By Áine Kenny The University reduced the number of guests conferring students were allowed to invite to their graduation ceremonies this year, SIN has learned. This year, graduates were allowed to invite two guests. In previous years, students were given four tickets to hand out. Professor Pól Ó Dochartaigh, Registrar and Deputy - President of NUI Galway, explained … [Read more...] about “We invited Granny initially… but then we had to tell her she couldn’t come.” Conferring students only allowed two guests at their graduation
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Repeat exam fees: adding punishment to pain?
By Conor Brummell Exam time can be a stressful period in any college student’s life. Many people, due to personal circumstances, a heavy workload or sickness have to defer exams at the end of the year. That, or possibly just the fact that some students are unfortunate on the day in question and fail their exams, leaves students having to repeat an exam in a resit held in … [Read more...] about Repeat exam fees: adding punishment to pain?
Accommodation crisis has reached “peak” according to SU President
By Graham Gillespie NUI Galway Students’ Union president, Megan Reilly, told SIN this week that the student accommodation crisis has reached “peak point.” The comments come ahead of the union’s upcoming ‘Crisis Campout’ protest, which is being planned in conjunction with Galway Mayo Institute of Technology’s Students’ Union and the One Galway initiative. The event is … [Read more...] about Accommodation crisis has reached “peak” according to SU President