My card access to lab IT1.3 was revoked for some reason so I'm back to depending on someone already in one of the labs to let me in. I contacted someone in the SU and they contacted Jim ODwyer but they just told me what I already knew - the doors should be open from 9 to 5 but students are locking the doors when they use their cards.

I found out this week that I have card access to lab IT1.3 so the situation isn't as bad as I thought it was. The lecturer I contacted told me the pogram I need for her module can be run from a USB flash drive which means I can access the program when I use a PC in Open Access. This is very helpful because it is not on the PCs in IT1.3.

So I'm back to college after the Xmas holidays and setttling into the new routine. I'm doing five modules this semester instead of the typical four for an evening student doing this course - Web Development Fundamentals, Integrated Case Study, Database Systems 2, WAN Technologies and Applied Data Structures. They all seem interesting and some I expect to be more challenging than others.
I'm taking the Web Development Fundamentals module with the day time students. It's scheduled for Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at times which are convenient for me so I decided to take it as an additional subject and I'm confident I can handle the extra workload.
I'd like access to the IT labs at college because certain programs I need to use are not available in Open Access. I went to the CIT Card Office to see if they could give me access to the labs but I was told I needed to speak to one of the technicians. I found the technician but she told me she was not in a position to grant card access to the labs and that the labs are open during the day until 5pm. Unfortunately it seems that people are using their card on the doors during the day and locking them inadvertantly and as an evening student access to the labs after 5 pm would be very convenient. The technician suggested I contact one of my lecturers. I have and hopefully next week something can be done.