iCareer can help young people navigate education and career planning

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

iCareer, based in Oranmore, Galway, is now in its 13th year in business. The company specialises in career planning for young people between the ages of 13 and 25 who are challenged by education and career planning decisions.

Become the best you can be with Corrib Oil

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Corrib Oil will celebrate its 35th birthday in April 2022. 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 in excess of 1000 jobs right across Ireland. The company is 100 per cent Irish owned and operated, and prides itself on excellent customer service and family values.

Further your education with Moate Business College

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Moate Business College (MBC) is one of the largest colleges of further education in the Midlands region, catering for over 400 full time students. With thirty years of experience, they have an excellent reputation for providing learning opportunities that support students to develop their skills and talents, enabling progression to third-level higher education or employment.

Time to focus on studies and physical and mental wellbeing

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

January and February for 6th year students can be one of the most challenging and stressful times of year. After the Christmas break students are on the homeward stretch to the Leaving Certificate exams, June comes very quickly.

The future of software engineering is a formatting problem

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

If you are reading this, you are thinking about your future. Sometimes it helps to think about the future in pictures.

CAO application deadline fast approaching

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Applicants who have not yet completed their application are urged by CAO to do so immediately, particularly mature applicants, applicants for the HEAR or DARE schemes, or those who are thinking about applying for a restricted course.

Choose a degree in computer science for a career in global tech

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

It is coming up to CAO time of the year, and once again students are being bombarded with all sorts of course choices. However, the most lucrative course of all is often overlooked by many: computer science (or its related course electronics and computing). Computer science is a direct gateway to the global tech industry that has spawned the largest companies in the world such as Amazon, Microsoft, Stripe, and of course, Genesys, the global leader in cloud based software for customer care. Marc Andreessen, who developed the first widely used browser, Mosaic, stated that “software is eating the world”. This is being borne out as we see AirBnb (travel), Spotify (music), Netflix (television), Zoom (video conferencing), and many more disrupt their respective industries and change the way we live, work, and play.

Hoping to secure a college place in 2022?

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

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The range of educational and Career progression opportunities on offer to those seeking educational and career progression pathways has never been greater.

The range of educational and Career progression opportunities on offer to those seeking educational and career progression pathways has never been greater.

Why I chose Galway for college?

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

If you’re reading this, you probably live here. Maybe you’re a leaving cycle student, doubting that the college closest to home is far enough away. Maybe you’re already neck-deep in a degree and losing faith in the place. Don’t worry. The article isn’t going to beg you to stay. It won’t meander on about the famous old Claddagh or glorify the old person stench of certain local well-established taprooms. These are no more than an outsider’s observations on a town he chose to study in.

Make TUS your CAO choice

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

The Technological University of the Shannon is made up of six diverse and vibrant campuses in Athlone, Limerick, Thurles, Clonmel, and Ennis, which all come together as one united college community. Smaller class sizes at TUS mean you will be more than just a number and lecturers will know your name, allowing you benefit more easily from the full extent of their expertise and insights. And after class, outstanding sports facilities alongside a host of clubs and societies all help to create a sociable and fun place to study.

The National Sales Apprenticeship: graduating through the workplace

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

The National Sales Apprenticeship is a two-year “earn and learn” programme, which leads to a recognised QQI qualification – a Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Sales.

The value of choosing a course with placement

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Choosing a college course can feel like the biggest decision a student has ever made. The sheer amount of choice available can be overwhelming and it can be hard to determine what is right for you.

A good place to start is to consider your motivation for the subject, interests, aptitude, course content, placement opportunities and prospective career paths after graduation.

Exciting new training opportunities with Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board, Further Education and Training is committed to delivering an extensive range of training courses to its learners. LWETB offers full-time, part-time, and blended learning courses along with a comprehensive suite of fully online programmes. These programmes range across many sectors including information communication technology, social media, health care, construction, engineering, health and beauty, and software development.

LWETB ensures programmes meet current industry standards by working with industry leaders to develop and update programmes to meet market needs. Its programmes are developed in line with local and national needs and often in conjunction with industry collaboration, resulting in highly desired job ready skills on completion.

How to make the best choices

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

The choice of career path options are many and varied. Selecting the correct career progression option following your Leaving Cert or at any other stage in life is a major challenge for any of us. For the majority of those reflecting on this dilemma today the ultimate answer will be found in receiving and accepting a CAO offer in August/September next.

Create your bright future at NUI Galway

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Ranking in the top 2% of universities worldwide and the Sunday Times University of the year 2022, choosing to study at NUI Galway will provide you with a world of opportunity. Choose the course that is right for you, www.nuigalway.ie/cao.

Cavan Institute – What the students say

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Despite the challenges faced by students with the COVID 19 Pandemic, Cavan Institute remains one of the largest providers of PLC courses in Ireland.

NUI Galway launches Designing Futures programme for next generation graduates

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

NUI Galway has launched a new educational programme that will prepare students to deal with the complexity and uncertainty of life and the future world of work.

Beginner group bodhran classes

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

Rhythm is in all of us, and there has never been a better time to take up a new challenge and a new instrument than now. If you have always wanted to play music but do not know where to start, or you are already playing but do not know how to take your playing to the next level, now is the time. The next batch of Bodhran Magic adult group beginner courses is registering now and starting very soon in the city centre.

The bodhran is simply a brilliant instrument to play, is very accessible for all ages, and has become extremely popular now for very good reason. Run by professional Galway musician and educator Brian Ferguson, the courses provide proper tuition and a brilliant step by step learning system that keeps students motivated, inspired, and is just so enjoyable as you progress and learn to play along to tunes with confidence and clarity.

New course on colour at Aine's Art Studio

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

"The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most" - John Ruskin.

GMIT maths lecturer publishes first empirical evidence-based report on Irish post primary students’ knowledge of algebra

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

An important new empirical evidence-based report on Irish post-primary students’ knowledge of algebra identifies strengths and weaknesses in their knowledge of the subject and proposes recommendations to address the weaknesses.

The report finds that students have good knowledge of equality, proportional reasoning, patterns, and comparing and ordering numbers, but that they are struggling with key skills such as fractions, decimal numbers, order of operations, and indices.

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