PME 2/MSc Induction Week 2024/25
Welcome back to year 2 of the PME programme
Trimester 1 will commence on Monday 9th September 2024
Induction will take place at 10am on Tuesday 10th September 2024 in Th.-R-ART
Important Documents
Submitting your school timetable
Please ensure you have submitted your school timetable by Friday the 13th of September using the School Placement Timetable Submission Form. Please follow the instructions on the form carefully’.
Only timetables completed using the UCD School Placement Timetable Template will be accepted. (Open template linked here as a google doc, click on “File” and select “make a copy”)
In addition you must email your timetable to your tutor and supervisor once these are made known to you.
Any subsequent changes to your school timetable will require you to submit the updated timetable and notify your tutor and supervisor by email.
Key Dates for PME2 Students
The PME is a professional programme and as such the school placement dates may be outside of the academic calendar date. It is not acceptable to leave the school placement without notifying the PME programme director rachel.farrell@ucd.ie. Full details of the UCD academic calendar are linked here and indicative dates of school holidays are linked here.
Trimester 1 | |
Lectures (12 weeks) | 2th and 5th of September – induction 9th September 2024 – 29th November 2024 – official teaching term |
School Mid Term Break | 28th October 2024 – 1st November 2024 (there will be no PME lectures during this week in lieu of induction week) |
Trimester 2 | |
Schools reopen | Monday 6th January 2025 |
Lectures * | 20th January 2025 – 7th March 2025 |
Study Period | 11th March 2025 – 24th March 2025 (no lectures but school placement continues) |
Lectures * | 24th March 2025 – 25th April 2025 |
School Mid Term Break School Easter Break 17th February 2025 – 21st February 2025 11th April 2025 – 28th April 2025 (while these are school breaks, it is term time in UCD so students are required to attend university lectures) *Year 2 students will be on Block Placement when schools reopen on 6th January 2025 Year 2 students will return to UCD for Professional Workshops scheduled at the end of Trimester 2 – dates TBC | |
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