I failed already!
    :pac:


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    #7462
    thelad95
    Registered Users Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    Why is JH1 so cold? :(


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    #7463
    JellyBeans92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 489 ✭✭JellyBeans92


    thelad95 wrote: »
    Why is JH1 so cold? :(

    3tppcq.jpg

    Dementors..


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    #7464
    mickstupp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,764 ✭✭✭mickstupp


    I saw a feckin huge wasp today on the bus! I tried to kill it to death but missed. I'm afraid to put my hands in my coat pockets or bag now just in case.


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    #7465
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    The Games Soc is finally having a meet-up for commuting students...

    ...but I'm stuck home with a broken metatarsal.


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    #7466
    thelad95
    Registered Users Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    Got an offer for Rye Bunk today. €60 a week. Should I take it or run a mile?


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    #7467
    JellyBeans92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 489 ✭✭JellyBeans92


    thelad95 wrote: »
    Got an offer for Rye Bunk today. €60 a week. Should I take it or run a mile?

    If you're open to the idea of sharing a room with someone you don't know, I wouldn't see why not. You've a shared desk, wardrobe etc. but outside of that they don't seem too bad.


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    #7468
    Lara_15
    Registered Users Posts: 704 ✭✭✭Lara_15


    thelad95 wrote: »
    Got an offer for Rye Bunk today. €60 a week. Should I take it or run a mile?

    Take it so you can be closer to me xoxoxoxox


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    #7469
    thelad95
    Registered Users Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    Lara_15 wrote: »
    Take it so you can be closer to me xoxoxoxox

    Hmmmmm......


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    #7470
    barleybooley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭barleybooley


    I was walking by the field beside the church yesterday and was absolutely disgusted to notice all the glass bottles that were thrown in there. There are animals in there for crying out loud! What is wrong with people? There's a bin the far side of the church for fcek sake!

    Eugh, just needed to vent! :o


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    #7471
    TheGoldenAges
    Registered Users Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭TheGoldenAges


    Are results out today?


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