WIT Timetables

lisam22

Why cant WIT email/ send us our timetables instead of having to go in the morning of 1st day of lectures when u mite not even have classes?? UL got there timetables last week and with way more students that WIT i dont understand why we cant get ours, its ridiculous!

professorA

I agree, especially if we have never stepped foot in the college! Gonna be lost on Monday morning!

Sparkles:)

ProfessorA which campus are you on and what ya studying? I might be able to offer directions

Anyone in College street, walk in the front door and face the notice boards opposite the library...

MitchKoobski

All first years get their timetable during induction on Monday. Everyone else goes to the noticeboard next to their departments office such as School of Science, Business etc.

Sparkles:)

thats not right, some first years have to go to their department notice boards i did and the lads in architectural tech did too and we werent the only ones

MitchKoobski

I got mine on induction day for both my courses

Sparkles:)

large courses would, like business and social care students are usually pretty safe...

although if you tell me your in a course of 5 someone is getting a strongly worded letter!

Sparks! xx

shanemul

All 1st years this year will be getting their timetables during registration

Icky Thump

shanemul wrote: »

All 1st years this year will be getting their timetables during registration

i hope this is true:D

but i still cant wait to be lost on monday itll be fun lol

Sparkles:)

best of luck getting lost :P

Icky Thump

Sparkles:) wrote: »

best of luck getting lost :P

ill draw a map as i wonder the corridors:D

ill be the guy with the compase and the béret

lisam22

When I was in 1st year we had to check our timetable on the notice boards for second semester. What are we payin €1,500 for?? It wouldnt be that much hassle sending us out our timetable then at least people could sort out hours for work, if they have to travel to the college etc.

dayshah

lisam22 wrote: »

When I was in 1st year we had to check our timetable on the notice boards for second semester. What are we payin €1,500 for?? It wouldnt be that much hassle sending us out our timetable then at least people could sort out hours for work, if they have to travel to the college etc.

Are you a full time student or not?

If you don't have classes get a head start. Familiarise yourself with the library or something, or do some study.

You didn't pay €1,500 to have someone hold your hand.

You'll have to check the timetable for the 1st few weeks as it will be frequently altered.

lisam22

dayshah wrote: »

Are you a full time student or not?

If you don't have classes get a head start. Familiarise yourself with the library or something, or do some study.

You didn't pay €1,500 to have someone hold your hand.

You'll have to check the timetable for the 1st few weeks as it will be frequently altered.

Yes I am a full time student so am already familiarised with the library and since lectures wont have started yet it would be hard to study with no material.

yes I didnt pay 1,500 for someone to hold my hand i never asked anyone to, what I did ask was for our timetables to be sent out to us so at least when applying for a part time job I can inform the employer what hours I can work. Not all of us can have mammy and daddy paying for everything

Why cant they just send us our timetable before we start college and then alter it accordingly once we are in college? not really rocket science but I suppose simple minds find the easiest tasks difficult...

MitchKoobski

lisam22 wrote: »

what I did ask was for our timetables to be sent out to us so at least when applying for a part time job I can inform the employer what hours I can work. Not all of us can have mammy and daddy paying for everything

Why cant they just send us our timetable before we start college and then alter it accordingly once we are in college? not really rocket science but I suppose simple minds find the easiest tasks difficult...

Well thats sort of contradicting what you want isn't it? You can't give your employer your workable hours for definite until the timetables are fully ironed out. So even if you were sent the timetables and informed an employer, they could easily change. My current employer completely understands the situation and just asks me what hours I'm guaranteed to be able to work for now until the timetable is made 100% definite.

Sully

There is a map of the college floating around here somewhere, which should help.

The timetable is not set in stone as such, and is and will be subject to constant change in the first few weeks. You may find no lecturer or no room for subjects. So check twice daily your school noticeboard and ensure the timetable you have is the right one -- some schools will print them for you, others you have to write down yourself.

As for sending them out, I actually don't see much of an issue this way. The only concerns I have would be returning students going in on day 1 of a new year having no idea if there due in today, that morning etc. Sometimes classes may start later in the day then when you arrive etc. So having a decent viewable working one online (they have one at the moment, but I think for those internally only) which you can check in the run up to the new term. Even an iPhone app (idea for a final year project! ;P)!

The other major issue, is of course, allowing students back into classes after a repeat with the risk of them having to leave and repeat the year if they failed.

Icky Thump

the only thing i think would be smart is if they where just available online

all that would have to happen is the lecturer puts up what time he has that class. simple as that. i mean most colleges have notes and stuff put up so why cant times be put up.

you would even have to set up anything new online. just set up a facebook account and only add the students. that way messages, notes and time changes can be sent as easy as the click of a button

lisam22

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Well thats sort of contradicting what you want isn't it? You can't give your employer your workable hours for definite until the timetables are fully ironed out. So even if you were sent the timetables and informed an employer, they could easily change. My current employer completely understands the situation and just asks me what hours I'm guaranteed to be able to work for now until the timetable is made 100% definite.

No its not contradicting what I said as from my experience last year there wasnt that much change to MY timetable in my course and I am currently looking for a job so I cannot go into an interview and say I dont know what hours i can work for you until my college decides to give me a timetable on the 1st day of lectures. Also im not from waterford so I have to travel quite a bit and it would be handy for me 2 know what hours I have this semester.

What I dont get is why the timetables have to change frequently? they had a summer to prepare them?

dayshah

lisam22 wrote: »

No its not contradicting what I said as from my experience last year there wasnt that much change to MY timetable in my course and I am currently looking for a job so I cannot go into an interview and say I dont know what hours i can work for you until my college decides to give me a timetable on the 1st day of lectures. Also im not from waterford so I have to travel quite a bit and it would be handy for me 2 know what hours I have this semester.

What I dont get is why the timetables have to change frequently? they had a summer to prepare them?

Because they didn't know what students they would have until last week. There are some students in wheel chairs, and limited ground floor classes. This is one reason they adjust.

My mammy and daddy didn't pay my way through college. I worked part-time, mainly on weekends. I told my employers 9 to 5 was out of the question. That's because being a student was my full time occupation. I used that time for class, study, and group projects.

I've no problem when students complain about proper things like library hours, computer labs, food in the canteen, but this just sounds like laziness, with people afraid to get up for 9am.

Use the time to contemplate existence.

MitchKoobski

lisam22 wrote: »

No its not contradicting what I said as from my experience last year there wasnt that much change to MY timetable in my course and I am currently looking for a job so I cannot go into an interview and say I dont know what hours i can work for you until my college decides to give me a timetable on the 1st day of lectures. Also im not from waterford so I have to travel quite a bit and it would be handy for me 2 know what hours I have this semester.

What I dont get is why the timetables have to change frequently? they had a summer to prepare them?

As for workable hours I think its safe to say you can tell an employer you can work anytime after 5:30, and the majority of course schedules include a half day on fridays where classes finish at 1pm.

They can't prepare them in the summer because the classes are arranged by when the lecturers are available along with their other classes, and how many people are in each course. They can't tell how many people will be in a course until August when the offers are made. To go completely on estimates from the year before or from applications could work but might end up causing problems when they over or underestimate requirements.

The timetables change during the first few weeks when its discovered that some classes are either too big or too small for the room they're in, or that lecturers can't make certain classes on time due to travelling between campuses. People drop out and change courses early on so classes size will change constantly and room requirements with them.

Edit: If you are a full-time student then your course comes first. You can't expect to be given every last bit of information you need in advance when anything is subject to change. Once you get your course and timetable sorted out, thats when you should go looking for a job.

lisam22

Ill go back to my 1st point as to why UL are able to get their timetables almost 2 weeks in advance when they have a lot more students and im pretty sure have the same problems in relation to class sizes, CAO offers not out until August etc. Not lazy at all I just would like to know what general college hours I have( subject to slight change as its rare they change completely) rather than finding out on the 1st day of lectures.

Yes my course does come first but I HAVE to get a job to be able to stay and complete my college course.

Oh and I forgot this was boards, a forum where the whole point is to speak your mind on whatever topic you wish instead of people making valid points they are taking the "oh you a problem with something you must be lazy route"

Sully

lisam22 wrote: »

Ill go back to my 1st point as to why UL are able to get their timetables almost 2 weeks in advance when they have a lot more students and im pretty sure have the same problems in relation to class sizes, CAO offers not out until August etc. Not lazy at all I just would like to know what general college hours I have( subject to slight change as its rare they change completely) rather than finding out on the 1st day of lectures.

Yes my course does come first but I HAVE to get a job to be able to stay and complete my college course.

Oh and I forgot this was boards, a forum where the whole point is to speak your mind on whatever topic you wish instead of people making valid points they are taking the "oh you a problem with something you must be lazy route"

UL is a University. They have better funding. I think the timetable system is relatively knew, I think, as they changed system recently. While I agree with your point, it would be nice, WIT are a bit slow to change.

Anyway, different colleges different approaches. In business, we all wont take the same approach as our competitor.

Benimar

Icky Thump wrote: »

the only thing i think would be smart is if they where just available online

all that would have to happen is the lecturer puts up what time he has that class. simple as that. i mean most colleges have notes and stuff put up so why cant times be put up.

you would even have to set up anything new online. just set up a facebook account and only add the students. that way messages, notes and time changes can be sent as easy as the click of a button

You will find that the lecturer won't know the times any earlier than the students will.

I know that it is a valid point that they should be available online, but some of the basis of complaint is ridiculous. Is it really such a 'crisis' if you come in at 9 on Tuesday and find you don't have a class until 12?!!

Icky Thump

Benimar wrote: »

You will find that the lecturer won't know the times any earlier than the students will.

I know that it is a valid point that they should be available online, but some of the basis of complaint is ridiculous. Is it really such a 'crisis' if you come in at 9 on Tuesday and find you don't have a class until 12?!!

i agree there some will act like its the end of the world. cant say that im too worried about it myself but it would be nice if things where run a little more professional.

for example before i was offered a place i assumed i wasnt even in the running for a place in WIT.

im doing architecture and WIT are the only ones that didnt want an interview. they didnt even want a proper portfolio for christ sake. they where really bad at leaving me(and a friend also applying) know what the situation was. all the other colleges(DIT, UCC,UL) where in alot more contact

hopefully it isnt a sign of the way the course or college is run

dayshah

Overall WIT could do with updating their website (its like that since about 2003), especially as they teach lots of IT related subjects, and gives a bad impression.

In that case they would be able to post timetables online. However, if it was up to me I would post it online, but just to be mean and spiteful, not until 9am. That way you'd have to get up for 9 anyway

Benimar

dayshah wrote: »

In that case they would be able to post timetables online. However, if it was up to me I would post it online, but just to be mean and spiteful, not until 9am. That way you'd have to get up for 9 anyway

I like your thinking

witless1

The timetables are online:
From the main WIT homepage, click more resources in the bottom left hand corner. Then on the bottom of that screen you see:

Available only within WIT

* Timetables - rooms, courses, students & staff
* Past exam papers

But like it says on the site it is available within WIT only which is a little bit pointless, if you are in the college you will go to the notice board

On the advice of one of our lecturers I used the website for a few years and the updates made on the site are visible a lot quicker then the department notice board. Presumably the secretary prints the timetables from this site so by the time he/she is notified of a timetable change + prints it up + contacts the lecturer + the students get around to seeing it you might miss the class. It normally irons itself out within 2 weeks though as most people have stated already!