SELF-STUDY OFFICE HOURS IN NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2015

Monday November 9th, 10.00 to 17.00
Tuesday November 10th, 10.00 to 12.00
Tuesday November 17th, 10.00 to 15.00
Monday November 23rd, 10.00 to 14.00
Tuesday December 1st, 10.00 to 13.00
Friday December 11th, 8.00 to 9.00
Monday December 14th, 10.00 to 14.00

No Self-Study on Monday November 2nd

Self-Study will be closed on Monday, November 2nd. It will be open Tuesday from 10.00 to 13.00 in case you need to stop by.

Exceptional hours on Monday October 5th

On Monday October 5th,  the office will be open, exceptionally, from 12.00 to 19.00. Sorry for the inconveniences.

WRITING INFORMAL ARTICLES

Topics for writing informal articles. 150-200 words.

1.   Use some of the information below to write an informal article on the topic “Unusual Tasks for Robots”. You may add other ideas if you want to.


    analyze soil and fertilize it when necessary
    decide when a plant is ripe for picking
    guide a blind person on the street
    hand things to a person in a wheelchair
    help in dangerous situations
    help on the farm
    help paralyzed people to walk again
    help the handicapped
    help the police defuse terrorist bombs
    inspect the interior of a nuclear reactor
    locate weeds and kill them
    search for survivors inside a burning building.


2. Being Unpunctual: A Modern Disease?

3. How to Not Care What People Think

4.  What to do when you are bored

5.  Tips on what to do when you are stressed out

6. Would you live without television for a week? What difference would this make to your life?

7. In what ways will people's homes be different in the future? In what ways will they be the same?

8. Parties: Old and New. How did our grandparents celebrate? How do we celebrate nowadays?

9. Real Teachers or Virtual Classrooms? How have technologies changed the way we learn?

10. Sport and Entertainment have become a matter of business rather than pleasure

CONSULTING SESSIONS / SELF-STUDY HOURS DURING JULY EXAMS

Monday July 27th, 12.00 to 14.00
Tuesday July 28th,  12.00 to 14.00
Tuesday August 4th., 8.00 to 9.00

NO SELF-STUDY ON MONDAY 22ND.

Self-Study Room will be closed on Monday 22nd because of the plenary session. Tuesday hours as usual.

NO SELF-STUDY ON MONDAY, JUNE 15TH

Self-Study Room will be closed on Monday, JUne 15th. Tuesday will be open the usual hours. Sorry for the inconveniences this might cause.