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World First as Students raise Green Flag at UCC
Feb 22nd
University College Cork became the first 3rd level educational institution in the world to be accredited with the prestigious international ‘Green Flag’ award, on.
The award, presented by Minister John Gormley, on behalf of An Taisce, to UCC President Dr. Michael Murphy, is a direct result of the Green-Campus programme, a student-led initiative undertaken by UCC students and staff over the last 3 years.
The Green-Campus programme, operated in Ireland by An Taisce, has seen the University save €300,000 in waste management costs, reduce waste to landfill by nearly 400 tonnes and improve recycling from 21% to 60%. Furthermore, UCC has conserved almost enough water this year to fill the equivalent of the Lough of Cork.
Retailers may refuse new student card for discounts
Oct 7th
THE NEW STUDENT cards introduced by UCD will prove problematic for students who wish to avail of student discounts, The University Observer has learned.
Useful Links
Jun 7th
www.hea.ie - Higher Education Authority -Information on Higher Education and research in Ireland. Includes links to universities and other colleges, European programmes such as Erasmus and Tempus.
www.hetac.ie - Higher Education and Training Awards Council - HETAC awards qualifications at all levels of higher education and training up to PhD level.
HETAC’s main functions include:
Setting standards for higher education and training awards
Validation of higher education and training programmes
Monitoring of institutional quality assurance procedures
Delegation of awarding powers to recognised institutions
Ensuring that student assessment procedures are fair and consistent
Ensuring that arrangements are in place in commercial education and training institutions to protect learners where programmes validated by HETAC cease to be provided.
www.fetac.ie - FETAC - Further Education and Training Awards Council - is the national awarding body for further education and training in Ireland.
www.nqai.ie – The National Qualifications Authority of Ireland is the Irish centre for the recognition of international qualifications, known at Qualifications Recognition – Ireland.
www.dfes.co.uk – If your going to the UK to study this site has information about financial assistance for fees.
www.studentfinance.ie - This website is a convenient and user-friendly source of information on financial support for further and higher education.
www.cao.ie – Central Applications Office - The higher education institutions in the Republic of Ireland have delegated to CAO the task of processing centrally applications to their first year undergraduate courses.
www.qualifax.ie - QualifaX is Ireland’s National Learners’ Database. It is the “one stop shop” for learners. We provide the most comprehensive information on further and higher education and training courses.
Exam Tips
Jun 3rd
I still shudder when I think of it. The anxiety. The nerves. The expectation. The fear of failure. The absolute lack of preparation. The leaving cert.
Carry ear plugs with you to the library, this will block out all the noise that might distract you.
Don’t stay up all night studying you’ll burn yourself out and lose focus, go to bed early and get up early your mind is like a sponge in the mornings and take regular breaks.
Take some boroco or some energy supplements and eat healthy, the last thing you want is to get run down and be sick.
Make up a memorable song to help you remember information. Also try using mind maps.
Create a study group, remembering a conversation is easier than remembering text after text.
Don’t try to be the first one to finish when you take a test, it’s not like it’s a race, stay till the very end you never know what you may remember.
Try to do some yoga or something that relaxes you, at least ten minutes before you go into the exam, if you try to cram the last few notes in, you’ll panic and confuse yourself.
Don’t forget, the Leaving Cert is important but at the end of the day if today’s exam didn’t go to well for you, don’t sweat it too much. There’ll be plenty of other opportunities.
Top Web sites for students
May 17th
Refdesk
Since 1995, Refdesk.com, which stands for “reference desk,” has served as a one-click springboard to many of the Web’s top dictionaries, encyclopedias, calculators, atlases, news headlines, and search engines. The site also includes a handy “homework helper” section that provides help in all subjects to students in every grade.
HowStuffWorks
Ever wanted to know why earthquakes happen? How CD burners work? What the sun is made of? These questions, and a large amount of others related to computers/electronics, automobiles, science, entertainment, and people, are all answered at this award-winning Web site. Simply type a query into the search window or peruse the topics by category. Extras include free newsletters, surveys, and printable versions of all answers.
Fact Monster
This site features an almanac, atlas, dictionary and encyclopedia made especially for kids, as well as handy search engine and layout designed for easy fact-finding. Check out fun features such as Biographies of the Presidents, the Geography Hall of Fame, and the Tallest Buildings Slideshow.
Download.com
Consider Download.com the ultimate file repository that links to literally tens of thousands of downloadable free or shareware programs. This includes utilities for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux, Internet tools, desktop dictionaries and language translators, Pocket PC and Palm applications, and of course, computer games. Visitors can search by typing in a keyword or by perusing the many sections.
Novelguide.com
The Web’s answer to those black- and yellow-striped Cliff Notes is Novelguide.com, a reliable and free source for literary analysis of classic and contemporary books such as Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground. The site offers character profiles, metaphor and theme analysis, and author biographies.
Math.com
This site provides help in a number of mathematics-related subjects, including basic grade-school math, calculus, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics. Practice exercises are automatically graded, plus this free site also features a glossary, calculators, homework tips, math games, and lesson plans for teachers.
FreeTranslation
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Perfect for language studies, this handy Web site automatically converts text from one language into another, such as English to Simplified Chinese or French to English. Simply type and paste up to 10,000 characters (about 1,800 words) into the search window and then select the desired language. Alternatively, you can cut and paste a Web URL to convert the entire site.
Shakespeare Online
This Web site can be filed in the “where was this when I was a kid?” category. On the aptly named Shakespeare Online site, visitors can read every play or poem from the world’s most celebrated writer and, more importantly, make some sense of his works with free analysis, Old English language translations, and famous quotes.