Health & Social Care Professions Careers Information Day in University Hospital Waterford 30/4/2018

University Hospital Waterford is organising a careers information day for TY and Fifth Year students interested in finding out more about careers in the social and health-care professions. A number of Waterpark College students are due to take part in what should be a very interesting day. Many thanks to the staff at UHW involved in putting it together!

CIT Engineering presentation

Many thanks to Des Walsh who came down from CIT to visit the Fifth Years yesterday. Des gave a very interesting presentation on the engineering-related courses available in CIT. For more info, go to cit.ie

See Lingus cabin crew

Check out @CareersPortal’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/CareersPortal/status/983340762359386112?s=09

Leaving Cert Physics revision day at UCC Sat April 28th

For more info, see:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HG6obwVkvQhodzJCYtE2Wct6w72027CI

Intel scholarships

Scholarships are now open to female school leavers (6th year) who plan to enter specified four year undergraduate degree courses in science, technology and engineering (full selection criteria is outlined online) and each scholarship includes the following:

        Monetary grant valued at ?3,000 for each student per annum.

        Scholars will complete intern or summer internships at Intel Ireland.

        To assist with career progression and further education, each scholar will be assigned an Intel mentor who can assist and provide advice on managing their academic career.

Should you require more information, you can view our website www.intel.ie/womenintechnology

WIT Open Evening

Don't forget WIT Open Evening which takes place today Tue 17th of April

Higher Options Careers conference 2018

The Irish Times/IGC Higher Options careers conference will take place in the RDS this year on the 12/13/14 of September. Entry cost is E10 per person and bus hire will be extra. More information to interested Y5 over the coming weeks. Tickets have to be bought and paid for before the summer holidays.

UCC Newsletter April 2018

Follow the link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uBkUuFlFUpcqa71zVkUu5yapgqFjMcD-

Guest speaker

Many thanks to Paul MacDonald from Engineers Ireland and Kildare CoCo for coming in to talk to the Fifth Years today.

Here's a link to one of his articles:

http://www.engineersjournal.ie/2016/06/14/future-trends-in-engineering-global-urbanisation-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

And here's another to a series of engineering and other careers-related files:

 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AepyjJMYrIYiJzVlef_B5XnwhfJlWvUt

Creative aspects of engineering

Follow the link;

https://careersnews.ie/creative-aspects-of-engineering/

Fifth Year careers morning

Work is continuing with preparation for the Fifth Year careers morning that is being planned for the 25th of May. A number of local education providers and employers are already booked in.
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Information session on computer science-related degree programmes in UCC

This takes place on Sat. the 28th of April. Follow the link for more info ...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0duQRMWu78NaW5laHhPeEJjUVlSaERxQlE2d2lKYXRoMEJR

Some good news from the South-East!

Crystal Valley Tech first quarterly report (see link below)
(Crystal Valley Tech is a cluster of tech companies in south-east Ireland who have come together to pool their resources and promote the opportunities that exist in this part of Ireland. Here's a link to a video of its official launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyEB4uf9xWc)

https://mailchi.mp/3470b3de7ed0/quarterly-report-no1-2018

Meet Dutch Universities in Cork

Meet Dutch Applied Universities in Cork this Wednesday

Now that Irish students are experiencing the quality of education in Dutch Research Universities, and the attraction of living in the Netherlands, they are turning in significant numbers to the more hands-on, employment-focused programmes, taught through English, in the Applied Universities (Universities of Applied Sciences, UAS) which offer programmes in  subjects such as : Physiotherapy, Game Design, Business, Law, IT, Engineering, Art & Design, Teaching, Hotel Management, Music & Media Management, Sports Management and many more

Some of these universities are coming to Cork (Silver Springs Hotel, 11^th April, 18.30) offering students and their families the opportunity to meet the universities and Irish students who are studying there.. Though Leaving Cert  students will no doubt be immersed in revision , they might be interested to know that many of these universities take applications into July and August. Of course, it is an ideal opportunity for 5th years and TY’s to become familiar with these options, ahead of key decisions in the coming year.

Importantly, the Dutch philosophy is that YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION, This is ensured by:

1. Reasonable Entry requirements: students can apply with EITHER a relevant QQI Level 5 qualification OR six passes at Leaving Certificate (inc 2 at H4)
2. Low Costs: Fees of Eur2006 can be recouped by an interest-free Tuition Fee Loan from the Dutch government (15-35 years to repay. Students can take their SUSI Maintenance Grant with them. There are additional monthly loans/grants (up to EUR850 pm) if student get part time job in the Netherlands

At this free evening event, seven of the Dutch Applied Universities will be speaking to prospective students and their families. Co-ordinated by EUNICAS, the evenings represent a fabulous opportunity widen  study choices and widen their horizons. Register for this free events here  https://dutchuniscork18.eventbrite.ie


See also:

http://account.createsend.ie/t/ViewEmail/r/AC1F0837D46A86532540EF23F30FEDED/8FBD0DA85BD5713738A555EB6E97B45B

Here's an interesting article ... 😊

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/12/20/the-surprising-thing-google-learned-about-its-employees-and-what-it-means-for-todays-students/?utm_term=.c1a1228e912d