Inchicore College of Further Education Open Day

Inchicore College of Further Education will host an Open Day on Tuesday 2nd February from 1-7 pm.
Prospective students will have the opportunity to speak to staff and students of all courses during the day.
There will be a guest attendance by Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald at the college.
There will be performances by the Dance and Drama courses, with technical theatre demonstrations by the Stagecraft course.
Applications may be submitted on the day with assistance available from Support Staff.
Please ask your students to like our Facebook page Inchicore College Official to be in with a chance to win 2 Kodaline tickets.

WIT Sports Clubs and Societies

Many thanks to Tom Molloy and the staff from WIT Carriganore for coming in to give a presentation to the Fifth Years on the sports clubs and societies in WIT.

School of Engineering, WIT

Many thanks to Tomas O'Donoghue from the School of Engineering in WIT for coming in today to make presentations to the TY class and the Fifth Year group. Tomas spoke about Engineering as a career in general and more specifically about the courses available in that area in WIT.

HEAR / DARE advice sessions

See:
 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103546780/DARE%20HEAR%20Advice%20clinic%20poster%202016-1.pdf
for more info

Information evening for parents in UCC

University College Cork will hold a Parent Information Evening on 
Monday 18 January, 6-8pm in the Aula Maxima, on UCC's main campus. 
Students, parents and teachers are all welcome to attend the Information
 Evening which will include a brief welcome and introduction, covering 
topics including entry requirements, fees and grants and the transition 
to life in third level. This will be followed by talks on degree 
programmes. Visitors will also have the opportunity to visit Information
 Stands and meet with representatives from all Colleges. A full schedule
 of the evening is outlined at: 

http://www.ucc.ie/en/study/undergrad/ucc-parent-information-evening/. 

For further information, email s.oherlihy@ucc.ie or call 021 490 2964. 

PRESENTATION ON FURTHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN MAINLAND EUROPE

Guy Flouch will be giving a presentation to Fifth Years on opportunities for Third Level education through English in universities in mainland Europe on Tuesday next at 9:40. He is available to meet interested parents as well. For more info, see www.eunicas.ie and
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103546780/Degree%20Programmes%20in%20Continental%20Europe%20-%20Guy%20Flouch.ppt.lnk

'Access' programme to WIT (REACH)

Applications are not being taken for inclusion on the 'access' (REACH) programme to WIT. Closing date March 16th. More info on www.wit.ie/reach

Carlow IT presentations to Y5 and TY students

Many thanks to Naomi Kelly of Carlow IT for taking the time to visit to school this morning and give some very interesting presentations to TY and Y5 students regarding the courses and services on offer in IT Carlow.

CIT live question and answer session

Cork Institute of Technology will hold a Live Questions & 
Answers session for Leaving Certificate students who may still have 
outstanding queries about course details etc. on Tuesday 19th January 
from 4pm - 6pm. The panel that will answer the 
questions are as follows (please note there may be additions to this 
list). The webpage for the event on the day will be www.cit.ie/askcit 
 
Panel:
 
Michael Loftus (Head of Faculty of Engineering & Science)
Dr Hugh McGlynn (Head of School of Science & Informatics)
Brian McGrath (Head of School of Business)
Adrian Gregan (Head of Department of Tourism & Hospitality)
Jim Walsh (Head of Department of Applied Social Studies)
Deirdre Creedon (Access Officer)         
Dr Dan Collins (Academic Administration & Student Affairs Manager)
Philip O'Reilly (Marketing Unit)
Alison Moore (Marketing Unit)

University of Limerick January Open Day

University of Limerick are having an open day for incoming Y1s on the 16th of this month. More info on studyatul.ie

Irish Times article on studying abroad

Here's a link to an article in yesterday's Irish Times on studying abroad:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/studying-abroad-options-in-europe-and-the-uk-1.2473830

Key CAO dates

January 20
- deadine for CAO applications at reduced fee of E25 (after this date the standard fee of E40 applies)

February 1
- main deadline for CAO (and HEAR and DARE) applications

February 5 to March 1
-change of mind facility opens (E10 fee)

March 1st
- deadline for receipt of HEAR and DARE forms

April1st
- deadline for receipt of supporting documentation  for HEAR and DARE

May 5th to July 1st
- change of mind facility reopens (no fee)

August 22nd (expected date)
- round 1 offers

B.A. in Photography at DIT Open Day

An Open Day for the B.A. in Photography will take place in DIT Grangegorman D7 on Jan. 13.
To book a place, e-mail sharon.cleary@dit.ie by Friday Jan 10. For more info see www.dit.ie/photography

List of Interesting Careers and Further Education-Related Documents

Here's a list of links to some interesting careers and further education-related documents
(copy and paste the link into your browser)

CAO guide for parents
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103546780/CAOparentsguide.pdf

New Leaving Cert Grading Scale
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103546780/2017%20new%20LC%20grading%20scale%20and%20revised%20points%20scale.pdf