Please tell me this isn't true...

Funkstard

Sorry to be annoying you with all my threads but..

Does UL start back on the 2nd of January?

If it does: Oh dear GOD

Karoma

This isn't true.

kaimera

It's true.

http://www.ul.ie/acacal/2006-07.html

Week 13
0.8 wks Tue 02/01/07 - Fri 05/01/07.

Bollocks

Peteee

kaimera wrote:

It's true.

http://www.ul.ie/acacal/2006-07.html

Week 13
0.8 wks Tue 02/01/07 - Fri 05/01/07.

Bollocks

When was the last time we ever went in for reading week?

But yeah, Bollocks

kippy

Thats pretty normal for UL.
They have exams towards the end of Jan.
One of the drawbacks of the college.
Kippy

EDIT:
UL = University college Limerick(University of Limerick)

smk135

what's UL?:o

Brendygg

how come they have changed it? isnt week 13 just for study anyway not too much goin on?

zilog_jones

kippy wrote:

EDIT:
UL = University college Limerick(University of Limerick)

Erm, there has never been a "college" in the name! Well OK there was Thomond College of Education back in the NIHE days, but that was a good while ago now.

kippy

Erm, there has never been a "college" in the name! Well OK there was Thomond College of Education back in the NIHE days, but that was a good while ago now.

You're most likely right.
But people get the idea.
Kippy

Funkstard

So we don't have to go in for those 3 days? Or do we?

kaimera

Week13 is a 'study' week.

No new material but lecturers are there to answer questions coming up to the exams.

Funkstard

Ah right thank christ for that. I thought I would have had to go back up to Limerick on New Years Day....the horror


EDIT: So exams start on the 8th then? That's still pretty crap, but at least I don't have to go back until that weekend

BossArky

When I was in 4th year in 2002 we started back at 9am Jan 2nd, had to travel up on New Years Day.

Those "reading" weeks are deadly, some sessions were had :cool:

Funkstard

And now I find out we've 3 weeks off when absolutely no one else does. Stupid wannabe American university!

sceptre

You didn't know before applying to the place?

Could be worse, in the old days there were three terms of ten weeks each, three sets of exams, a nice Christmas with no following exams but wasted time off at Easter if Easter fell in the right week, finishing two weeks after every other college in the country which didn't suit people looking for summer jobs, no 50m pool, no available internet and we got kicked out of our corridor so we had to go live in hole in ground. And we were lucky!

kaimera

3 weeks off is great tho

Not really bothered no one else is off.

Peteee

sceptre wrote:

....no available internet.....

Good lord.....

bluedolphin

well it's all changing as of the next academic year, 2007-08. The new calendar has been approved by GA (Governing Authority) which will mean that students will start back earlier in september, have exams before christmas, have christmas break and come back mid-january for the start ofthe new semester.

Can't find link at the mo, will search around.

Besides, I'm on Erasmus next semester...we get TEN DAYS for Christmas hols finishing on the 23rd of Dec and back in lectures on 2nd January, and that's in Warsaw, so not only will I have to go back on New year's day, I'll also have to fork out lots and lots of hard-earned co-op money to pay for the over priced flight. I win.

Brendygg

looks the same unless this hasnt been changed yet

http://www.ul.ie/acacal/2007-08.html

bluedolphin

Brendygg wrote:

looks the same unless this hasnt been changed yet

http://www.ul.ie/acacal/2007-08.html

Well GA has definitely approved it and it's going ahead...I'll try find a linky somewhere...I was speaking with the SU Education officer about it a few weeks ago and he said it was coming in 07-08 anyway. afaik.:rolleyes:

zilog_jones

bluedolphin wrote:

well it's all changing as of the next academic year, 2007-08. The new calendar has been approved by GA (Governing Authority) which will mean that students will start back earlier in september, have exams before christmas, have christmas break and come back mid-january for the start ofthe new semester.

Great... they fix it the year AFTER I finish :mad:

Funkstard

That's good so. The timetable at the moment is a bit insane. Although I do like the extra few weeks off now, especially since my girlfriend went back to school last week! Stinger!

ninty9er

So the Exams are going to be before Christmas the year I'm on F*ing co-op.

Does that mean we get the 3 weeks from 2nd jan onwards.

I like the callendar as it is, gives that boredom over Christmas a purpose....even the odd 3-4 hours in all over Christmas made a difference to my exams

IceHawk

Woohoo, longer Christmas holidays. I have to say, I voted against that change.
My Christmas exams always go better than my summer ones, because we have a few weeks off to practise and prepare questions for lecturers in week 13.

bluedolphin

IceHawk wrote:

Woohoo, longer Christmas holidays. I have to say, I voted against that change.
My Christmas exams always go better than my summer ones, because we have a few weeks off to practise and prepare questions for lecturers in week 13.

No way, my summer ones always do better...I think it's the fact that "omg i have exams in 2 weeks" scares me into doing some work, rather than being able to go, "sure they're not til next year!" and getting distracted by all those seasonal festivities that seem to be more attractive than exams.

spideog7

bolox....why don't they leave well enough alone
i don't like change it scares me...well at least i will be on co-op for the first year of this new regime (hopefully )

Cardinal

I never do any feckin work for my exams anyway. I don't think it maters when they are.

missgwish

Cardinal wrote:

I never do any feckin work for my exams anyway. I don't think it maters when they are.

seconded