Parents Orientation
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Presentation Slides
Parents / Guardians' Orientation Evening 2023 DN200 Science
Parents / Guardians' Orientation Evening 2023 CompSci / Sust / BAFS
Register for Parents/Guardians UCD Science Orientation Session
Professor Jeremy Simpson, College Principal and Dean of Science, requests the pleasure of your company at our Science Orientation session for Parents/Guardians of new Stage 1 students on Wednesday, 25 October 2023 in the UCD O’Brien Centre for Science, Belfield Campus, Dublin 4.
The event will be broken into two separate sessions.
The first session will be for the parents/guardians of Stage 1 students registered to the Science (DN200) degree programme with the reception commencing at 5.30pm followed by an information session at 6.30pm.
The second session will be for the parents/guardians of Stage 1 students registered to the Actuarial and Financial Studies (DN230), Computer Science (DN201) and Sustainability (DN240) degree programmes with the reception commencing at 6.30pm followed by an information session at 7.30pm.
If you are able to join us please register with the student’s name, your email address and the number of people attending the event. Please register using our (opens in a new window)Online Registration Form (opens in a new window) by Monday, 16 October.
Please note that in compliance with GDPR regulations any information provided will only be used for catering/seating purposes. This information will not be circulated to any other units/institutions and will be deleted when the event is over.
Schedule
Stage 1 Science
5.30pm–6.30pm Reception on the Ground Floor Concourse of the O’Brien Centre:
This will be an opportunity for you to see the O'Brien Centre for Science and to meet with some of our academic and support staff as well as our Student Leaders. Tea and coffee will be served.
6.30pm – 7.30pm: Information Session on the Science degree programme – in the Science Hub, Theatre B, UCD O'Brien Centre for Science.
We aim to provide information that will give you an insight into life as a Science student and to explain what they will experience. We hope this will help you to support them during this time of transition.
Stage 1 Actuarial and Financial Studies; Computer Science and Sustainability
6.30pm – 7.30pm Reception on the Ground Floor Concourse of the O’Brien Centre:
This will be an opportunity for you to see the O'Brien Centre for Science and to meet with some of our academic and support staff as well as our Student Leaders. Tea and coffee will be served.
7.30pm – 8.30pm: Information Session on the Actuarial and Financial Studies; Computer Science; Sustainability degree programmes – in the Science Hub, Theatre B, UCD O'Brien Centre for Science.
We aim to provide information that will give you an insight into life as a student registered to these degree programmes and to explain what they will experience. We hope this will help you to support them during this time of transition.
Information about getting to UCD
For traffic entering from the Clonskeagh Road via the Wynnsward Drive Entrance there is currently a reduction in parking spaces in that area due to the removal of one car park for construction works. Additional parking will also be available in the Newstead area close by. Allow a ten minute walk to the main entrance of the O'Brien Centre for Science from these carparks. The main entrance to the UCD O'Brien Centre for Science is facing the lake (at (opens in a new window)https://goo.gl/maps/