Martina Harte
Head of SLL Louis Nevin Ann Marie Quigley Richella Sexton
Institute Nurse Student Counsellor SLL Reception Síle Curtin
Student Support Administrator Patt O’ Keeffe
Disability Co-ordinator Nuala Lennon
Access Officer Aishling O’ Toole
Retention Officer
Selma Robinson
International Student Support Colm Bonnar
Student Development Officer Conor Doyle James Lambe Denise McCarthy
President Students’ Union Deputy President Students’ Union Deputy President Students Union
Education Welfare Angela Collins
Careers Fr. David Keating
Chaplain
Contact details for Student Support
Registrar’s Office Reception desks, Cork Road &
College Street Campuses -
Admissions & Examination queries
Proof of registration letters
Official forms signed or stamped – e.g. Social Welfare
Deferrals/transfer
Grants information
Steps to Help with Academic Difficulties Do Not Panic!!!!
Based on what you have learned in Semester 1 get organised!!!
Refocus - its now Semester 2
Go to the library
Make a study plan
Get past exam papers – www.wit.ie/exams
Speak to your lecturers if you are worried & have failed modules
Writing & Study Skills Workshops
Mature Student Workshops 2011 Contact us: sll@wit.ie or maturestudent@wit.ie
Procedures Relating to: Repeat Exams
Repeat information will be sent in June following semester 2 exams.
Repeat Exams – 15th to 27th August (To be confirmed)
If you fail repeat Exams in August: Opportunity to repeat by Exams only (repeat externally) or by attendance of repeat modules (repeat attend)
All of the above have financial implications
& need to be thought through carefully
Exams: Results/Viewing of Scripts/Recheck Semester 1 Results
Tuesday 1st February @ 3.00pm on the WIT web site
Viewing of Scripts
Application to view Scripts must be made on line
Closing date for viewing of scripts is 5.00pm Monday 7th February 2011
Scripts will be available for viewing on Wednesday 16th February 2011
Exams: Mitigating Circumstances/Appeals/ Compensation Mitigating Circumstances
Certification regarding death or illness at the time of an exam must be submitted to the School office within 5 working days of the exam (Receipt will be provided from School Office)
Exam Board – makes decision regarding certification & results
Formal Appeals Procedure
http://www2.wit.ie/exams/AppealProcedures/
Closing date for Semester 1 appeals is 5.00pm Monday 7th February 2011. There shall be a fee of €60 for an examination appeal. This fee will be reimbursed should the appeal be upheld
Substantive Irregularities/defect in the exam process – form available in Registrars office
Results may be appealed on the basis of perceived substantive irregularity or inequity in the examination process or in the delivery of the prescribed curriculum.
Exam Information Compensation
A Student may pass the exam by compensation at the discretion of the Exam Board
Compensation cannot occur between semesters, except in first year.
Marks must be 35% or higher for the module in which you are seeking compensation (where the pass rate is 40%)
In order to pass by compensation you must have attained at least twice the amount by which you have failed in another module above the passing grade (usually 40%) e.g. to compensate 4 marks for a 36% result, in one of the modules passed you must have obtained 48% or higher
Details of compensation guidelines can be
obtained from the notice board by the AIB pass
machine (on the Cork Road or Registrars Office
or on the WIT web-site:
http://www2.wit.ie/StudentLifeServices/Policies/Academic_Regulations.pdf
Upcoming Events in WIT Healthy Eating – Country Market ongoing
Writing & Study Skills Workshops - as per earlier slide
Maths Learning Centre - Ongoing
Raise And Give Week – Commencing Mon 14th February
Sexual Health And Guidance Week – Commencing Mon 28th February
Students’ Union Elections – late March
Closing date for Student Assistance Fund Applications – Friday February 18th @ 12.00
If you experience any of the difficulties discussed here today contact a member of the Student Support Team and you will be referred to the most appropriate service.
Thank you & Best of Luck with the Rest of Semester 2!!
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