Irish Times article on study in Europe

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/think-outside-the-cao-box-consider-studying-in-europe-1.2041154#.VK2e-7Ak5RE.twitter

New Points Scale for CAO

New Points Scale for CAO

See this Irish Times article

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/q-a-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-cao-points-scale-1.2339331

See this comparison of old and new points scales

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0duQRMWu78NX0pHUFplVlo0dEU/view?usp=sharing

WIT Open Day 2016

The WIT Open Day will take place on Tuesday the 13th of December. Sixth Year students will attend. Many thanks to WIT for organising this event for prospective students.

BSc Medical Sciences at UCC survey

I have received a request to circulate this survey among TY, Fifth or Sixth Year students.
Thank you

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/?sm=er5Z2HV2Jm_2Bdfb9MfaYP8g_3D_3D

Mini Med school, SE region

The RCSI will be holding a 'mini med' school for TY students in University Hospital Waterford and WIT from the 21st to the 24th of February 2017. If you would like to find out more, please contact Mr. O'Reilly or visit http://www.rcsi.ie/tyminimed

UL OPEN DAY 2016

Sixth Year students will attend the UL Open Day on Thursday the 20th of October. Bus departs at 8:30 and back for 3:30.

information on nursing

http://www.nmbi.ie/careers-in-nursing-midwifery

Columbia, Duke, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, and Vanderbilt will soon visit Ireland!

Registration and additional details are available at: https://ugadmission.northwestern.edu/portal/international.

Higher Options Careers conference

Well done to the Leaving Cert students who made the trip to the RDS for Higher Options yesterday!

Link to SOLAS (formerly FAS, national training authority) training database

http://www.fetchcourses.ie/

(copy and paste)

See what's out there in the jobs market!

http://www.jobs.ie/

Self-assessment

http://www.careersportal.ie/careerplanning/index.php?parent=11&ed_sub_cat_id=14#.V9g-fMvTXqB
(Copy and paste the link)

Also: http://www.self-directed-search.com

UCC Autumn Open Day and Info Evening in Kilkenny and Cork

Please note that the UCC Autumn Open day will take place on Saturday the 8th of October. There will also be info evenings in UCC on the 8th of November and the 17th of January and one in Kilkenny on the 7th of March. More info on the UCC website

Erasmus University College, Rotterdam visit to Waterpark College

Presentations will be made to Fifth and Sixth Year students on Monday the 28th of November by a representative from EUC Rotterdam.

Higher Options Careers Exhibition

Sixth Years will attend the Higher Options Careers Exhibition on Thurs. Sept. 15th.
See the following:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103546780/Higher%20Options%202016%20Worksheets%20for%20Students.pdf
and
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103546780/2016%20Higher%20Options%20Exhibitors%20List.pdf
and
http://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.2765731.1471958863!/menu/standard/file/2016%20Higher%20Options%20Exhibitors%20List.pdf