Safer Internet Day 2013

Today (5th Feb) is Safer Internet Day which aims to raise awareness of how to stay safe online, focussing on various issues from cyberbullying to social networking use.  This year's theme is 'online rights and responsibilities' where you are encouraged to 'connect with respect'.

Here at TRC we expect all students to be safe and responsible online and respect others and we have a number of leaflets and resources to help you with this.  If you want some tips on how to stay safe online, please see the LRC display and help yourself to a free leaflet.

Happy New Year & Exam Time!

Happy New Year to everyone and welcome back to College.  We hope you had a good break and enjoyed all the festivities.

But now it's back to business and ready for exams!  I'm sure you have all been studying hard over the holidays, but there's still plenty of time to fit those final preparations in.

The normal opening hours for the LRC will resume today, opening at 08.15 every morning and closing at 17.15 Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, giving you plenty of opportunities to visit the LRC for study and revision.

We currently have a display in the LRC providing you with a number of revision tips along with highlighting some textbooks that may help you to revise.

As always, please remember that the LRC is a study space and although stress levels may be rising, it is important to keep the noise levels to a minimum to avoid disrupting other students and their studies.

And just to finish off, the LRC team would like to wish you all Good Luck with your exams!

LRC CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY OPENING TIMES

LRC CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS 

LRC CLOSED

Friday 21st December 2012 to Tues 1 January 2013

 

LRC OPEN

Wed 2 January to Fri 4 January 2013

9.30am – 3.30pm

Open for individual study and the use of resources and computers.

No admittance to the LRC without your ID card.

Normal LRC Opening Hours resume

Mon 7 January 2013

8.15am – 5.15pm

 

 

Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year

From all of the LRC Staff

Happy Christmas

With only a few days to go before the holidays, the LRC team would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Christmas tree shelves @ Success Library by Cockburn Libraries

I'm sure you are all looking forward to a well earned break, but remember that exam time is just around the corner!  So before you leave on Thursday make sure you have all the resources you need to help you revise over the festive season.  Most resources issued now will not be due for return until the first week of term in January.

Honk!



http://www.allabouttheatre.org/honk2011.php

We now have a display in the LRC to advertise the college production of Honk! – a musical retelling of the famous fairy tale The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Anderson. Come and have a look who is in the show, find out about the author of the original story, and don’t forget to support the college and your fellow students by buying some tickets!


 

TRC CAREERS FAIR

TRC CAREERS FAIR

 

THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2012

 10.30am to 2.30pm

 

SPORTS HALL

 

 

 

 

The second TRC Careers Fair is being held this week on Thursday 15 November 2012 in the Sports hall from 10.30am to 2.30pm.

There will be representatives from some Universities, Colleges, Employers and Training providers, as well as various talks taking place in the Lecture Theatre or Foundation Room throughout the day.  Come and see the TRC Careers Fair display in the LRC, which provides all the details of this event.

 

LECTURE THEATRE TALKS

 10.45- 11.50am

What HE opportunities are available locally?

 

11.50am-12.50pm

Student Finance

 

1.15-2.05pm

Why go to university

 

2.00-2.30pm

Gap Year Talk

 

 

 

FOUNDATION ROOM TALKS

10.45-11.50am

What apprenticeships/employment opportunities are available locally?

 

11.50am-12.50pm

Overview of STEM careers in the Health and Social Care sector

 

1.15-2.05pm

Armed Services Careers

 

2.00-2.30pm

How to get the job you want

 

 

 

 

Remembrance Day

November brings us the Remembrance Day, which is a day to think of fallen soldiers who have sacrificed themselves for our freedom. While Remembrance Day is on the 11^th of November, as the Armistice was signed “on the 11^th hour of the 11^th day of the 11^th month,” in the UK the second Sunday of November is known as Remembrance Sunday, to give people opportunity to observe the significance of the Memorial Day.

In early November, many people will wear the remembrance poppy. This symbol of remembrance was inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields,” by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. Its opening line “In Flanders fields the poppies blow” refers to the poppies that grew in Flanders Fields, a mass grave for fallen soldiers.

In modern times, Remembrance Day is inclusive to soldiers who have lost their lives in other wars, such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

In the LRC we now have a display about Remembrance Day, with some famous war poetry, and a selection of books.