Skills Week
Monday to Friday, 11–15 October

Dear Student, 

We understand the distress and concern you may be feeling in light of the recent cyberattack.

We appreciate that network disruptions add additional challenges to an already adapted way of learning, and want to ensure you that we are working to provide alternatives whilst these issues are under review. A temporary Wi-Fi​ system is now available in specific areas of the NUI Galway campus, the details of which you can find below.  

Monday, 11 Oct also marks the beginning of Skills Week. We have a brilliant programme of activities lined up on accessible platforms to help you up-skill and advance in your academic and professional life. Read on to find out more. 

WI-FI ACCESS

Our priority is to provide internet access for teaching and learning purposes to email and Blackboard, while work continues on the University network.  However we would ask you not to use the Wi-Fi for any other applications, specifically social media or video, as this will compromise the bandwidth.

What do I need?

Your student ID card, and the network name & password for the Wi-Fi spot. You can find the network name & password on a poster which will be on display in the space. 

Library

Opening Times 
Open 8.30am – 10pm Mon to Fri; 8.30am – 5.30pm Sat; 10am – 5.30pm Sun.

You must have your student ID card for contact tracing purposes. 

Reading Room

Opening Times
9am – 7pm Mon to Fri.

You must have your student ID card for contact tracing purposes. 

Bailey Allen Hall

Opening Times
9am – 6pm Mon to Fri.

You must book a space to study in the Bailey Allen Hall. Book yours here. 

You can book up to three days in advance to guarantee a space, or book upon arrival by scanning the QR code on an empty desk. Click the link beside "Don't have a booking?" If the space is vacant, you can then complete a reservation. 

Booking is essential for contact tracing purposes. 

SKILLS WEEK: WHAT'S ON?

MORE ACTIVITES

• Introduction to Endnote
  10–11am Tuesday, 12 Oct
   

• 1st year Careers Drop: Speak 1:1 with a Career Advisor
  2pm Tuesday, 12 Oct
  CDC – Careers Seminar Room
   

• Making Your Strengths Work for You: Designing Futures
  12pm Wednesday, 13 Oct
  THB-G010 Seminar Room. Register here.
   

• How to Effectively use Storytelling for Interviews
  1pm Wednesday, 13 Oct
   

• Seas Suas Programme
  6.30–8.30pm Wednesday, 13 Oct
  Three-week progamme – subsequent sessions on 20 & 27 Oct.
  Register here. 
   

• Optimism Wellness Workshop 
  4pm Wednesday, 13 Oct 
  12pm Friday, 15 Oct
   

• Skills for Improving Concentration
  3–4pm Friday, 15 Oct
  Meeting ID: 941 8788 4809 Passcode: 021379

THINKING OF CHANGING COURSE OR MODULE?

Changing Course

Your course is the degree programme that you have chosen to study.  

Students wishing to change courses (internal transfers) may do so up to 29 October, 2021. Please email mary.liddy@nuigalway.ie and provide the following details:

Name, ID number, course they are currently in and course they wish to transfer to (e.g. GY101, GY401 etc.)  Students will also need to provide their Leaving Cert points.

They may only be considered for internal transfer if they have the points for the course they wish to transfer to.

Changing Modules

A module is a subsection of your course, which covers a specific subject area. 

In light of the network issues on campus, students wishing to change modules should contact their module leader directly to ask them to add them to their modules, including adding them to the Blackboard site.

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