Programme Committee Meeting

Some classes may start 10 - 15 minutes late today due to a Programme Committee meeting. Classes will take place, however.

Room Change for Dissertation Support Sessions

The dissertation support sessions will now be in room KA-3-020.

See the previous post for the dates and times for these sessions.

Brendan

Online Module Selection

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FOR FULL TIME STUDENTS ONLY
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By now you should have received an email from DIT asking you to use the online module selection system to check and, if necessary, correct your SEMESTER 1 module registrations. It is important that you complete this task by the deadline of Friday the 30th of November, as otherwise it can cause complications at exam time. Please note you only need to consider semester 1 modules now. 

Accenture Consulting Graduate Programme & Leaders of Tomorrow Award

Applications close on Sunday the 18th November for the Accenture Consulting Graduate Programme which includes Technology Consulting, Management Consulting and Analytics!

Key points to consider:
•        Starting Salary of €31,000 + Paid Overtime
•        Substantial investment in your training – including international training when you join
•        Our careers in consulting offer you a massive variety of experience across all industries
•        Wide range of social clubs – from surfing to rugby to golf

Visit accenture.com/irelandgraduates to apply now!

Applications for the Accenture Leaders of Tomorrow Award close on Friday the 23rd November. If you have an interesting business idea you’d like to develop, we will mentor you through the process and help you prepare to pitch your idea to a panel of Irish business leaders! The overall winners will take part in the Accenture Leadership Experience Tour to some of Accenture's global innovation centres followed by an Incubation Internship with Accenture to develop their business idea. Participation in the Award also accelerates your entry (straight to the final round) to a career in Accenture!

Visit www.accenture.com/lot

Man & Machine Module

The Man & Machine module, that many people have selected as an optional module for next semester, will take place on Tuesday evenings from 18:30 - 21:30.

Some Class Reps Still Needed

We have not yet had a volunteer for class rep for the following programmes:

-- Part-time Data Analytics
-- Part-time Advanced Software Development
-- Part-time Information & Knowledge Management

I know that you are all very busy already, but it is important that each programme has a class rep. The main role as class rep is to attend the Programme Committee meetings (one per semester) to represent the views of the class.

So, please consider volunteering. To do so, just email brian.macnamee@dit.ie.

Dissertation Support Sessions

The message is primarily for students who wish to commence their MSc Dissertation in Semester 2 & previously had a proposal that was not ready.

The dates given below are not for students who are currently taking Research Methods and Proposal Writing in Semester 1. There are different dates for you. Ask your lecturer.

The aim of these support sessions is to assist students who have their dissertation proposal either finished or nearly finished.

The deadline for submitting of proposals is 21st January deadline.

If you would like to get your proposal approved in advance of this date (and avoid the presentation in February) then these session are an opportunity for you to meet to discuss your proposal. We can identify any possible issues that will need more research in order to complete your proposal.

Remember if you get your proposal approved then you get some preliminary work completed in advance of formally starting in Semester 2.

If you are still in the early days of developing your proposal or just an idea, you can still come along. But priority will be given to students who are either finish or nearly finished their proposal
I will be in room KE-4-008 (4th floor of Kevin St main building) between 5:30pm - 6:15pm on the following dates.

Monday 12th November
Monday 19th November
Monday 26th November
Monday 10th December

 

Damian Gordon's Lecture Notes

Hi all,

I was having a small bit of difficulty getting access to my web site for the past few weeks, and wasn't able to update my notes, but everything is up-to-date now ... sorry for the disruption in service....

Damian

http://www.comp.dit.ie/dgordon/Courses.html

Room AU-3-030

In order to keep room AU-3-030 as a resource for MSc students we need to keep track of usage of the room. So, from next week there will be a sign-in clipboard in the room and we would like you to sign in when you use the room, noting the time that you arrive and the length of time that you expect to stay. This data will be used for absolutely no purpose other than generating aggregate data on how often the room is being used, so that we can make a data-driven argument for keeping AU-3-030 as an MSc resource.

Also, please continue to following the following rules regarding keys (again, this is important in maintaining this room as an MSc resource):

• The porters at the main Angier St. entrance hold the keys to AU-3-030.
• Students wishing to use AU-3-030 should borrow the key from the porter, open the room
  and return the key to the porter’s desk.
• When leaving AU-3-030, if you are leaving the room empty, you must ALWAYS borrow the
  key from the porter, lock the room and return the key to the porter’s desk.