New Fellows & Scholars

http://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/FellowsScholars/

There are some names I know there. Well done to all, hard luck to those who didn't get it.

Andrew 83

Delighted for John Lavelle and Steve Clarke in particular.

EmoKid

really happy for Nicola Marples and PWJ. Very good lecturers and nice people. Only know the one person to get scholarship. I was hoping to see one or two more familar names.

Stargal

Yep, well done all, hard luck to those who didn't get it. Was v happy to see John and Steve get it, as Andrew said!

I didn't know what to say to people I knew in the Exam Hall who got exemptions but didn't get full Schols - well done on getting exemptions? Hard luck on not getting Schols?

Glad to see Eoin O'Sullivan got a fellowship. Excellent lecturer. This should keep him from being poached by rivals for a few years at least!

Nietzschean

nice work David, any other boardsies get em?

EmoKid

David L is a boardsie?

Nietzschean

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1933912&postcount=4

EmoKid

oh that chap. fair play david.

europerson

Yeah, only four BESSheads got it. I wasn't one of them: I was quite disappointed actually. I came joint eighth in my class.

Stargal

It mightn't mean much to you right now but that's still very impressive

Stargal

I was surprised there was only four out of BESS though, considering the high number who got exemptions. When Drew was in second year a very high number of people got it in BESS.

Ron DMC

Congratulations to everyone I know who got them:D :
STEPHANIE ROUSSEAU (Early and Modern Irish)
SEAMUS CONBOY (History)
CATHAL JOSEPH PAUL COONEY (Mathematics)
AIMEE EDITH JOYCE (Social Studies)
CAROLINE CULLEN (Biblical Studies and Modern Irish)
PAUL EARLIE (English and French)
DEIRDRE HOSFORD (English and Modern Irish)
EIMEAR MAIRE NIC DIARMADA (English and Sociology)

And of course my deepest commiserations to everyone who didn't.:(

Running Bing

europerson wrote:

Yeah, only four BESSheads got it. I wasn't one of them: I was quite disappointed actually. I came joint eighth in my class.

How did you find out where you came europerson?

stargal

stargal wrote:

I was surprised there was only four out of BESS though, considering the high number who got exemptions. When Drew was in second year a very high number of people got it in BESS.

In total, 16 Scholars less then last year. But, eh, I don't know how many got it the year before.

Plus Engineering is down a good bit at 2 Scholars this year, though not many got exemptions.

Babybing wrote:

How did you find out where you came europerson?

List was up at the Exam Hall. Might still be, I'm not sure.

europerson

Myth wrote:

Plus Engineering is down a good bit at 2 Scholars this year, though not many got exemptions.

Only four got exemptions in Engineering.

List was up at the Exam Hall. Might still be, I'm not sure.

Yup, still is: turn left under the portico.

Congratulations to everyone who was elected to Scholarship and Fellowship! I forgot to say that earlier!

ApeXaviour

europerson wrote:

Congratulations to everyone who was elected to Scholarship and Fellowship! I forgot to say that earlier!

Seconded, especially to David (precariousnuts), the only person I know who got them.

I got mighty close but ah well.. such is life Dónal informs me I get some sort best loser prize. So 'twasn't all in vain.

Arr back to study! This 3rd year lark is driving me nuts :mad: (gotta pass gotta pass gotta pass gotta pass )

Crash

Yay, Tangney got a fellowship - i love that man

Also Darryl Jones - fantastic author (had to use his books for a film essay) and from what my sister said, a fantastic lecturer.

as for the scholarships - Yay, Carly and Aimee got ones - and to think carly thought about pulling out :P

ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI

Wow...I had no idea the number of total scholarships awarded would be so few, I thought there would be around 100 or so...


What's the difference between the various varieties of fellowships?

europerson

ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI wrote:

What's the difference between the various varieties of fellowships?

Fellowship (in accordance with Chapter 5, Section 6 of the Statutes):
This is an award for members of the academic staff, who have shown "distinguished merit in scholarship, as shown primarily by [their] published work" and/or "on the grounds of his or her learning, promise and contribution to academic life".

Professorial Fellowship (in accordance with Chapter 5, Section 7 of the Statutes):
This is the same thing, except it's for lecturers of professorial rank.

Honorary Fellowship (in accordance with Chapter 5, Section 9 of the Statutes):
This is best explained by the extract from the Statutes: "The Board may also, with the assent of at least three-fifths of the Fellows of the College given in like manner, at any time elect persons of academic distinction as Honorary Fellows of the College. An Honorary Fellowship shall not entitle its holder to any vote, voice, power, or authority in the College or University, or to a share in any dividend, or to any emoluments whatever in the College or University, nor shall Honorary Fellows be deemed to be Fellows for the purposes of the Charters, but, except as aforesaid, an Honorary Fellow shall enjoy such privileges and advantages as the Board may from time to time determine. The Board may, with the assent, in writing, of a majority of the said Fellows, Senior and Junior, other than Honorary Fellows, terminate the tenure of any Honorary Fellowship."

Nietzschean

i'm impressed,
do you keep a copy of the statutes with you at all times? or are they on the web?

europerson

Nietzschean wrote:

i'm impressed,
do you keep a copy of the statutes with you at all times? or are they on the web?

Not even I am that geeky! They're at http://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/Board/Other_Papers/Statutes-Current.pdf.

Running Bing

ApeXaviour wrote:

This 3rd year lark is driving me nuts :mad: (gotta pass gotta pass gotta pass gotta pass )

You did Schols in third year?:eek: :eek: Respect!

Running Bing

How did the other bess people on this forum do europerson? I think right side is one?

europerson

Babybing wrote:

How did the other bess people on this forum do europerson? I think right side is one?

I don't know who Right_Side is in real life!

bbrazil

Myth wrote:

In total, 16 Scholars less then last year. But, eh, I don't know how many got it the year before.

79

Pet

ApeXaviour wrote:

Seconded, especially to David (precariousnuts), the only person I know who got them.

I got mighty close but ah well.. such is life Dónal informs me I get some sort best loser prize. So 'twasn't all in vain.

Arr back to study! This 3rd year lark is driving me nuts :mad: (gotta pass gotta pass gotta pass gotta pass )

Aww, you're so gracious. If I were you, I'd be really bitter and shout at scholars whenever I saw them and call them losers.

Awayindahils

Pet wrote:

Aww, you're so gracious. If I were you, I'd be really bitter and shout at scholars whenever I saw them and call them losers.

:rolleyes: now thats what you'd call maturity.

well done to everyone who got schols, thea tilley, oisin tobina nd aimee in particular given as you're the only ones i know in anyway. and hard luck to all of you who didnt get it.

sitting on the steps outside of the gmb was an unnerving expierence it felt like i was getting dimmer by just being in the presence of so many scholars, some how this didnt encouraged me to go to the library though.:eek:

cuckoo

Congrats to all the new Scholars, and to those that got some exemptions - and well done to everyone who sat the exams, it takes guts to go for Schols.

Ron DMC

Ronny Mitchell wrote:

Congratulations to everyone I know who got them:D :
STEPHANIE ROUSSEAU (Early and Modern Irish)
SEAMUS CONBOY (History)
CATHAL JOSEPH PAUL COONEY (Mathematics)
AIMEE EDITH JOYCE (Social Studies)
CAROLINE CULLEN (Biblical Studies and Modern Irish)
PAUL EARLIE (English and French)
DEIRDRE HOSFORD (English and Modern Irish)
EIMEAR MAIRE NIC DIARMADA (English and Sociology)

And of course my deepest commiserations to everyone who didn't.:(

I just realised I know a lot more of these nerds than the rest of you boardsies, does this make me more of a nerd than the rest of ye?

Agent Smith

if you went to the libary, perhaps.....

luckat

Myth, should you really post someone else's identity?

Congratulations to all Boardsie schols, fellows and goodfellas.

John

Ronny Mitchell wrote:

I just realised I know a lot more of these nerds than the rest of you boardsies, does this make me more of a nerd than the rest of ye?

No, real nerds wouldn't know anyone as they spend more time studying.

Crash

All he posted was a list which was also emailed out to everyone by college - dont see where the issue is?

Nietzschean

luckat wrote:

Myth, should you really post someone else's identity?

Its public information? college website, notice boards, etc...

I too am confused?

PrecariousNuts

Here are some crappy photos I took with the camera on my phone. I didn't have a proper camera since we obviously didn't know in advance. The black tie thing was a nightmare having no notice either.

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dleen/schol

Yes we did wear the gowns everywhere especially since we only had them for 2 days.

Some explainations to make this post worthwhile:

TP Results


Other TPs in exam hall


Me in exam hall


Playing marbles on the church steps, the fellows won this year.


Tea in the GMB (I don't know where I took this photo from)


Back in exam hall in our tuxs for the big photo


Then to the Atrium


Dinner (Rob on the right was the Toronto schol this year)


The next day looking out the provosts window


Upstairs in the provosts house where we took our oath in latin

Nietzschean

81% very nice man

Awayindahils

hmm there appears to be a lot more to being a schol than i at first imagined..:p

Pet

Jaaaysus, I didn't even know it was possible to get that many marks..I suppose if it's maths then there's less subjectivity than is arts or geography or something like that..

Well done anyways.

Crash

You know, i've been sitting here doing set and basic mathematical induction for my course, AND HAVING PROBLEMS, and thinking that, you know what, maybe i won't ever be a scholar

PrecariousNuts

Heh you know my student number, yeah I was surprised by that... 11% too much work you could say.

Funnily enough I recognised a fair few people from the hamilton library there. By February I was seeing the same people in the same places (upstairs and on the left) and all of us staying there till 10 each night so it was nice to see they got it aswell.

Nietzschean

Pet wrote:

Jaaaysus, I didn't even know it was possible to get that many marks..I suppose if it's maths then there's less subjectivity than is arts or geography or something like that..

Its the standard reasoning given by people in those course, though i don't know of anyone who's sat both the geog and maths schols to say which its harder to get those sorta marks in...so i guess we'll never know for sure..

Time Magazine

It depends almost entirely upon which side of your brain you use. You'll always see some Maths + Economics Schols because economics can be interpreted mathematically quite easily, and the Dept love that. You'll see far less e.g. Sociology + Economics Scholars because it's far harder to prove yourself through words than numbers.

Nietzschean

PrecariousNuts wrote:

Heh you know my student number, yeah I was surprised by that... 11% too much work you could say.

Yeah thats probally alot of extra work too [and getting student no.'s are easy to get outa the maths system....all stored in a publically readable file...]

John

PrecariousNuts wrote:

oath in latin

Another misreading mishap here, for a second I was wondering what was up with the bath in lotion!

Angry Banana wrote:

It depends almost entirely upon which side of your brain you use.

No it doesn't.

Time Magazine

John2 wrote:

No it doesn't.

Now that's pedantic, but in fairness you are a neuroscientist. I was referring to whether you're "artsy" or "sciencey".

John

I'm Mr Pedantry. What about us polymaths who enjoy artsy things as well as sciencey things? That's right, we're just better than you. And by we I mean me.

Time Magazine

Economics is far more of an arts/science hybrid than neuroscience could ever be!

It's not a science, for shure, but since the rise of econometrics it's probably the closest Art to a science!

Anyway, even I don't want economics invading the rant/bitch/moan temple.

Edit: err, this isn't rant/bitch/moan. Well done.

Nietzschean

larf

Ron DMC

John2 wrote:

who enjoy artsy things as well as sciencey things? That's right, we're just better than you. And by we I mean me.

Ahem, I think I win this competition hands down.

Pet

No it doesn't.

Put on your neuroscience hat, then, and tell us all why most people are naturally better at one OR the other (maths, science vs languages, art, etc).