Results Ready - Your Guide to Understanding Your Exam Results
In this episode, Caróg Green, Student Enquiry Centre Coordinator and Student Support Officers Teresa Lydon and Kelly Moore discuss University of Galway semester one provisional exam results.
Teresa and Kelly emphasise that the provisional semester one exams are provisional, so they can be subject to change. There is plenty of time to take action if needed, if you fail an exam all is not lost. Make sure to reach out to the supports that are available to you.
Please note regulations will vary by College and School. Please see below some important differences:
Pass rate for most programmes in Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences is 50%.
Pass by Compensation does not apply to any programmes in the College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences.
Capping for students on programmes in the College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences will be at the pass rate for their programme.
Student Support Officers are available for students who wish to discuss personal, academic, financial or any other issues that may arise while in University. You can contact your Student Support Officer on this link - https://www.universityofgalway.ie/student-support-officers/
The Student Enquiry Centre is located in the heart of campus, just inside the doors of the Arts & Science Concourse. Open from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday the team are on hand to help with any query you may have. Find out more on this link - https://www.universityofgalway.ie/student-enquiry-centre/
Support Wheel - https://www.universityofgalway.ie/student-services/supportwheel/
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Professor Ray Murphy discusses the ongoing situation in Lebanon on BBC Global News
Professor Ray Murphy from the Irish Centre for Human Rights at University of Galway discusses the ongoing situation in Lebanon on BBC Global News
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Walkable Neighbourhoods and their Connection to Health and Happiness
This is a podcast-style generative AI interpretation of the following study: Leyden, K.M., Hogan, M.J., D’Arcy, L., Bunting, B. and Bierema, S., 2024. Walkable neighborhoods: Linkages between place, health, and happiness in younger and older adults. Journal of the American Planning Association, 90(1), pp.101-114.
Read the full research article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01944363.2022.2123382
Please note: There can be some interpretive errors of detail when using GenAI.
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Brian Ward On The Broadcast CBC Todd O Brien May 2024
A research team led by University of Galway is investigating whether climate change is reducing the impact that some of tiniest organisms in the oceans have on CO2 levels in the atmosphere.
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Nuala Ní Chonghaile in conversation with Dr Richard Manton
In the latest edition of our Sustainability Podcast, Internal Communications Officer Nuala Ní Chonghaile speaks to Dr Richard Manton, the inaugural Director of Sustainability Director of Sustainability, charged with establishing a Sustainability Office and leading the implementation of our ambitious sustainability strategy.
Three books that Dr Manton mentioned in this podcast and might be of interest to listeners are”
'Doughnut Economics: Seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist' by Dr Kate Raworth
'Hardiman & Beyond: The Arts and Culture of Galway Since 1820' by Dr John Cunningham & Dr Ciarán McDonagh
'Galway: Making a Capital of Culture' by Dr Patrick Collins