Consider university learning with St Angela’s College, Sligo

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

The academic year 2020-2021 began like no other, with a hybrid model of on-site practicals and virtual lectures. Following national guidelines, St Angela's College has put in place the measures required to ensure the safety of students and staff on campus at all times. With semester two now started, the college will continue to plan according to national safety guidelines.

College president, Amanda McCloat, said: "Our students this year have had a very different college experience, but we look forward to welcoming our 2021 cohort in safer times ahead. Being a small college means we can ensure the safety and wellbeing of our students is closely monitored, and we take pride in our community strength."

Advice for my 16 year old Self...

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

What advice would you give your 16-year-old self?
I find it hard to conjure up advice for my 16 year-old self because that implies a certain amount of regret or “if I had my time all over again, I’d do it all/something big so differently” and that’s now how I feel about life. I would possibly tell myself to spend more time getting to know/understand myself: know your personality type, know your impulses, know what you like and what you don’t like. And, then, allow all of that to feed into key decisions you make in life - rather than corresponding to the perception others have of you. I took decisions in life that many considered a bit crazy but not only did they make sense to me, they corresponded to my personality type (but I was probably into my 30s before I was able to articulate it because I started to really understand my own personality type. I’m not sure if that makes sense - I was doing things because they made sense to me, but I didn’t really realise why they made sense to me. For example - I like ‘the shiny apple’, new things: but I was well into my 30s before I could actually summarise a key part of my personality in a few words like that. Now that I know that about myself, I allow myself gravitate to the shiny apple.

Focus on progression to further and higher education for current second level students

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

NUI Galway Access Centre provides pathways for current second level students who are generally under-represented at third level to progress to university. The Access Centre targets young adults who have a real desire to study at third level but are unable to do so due to financial or social reasons or because of a disability.

HEAR and DARE access routes

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

As the normal closing date for CAO is fast approaching on February 1 2021, students who wish to be considered for HEAR or DARE must remember to have indicated this by ticking the boxes accordingly on their CAO form before this deadline. If a student does not meet this deadline his/her HEAR/DARE application will not be considered further. It is also very important to start gathering any supporting documentation that may be needed to complete the application now if you have not already started this process.

Discover your path at DCU

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Choosing a university and undergraduate course is never an easy decision. A broad range of factors have to be weighed up, and even then, the best conclusion is not always clear. However, a deciding factor for many people is the employability record of graduates.

Consider a career with Corrib Oil

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Corrib Oil has been in business for more than 30 years. The company was founded in Claremorris, Co Mayo, in 1987 and through its network of home heating oil depots, delivery services, and service stations now supports almost 700 local jobs right across Ireland.

Qualify as a secretary in one year at GCC

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

The Galway Community College (GCC) legal secretary, medical secretary and office administrator course is an extremely popular course due to its continued success rate. Some 85 per cent of its graduates obtain full-time and part-time employment in a legal practice, medical practice, hospital administration, public service, and as office administrators in multinational companies within six months of graduating. The remainder of the students progress to higher education courses in the GMIT and NUIG and apprenticeship programmes.

Why study at AIT, Ireland’s top-ranked institute of technology

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) is a modern third-level institute on the cusp of becoming a technological university. Over the course of its 50-year history, the institute has established itself as a centre of academic excellence with an applied, industry-focused, offering, world-class research and development capabilities, and state-of-the-art sporting facilities.

UCD – your pathway to success

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

UCD is Ireland's first choice university among Level 8 CAO applicants. Internationally, UCD continues to rank in the top one per cent worldwide of higher education institutions. Since 2017 UCD is No 1 in Ireland for graduate employability. It is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities and ranked No 1 in the US News & World Report's Best Global University Rankings. UCD has been chosen as University of the Year 2020 by The Sunday Times.

GCC’s PLC biomed course provides an access route into university science degree courses

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Galway Community College has been successfully running a QQI Level 5 biomedical/laboratory skills course for the past five years. This course gives students many options to progress into university degree courses and to access employment in the thriving MedTech sector in Galway.

Advice -16 year old Self...

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Memories of my schooldays — I work with young people now in Youthreach Tuam, Youthreach is a second chance Education Centre, more often than not a lot of the young people who leave mainstream secondary school or just cannot fit into the system that is in place, come to Youthreach. What I think is completely wrong is the fact that some mainstream schools are not offering the Leaving Cert Applied, an alternative Leaving Cert, for those who just find the traditional Leaving Cert to difficult. I went to Presentation College in Headford. It was a great school. You could call it a border school as many of my classmates were from Shrule, Cong, the Neale, Kilmaine.

GCC’s PLC biomed course provides an access route into university science degree courses

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Galway Community College has been successfully running a QQI Level 5 biomedical/laboratory skills course for the past five years. This course gives students many options to progress into university degree courses and to access employment in the thriving MedTech sector in Galway.

This one-year course is designed to allow students who may have missed out on CAO points to gain entry into science degree courses which reserve a number of places for PLC students.

New Tech Apprenticeships at MSLETB

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

The Tech Apprenticeship programme currently offers three distinct career paths which aim to attract and grow tech talent. Apprentices not only obtain internationally recognised qualifications through CompTIA, they will also gain valuable real world, paid, work experience.

Sales Apprenticeship at MSLETB

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Are you an employer and interested in hiring a sales apprentice to help grow your business? This Sales Apprenticeship provides a great talent pipeline for skilled, loyal, employees and can help further develop your business.

Curtain up for new recruits at Blue Teapot

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Blue Teapot Theatre Company’s Performing Arts School is taking applications for September 2021. This is an opportunity for people with an intellectual disabilities, who are aged 18 years and over, to access formal training.

Why I choose to study Bachelor of Commerce at NUI Galway

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

I chose to study at NUI Galway due to its world-renowned reputation, location in the heart of Galway city, and the warm and vibrant atmosphere I experienced during the open day. I knew that choosing to study commerce at NUI Galway would provide a world class education at Ireland’s best college of business and give me opportunities to grow my skills academically and practically.

Make business your course choice at Galway Community College

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Galway Community College (GCC) continues to offer a wide range of further education courses in the business area. The college offers Level 5 courses in business and accounting, legal and medical secretary, marketing, PR and web design, business information systems, and retail pharmacy assistant. GCC also offers Level 6 business courses in business management and accounting. These courses help students to develop crucial communication skills, presentation skills, and improved project management, while learning key IT programmes and techniques.

All GCC business courses help the student to understand the latest software applications and to apply their learning in practical work placement through the academic year. Students have gained employment in many local businesses and with the possibility of achieving 390 CAO points from completing a course in GCC, progression to higher education institutes becomes a reality for participating students. Studying at Level 6 allows GCC students advanced entry directly into the second year of some GMIT programmes.

16 year old Self...

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Claregalway-native Caoilinn Hughes is author The Wild Laughter (2020) which was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards’ Novel of the Year and the RTÉ Radio 1 Listener’s Choice Award 2020. Her first novel Orchid & the Wasp won the Collyer Bristow Prize 2019 and was a finalist for four other prizes. Her short stories have been awarded The Moth Short Story Prize, an O.Henry Prize and the Irish Book Awards’ Story of the Year 2020. She is the 2021 Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin.

Join the leading edge of technology at Ericsson

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Ericsson Athlone is at the forefront of the development of 5G network and management solutions, enabling the world to stay connected.

Making a difference – study for a degree in community development and youth work

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Students who want to be part of transforming their communities should consider the new degree in community development and youth work available at GMIT Mayo campus in Castlebar.

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