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.

The highs and lows of learning through lockdown

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

I can still remember the moment I found out we were going into lockdown. I was at a hockey match in Sligo, one of the girls looked at her phone and said all schools are closed for two weeks. I was thrilled, two extra weeks off school! Other than the fact the Patrick’s Day disco was cancelled I was very happy with the unexpected break. Little did I know those days would turn into months and that almost a year later we’d be back in lockdown again.

Equine Green Certificate at GCC

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

GCC has established itself firmly as a leading provider of equine courses in the west as its course is now firmly established as a firm favourite for students who want to work in the horse industry. The course offers a blended approach to adult learning, suiting the student who is engaged in the horse industry as this daily experience is used as a tool in assessments. As well as the riding modules students study all aspects of young horse production and horse care aspects such as nutrition, fittening, and conformation analysis.

Teacher education at GMIT

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Are you interested in teaching art or design and communication graphics? Students who would like to teach creative subjects at second level should check out GMIT’s new Bachelor of Education (hons) in art, design, and graphics.

This four-year honours degree is being run at GMIT’s Centre for Creative Arts and Media (CCAM) in Galway city. It is designed to provide a pathway for students to teach both art and design and communication graphics in Irish secondary schools and includes a school placement every year.

Advice for my 16 year old Self...2

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

What advice would you give your 16-year-old self?
Breath and smile.

Online learning constrains the traditionally broad sweep of transition year

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

I am a student in transition year and in this essay, I’m going to outline why, in my opinion, online learning is the antithesis of the meaning of the TY experience.

The ups and downs of lockdown as a student

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Over the past 10 months society has been swallowed up in this tsunami called Covid, and as everyone knows the students of the world have been locked away and forced into an impersonal, harsh, shadow of their reality. As one of the misfortunate students, I would like to share my experiences over the past two lockdowns.

Advice for my 16 year old Self...3

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Q. What advice would you give your 16-year-old self?

Greater leadership needed for those teaching through a crisis

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

“Any fool can handle a crisis, it’s this day-to-day living that wears you down.”

The above quote is usually accredited to the writer Anton Chekov, although a quick Google search suggests that he never said it. Whoever did say it was on to something. A crisis brings out the best in people, it makes us cooperate, adapt, and improvise. It makes us summon up strength we didn’t know we had. It makes us drop our prejudices and boundaries and work to a common goal. This is all made possible by the fact that a crisis is normally brief. We are not equipped to operate in crisis mode consistently. The problem now is that the crisis has become day-to-day life. It’s easy to lose sight of just how strange our lives are now.

Are you feeling powerless at the moment?

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Many people, both students and adults feel powerless and it may be due to some of the following:

Heyday Student Living is Dublin’s newest custom-designed student accommodation

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Heyday is revolutionising the world of student accommodation by putting the needs of students first. It is designed to offer the perfect balance of work, rest, and play.

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