Intra, Shimntra!
March 31, 2008 at 8:09 pm | In Interactive | Leave a CommentTags: Dublin, Dublin City University, Internship, INTRA
OK, hats off INTRA (http://www.dcu.ie/intra) is an incredably simple & easy system to use & understand. But why is it so rigid & annoying? It is infuriating (& some may say ‘unfair’) that one is unable to choose the placement they want…you have to take the first thing you are given. OK, I can sort of understand the reasoning behind that one-don’t want to be left with nothing! But the other problem is Continue reading Intra, Shimntra!…
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