HEAR and DARE (ref. CAO application) info workshop run by UCC in Waterford, Jan 16

UCC will be running an application advice clinic on HEAR and DARE  in the Woodlands Hotel Waterford on Monday, January 16 from 5pm to 8pm

UL Open Day

Next Open Day at UL Saturday January 14th
See website for more information

Interesting article by UCD's Kathleen Lynch

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/we-don-t-have-students-any-more-just-customers-1.2896508

IT Carlow presentation

Many thanks to Maria Byrne from ITCarlow for coming in to talk to the Sixth Years today
https://www.itcarlow.ie

TY careers presentations

As part of their ongoing series of careers-related in-class presentations, Yuri Eliyashevskyy gave this presentation to 4:1 today
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0duQRMWu78NcHMyamJXdkFBWHM

Feeder schools 2016

In the Irish Times list of college 'feeder schools', Waterpark College figured first on the list of schools in Waterford City and County.
For more info see the following:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0duQRMWu78NS05xREZPWlFuR0U

CAO Presentation

There will be a CAO presentation for Sixth Year parents on January 11th at 7:30pm in the school.

Prospectuses

Printed copies of main college prospectuses are available in the school through the Guidance Counsellor Mr. O'Reilly. If you can't find the one you want, let him know and he can order one for you!
Otherwise, have a look at the college website.

Self-assessment exercise

Here's a quick self-assessment exercise, courtesy of careersportal.ie
Self-assessment tests are useful because they help you identify what your skills/likes/dislikes/etc might be so that you can better identify career areas/jobs/third level courses etc that you might be interested in.
http://www.careersportal.ie/pdfs/careerskills.pdf

Maths!!

Some interesting maths tutorials courtesy of the Institute of Engineers in Ireland

http://steps.ie/maths.aspx

Upcoming Open Days in UCD

UCD Engineering: Wednesday 18th January 2017, 6pm - 8.30pm

Student can find out more information on the event and register here

• Engineering DN150

UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy: Saturday 21st January 2017, 12pm - 2.30pm  
Students can find out more information on this event and register here

• Architecture DN100
• Landscape Architecture DN120
• Planning, Geography & Environment DN514

See the following links for some background info:

(Engineering / Architecture & Landscape Architecture / Planning, Geography & Environment)