Hi Brian, Your support is much appreciated on this group...
Regarding the manuals, if i send in the cover, will i address it to yourself? Regards, Joe On May 9, 10:56 am, brian <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Some of you may know that at Griffith we put the fe1 course online as > well as live. It’s basically the video of the lecture “on-demand” (as > our marketing people have decided to call it). The move to this was > partially inspired by the existence of groups like this – i.e. it made > some of the “highers” realise that people don’t just depend on > education on-site, but work in different ways nowadays. > > I can’t tell anyone they need these courses. Many, many people do > well without them and with textbooks and, above all, good solid work > and a dedicated, disciplined study timetable, but I’ve tried to get > GCD to come up with some assistance for those who want them. Nor can > I repeat the crap you'll be reading elsewhere about how everything is > "fine" and that there are jobs everywhere. > > Bottom line is that I’ve been trying to get discounted rates what-with- > the-times, and I’m not sure how to make this workable, but I can offer > everyone on this group a 10% off on the €350 and roughly 12.5% off on > the €395 – i.e. €315 for online (which includes the new manuals) and > €345 on the live lectures. > > Maybe think of it as a “thank you” for the insight I’ve been able to > get for market demands from your good selves. > > Now, I’m told the loss of revenue on this becomes intolerable after a > certain number of people take it up, so I’ve told the office to offer > this to anyone registering with the code “GOOGLEGROUPSFE1”. I’ve been > forced to keep it limited to fifty people unfortunately, but I’ll keep > working on that. > > It’s not a lot, but maybe it’s something. Other than that, there are > one or two other things. > > There was a post there about whether 2007 manuals would suffice. I’m > not sure that they would. However, we have changed manuals for the > 2009 sitting, and this leaves me with about 30 (but not in > constitutional) manuals for each subject from 2008. They were for the > shredder. However, if anyone has an old manual (however they got it) > – you can send in the cover (just rip it off) and you can have a 2008 > one in place, until the supplies run out (and i'm about half way into > them at this point). It seems a bit better than shredding them. > > Before the courses start, there is also an introduction to law > course. It’s a bit tough to call, because students don’t usually > register well in advance. To combat this, I’m getting it put online > on the “free” website. If anyone is starting off and needs help on the > basics – e.g. terminology, courts structure, common law principles, it > should assist if anyone needs it and no registration needed etc. > > Equally, we’ve developed an online tutoring system. Whether or not > you’re a student at GCD you can submit work for correction / feedback > to our staff. There is a small fee for each submission, but if you > just want to see if you’re on the right track re exam technique / > answer depth, it may help. Usually, just getting feedback on one or > two questions is enough for some people. > > Regards > > Brian, GCD --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
