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GMIT OPEN DAY Wednesday 16th November 2011
The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Open Days are your opportunity to experience college life, talk to the lecturers, meet the students, explore the lecture rooms, laboratories, and workshops and get a real feel for learning at third level.
Timetable of Learning Experience School Talks
A range of learning experience school talks will run during the day. These talks will provide an introduction to each school, the subjects explored, work placements, international study opportunities and student projects. Please find a schedule for the talks at www.gmit.ie/slo. All talks take place from 9.30am to 2.30pm.
Hear and Dare:
Access programmes are designed to give students who have certain disadvantages (health, Learning difficulties, financial etc) an opportunity to get into college, with possibly less points, and to give them extra support in college.
If you think you may be entitled to any of these you should look at the Hear (financially disadvantaged) or DARE (health / disabilities /learning difficulties) sections of www.cao.ie or contact the school for an appointment with M. Howley or R. Neylan as soon as possible. I believe it is worth your while applying if you think you have any chance of meeting the criteria.
If a student has a learning disability or a health issue they will have to be assessed by relevant professionals e.g. Psychologist report etc. Contact M. Howley at GCS if you will apply for any of these. I will be happy for parents to come in and meet me.
Logos link directly to Hear and Dare websites.
Students and Parents, Welcome to the Careers page
When trying to make careers decisions you should try to
- Know yourself
- Know your options
- Know how you usually make decisions
In this webpage there are links to help you with each of these important areas and more…
Look at the following websites. Each of them has interest tests that help you think about what you want, what you like, what your interests are. Give them a try. Think about the results. What do they mean for your career / course choices? Have you been thinking about which courses/ careers that are suitable for you?
www.careersportal.ie
www.qualifax.ie
www.careersdirections.ie
Know your options
There is so much information on the web these days that any course or career can be researched with ease. Begin with these websites and follow the links.
www.cao.ie For 3rd Level and Post Leaving Certificate Courses, CAO points, links to all 3rd level courses. Applications for 3rd level courses in Ireland
www.careersportal.ie has information on courses, careers and much more.
www.qualifax.ie This site has information on courses, careers, links to colleges, financial information, how to calculate leaving certificate points, and so much more.
www.ucas.com If you are one of the growing number of students who is thinking about going to college in the UK you must become familiar with this website.
www.prospects.ac.uk contains fantastic information on opportunities with degrees in almost every subject area.
www.iei.ie/steps and www.discoverengineering.org conatin information on different types of engineering.
www.gti.ie www.galwaycc.ie www.lclf.ie has information on the three largest Post Leaving Cert Course providers in the Galway/ Limerick region
www.teagasc.ie for information on all agriculture courses
Know how you usually make decisions
Not everything can be done on the web yet there is some useful information available on decision making.
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TED.htm contains lots of great examples of decision making techniques.
We must develop an awareness of how we come to make decisions. After all it is the decisions we make that have the most profound impact on our lives.
Financial Planning
Transition Learning is the whole area of making the step from school into college or careers. This can involve getting information on finance, applications procedures and much more.
A good place to start is www.studentfinance.ie This site has information on everything you need to know about the cost of further and higher education in Ireland (and grant information for studying in the UK. Financial planning is essential.