Education Reference Guide 2015i

Education Reference Guide

Blending academia and business John Teeling Interview Graduates after Graduating ■ Financial Support ■ Education Statistics

Reference ■ Briefings ■ Listings ■ Calendars

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Education Reference Guide

Education Reference Guide

Blending academia and business John Teeling Interview Graduates after Graduating ■ Financial Support ■ Education Statistics

Reference ■ Briefings ■ Listings ■ Calendars

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COVER STORY: A blend of business and academia - John Teeling interview................................ 4 Mary Immaculate College ............................................................................................................ 7 Intellectual Disability Nursing - a Rewarding Career...................................................................... 8 WIT School of Lifelong Learning ................................................................................................ 11 GMIT College of Tourism and Arts ............................................................................................. 13 Stepping stone to professional accountancy .............................................................................. 15 Culinary innovation for the world of chefs ................................................................................. 17 Broadband to transform the educational landscape ................................................................... 18 New course launched to train Chinese language teachers ......................................................... 20 BRIEFING: Financial support for students .................................................................................. 23 ICT Associate Professional Programme Launches ........................................................................ 25 Shape a future with Saint Nicholas Montessori College Ireland .................................................. 27 Studying Nursing or Midwifery at UCD ...................................................................................... 28 BRIEFING: Studying in the UK ................................................................................................... 29 A guide to cost for international students (and for the locals) .................................................... 30 NCEF - A professional qualification in fitness education ............................................................. 32 SUPPLEMENT: Studying Social Care ..................................................................................... 33-36 New QQI Award brand for Further and Higher Education .......................................................... 37 Computing at UL - computing as if people matter ..................................................................... 38 The College of Business and Law at UCC .................................................................................. 41 Take the DFEi route to college.................................................................................................... 43 BRIEFING: National Framework of Qualifications ....................................................................... 44 Parchment Square Student Accommodation .............................................................................. 47 BRIEFING: Graduates after graduating ...................................................................................... 50 BRIEFING: Travelling with your Irish qualification? ..................................................................... 52 Education and fieldwork opportunities at the Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark ..................... 54 BRIEFING: The education system in numbers ............................................................................ 57 LISTINGS .........................................................................................................................59 Careers Information ...................................................................................................59/61 Government Departments ...............................................................................................61 Government Services .......................................................................................................61 Education Institutes in Ireland ..........................................................................................63 Education and Training Boards ........................................................................................65 Education Centres ...........................................................................................................65 REFERENCE: Calendars for 2015 and 2016 .............................................................................. 66

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Foreword by Jan O'Sullivan TD, Minister for Education and Skills I'M delighted to have been asked to write a foreword for the 2015 Education Reference Guide, and I hope that you enjoy this latest edition. The publication is a very useful source of information on so many aspects of our learning system, and will be appealing for a wide range of readers.

People have many options open to them now, during their time in school, when they leave school, and later on in life if they decide to pursue further studies. When making any decision, it is important that you have as much information as possible, so that you make an informed choice. This Guide will

help people to do just that.

All of this material will be of interest to a very wide audience, and I hope that you find it useful.

In an ever evolving education system it is important that people can access a route map that provides them with accurate, timely and coherent information.

This Reference Guide achieves that important goal.

I believe that it will not only assist people looking for specific answers but also serve as a valuable resource for those interested in engaging in debate about education as we face the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.

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The Education Interview: John Teeling

A blend of business and academia

By Niall Gormley

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LMOST uniquely amongst successful Irish business figures John Teeling spans the worlds of education and industry. He spent some 30 years in education as both a student and teacher, and 40 years in business, with a lot of overlap.

While the mythical figure of the selfmade man who left school at 15 and then conquered the world has won hearts, John Teeling believes that a good education plays a big part in entrepreneurial success.

Indeed, he says that a lot of the business failure associated with the property collapse in Ireland is associated with the people in charge not having the academic background to see where they were going.

"Many of the property developers came from a craft background, which is fine, but they didn't have the expertise to analyse their own business models and markets.

And also, they hadn't the breadth of knowledge to see that boom and bust has happened time and again."

SOMETHING BREWING Famously associated with Cooley Distillery and now generally with the whiskey business through Teeling Whiskey, even his entry to that market came through his academic work. He wrote a thesis on investment in Irish industry and as part of that examined the decline of the Irish whiskey industry over the past three centuries.

He learned that Irish whiskey had 60 per cent of the market in earlier times (Queen Elizabeth I was a fan, he says) and that it was supplanted by Scotch until sales of Irish whiskey had dwindled to some 2 per cent of Scotch sales.

But Irish whiskey had retained its reputa-

■ Following in their father's footsteps - Stephen and Jack Teeling at the Teeling Whiskey distillery

tion as a smoother, some would say higher quality product and it was this that John saw as an opportunity.

"Irish whiskey is a totally Irish product," he says. "Irish malt, Irish water, Irish air, Irish time. That's it. I can take €400 of Irish barley and sell it as whiskey in Germany for €6,000. That's fantastic added value for Ireland."

His work with Cooley included the introduction and promotion of Irish whiskey brands such as Kilbeggan, Greenore, Connemara and The Tyrconnell whiskeys.

The distillery was sold to the American giant Jim Beam in 2011 for a reputed €70m.

John says that it was fortunate that the deal to sell Cooley didn't include a noncompete clause because his, and his family's, next project was to set up Teeling Whiskey. His two sons Stephen and Jack Teeling are in charge of the concept which will include a visitor centre, shop and cafe, and promotes their product as a Dublin whiskey.

The new Teeling Whiskey Distillery opened its doors to the public in June 2015.

It is the first new distillery in Dublin in over 125 years. Included is a local artist exhibition space, a tour of the distillery and whiskey tasting.

The new company is part of the resurgence of Irish whiskey. Sales of 'Irish' worldwide are increasing by around 10 per cent per year. According to Board Bia global consumption of Irish whiskey increased by 10.5 per cent from 2011 to 2012 compared

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to the whole whiskey global growth of 2.8 per cent.

So the potential is enormous, as John Teeling had noted. Even now Irish whiskey is only 2 per cent of global whiskey sales compared to 26 per cent for Scotch.

LOOKING DOWNWARDS Dr Teeling originally made some money in the stock markets in the 70s and this pursuit had an academic side too, as he employed the Benjamin Graham Method of investing which he learned about during his studies. This method, in short, centres around finding stocks that are undervalued in the market and can be bought cheaply thus minimizing potential losses.

From there he turned to natural resources and the companies that he has been involved with have searched for natural resources, oil, diamonds and gold around the world. He laughs as says he doesn't know if all the work in natural resources produced any money and he defines it as a high-risk business, with high gains and high losses.

ON EDUCATION John Teeling has never lost touch with his roots in education and visits universities and colleges to give talks and advice to students. He describes Ireland's primary and secondary education systems as 'superb' and commends the curriculum for being broad in keeping with his belief in a comprehensive education in the widest sense of the word. Asked about problems with

rote learning and points chasing, he says that he believes that the basics, the three Rs, really should be well ingrained so that they can be summoned when needed.

His view on Ireland's third level is similar and, if anything, he criticizes a tendency for specialisation. He thinks Irish graduates compare with any in the world and that Ireland's education system is one of its natural advantages.

He gives a somewhat unusual take on the vexed topic of student and university funding. He favours student loans (not debilitating loans, he cautions) but enough to make students appreciate the system, enough to fund the colleges and universities, and enough to ensure that Ireland gets its money back rather than giving free education to students who might take their skills abroad and never return.

He notes, with a chuckle, that he funded his own education mainly by winning scholarships and that he might be open to accusations of being hard on today's students.

He also thinks that Ireland has much to offer international students and that we should be making more of our attractions in this area.

NATURAL ADVANTAGES On the broader economic view he's enthusiastic for Ireland to embrace the opportunities for which we have a natural advantage and to take the country up the value chain. Food is always going to be a huge industry for Ireland and with product

and market innovation the opportunities are endless he believes.

Tourism, particularly cultural tourism, is another home-grown industry that can reap dividends for Ireland.

Despite his own interest in fossil fuels, he believes that renewable energy is a big opportunity here especially ocean based tidal, wave and wind.

Asked about global warming he says: "I've read quite a bit about global warming and I'm not sure about the impact it's going to have. I think that much of the problem will be solved by technology." John cites the example of London where In 1894, the Times of London estimated that by 1950 every street in the city would be buried nine feet deep in horse manure. Of course, technology intervened to ensure that this didn't happen.

BACKING ENTERPRISE Asked about the modern belief that success is built on failure, he's somewhat sceptical.

"I think there's been a bit of an overkill on the idea that failure is good. You should always set out with the aim of success. For sure, you learn from your mistakes but I think that some of the commentary from Silicon Valley about the value of failure is overblown."

And success for John Teeling is what he thinks entrepreneurs aim for, personal and business success and that entrepreneurs are a special breed of people who win through perseverance.

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A Career in Horticulture...

Situated in the National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin the Teagasc College of Amenity Horticulture offers the following courses in Horticulture. This wonderful setting provides the unique blend of the fi nest park setting in the Capital coupled with the experience of the staff of the gardens and the Teagasc staff. All students can avail of work experience in the Botanic Gardens as well as on parks around the city and other placements further afield.

Botanic graduates are leaders in the field of Horticulture and develop clear career pathways. Careers in landscape design and construction, parks, garden centres and fruit and vegetable production are all followed by the graduates.

Teagasc are proud to have new state of the art classrooms and drawing studio to support the learning of the next generation of Horticulturalists in the National Botanic Gardens.

CAREERS AND COURSE INFORMATION DAY: Thursday 1st October 2015 @ 2.00 to 4.00pm in the College.

● FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Horticulture ● FETAC Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Horticulture (Open to all holders of FETAC Common Awards Level 5 Horticulture) ● HETAC Level 7 Degree in Horticulture in Partnership with WIT (WD097) Details on all courses can be found at www.teagasc.ie/botanicgardens Telephone 01 8040201 or email: botanic.college@teagasc.ie Application for HETAC courses through CAO application process www.cao.ie

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Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

MIC – the place to be!

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ARY Immaculate College is a university-level College of Education and the Liberal Arts, academically linked with the University of Limerick.

The College has a diverse and growing student population of over 3,200, enrolled in undergraduate programmes for B.Ed. and BA degrees, and in a range of postgraduate programmes at Diploma, MA and PhD level.

The College is situated in the southern suburbs of Limerick City and is within ten minutes' walk of the city centre, the main rail and bus terminus and a few miles from Shannon International airport. The city has a thriving cultural scene and is famous for its sporting tradition both in rugby and Gaelic games.

The campus has undergone much change over the past few years with the recent construction of two new buildings - a stateof-the-art multi-purpose sports complex named Tailteann which was voted Leisure Building of the Year 2008 by the RIAI and more recently Teamhair /TARA which consists of large lecture theatres, computer and teaching laboratories and the 500-seat Lime Tree Theatre.

The College has an active and inclusive Students’ Union and has a range of clubs and societies including an equestrian society, a drama society and a radio society with its own radio station – Wired FM! On-campus and off-campus residential accommodation is available.

FIND OUT MORE: Mary Immaculate College, South Circular Road, Limerick.

Tel: + 353 61 204300.

W: www.mic.ul.ie E: admissions@mic.ul.ie EDUCATION 7

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School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin

Intellectual Disability Nursing a rewarding career

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EING the leading School of Nursing & Midwifery in Ireland, we at TCD pride ourselves on providing students with a world class educational experience and access to some of Ireland’s best health care services as part of their undergraduate education.

We offer a range of Honors degree programmes in Midwifery and Nursing disciplines (General, General and Children’s, Mental Health and Intellectual Disability).

Details of all of our courses can be found on our website: nursing-midwifery.tcd.ie.

With Intellectual Disability Nursing being one of the lesser known disciplines in nursing, and we recently asked Professor Paul Horan

to outline what a career in this dynamic and challenging role involves.

INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY NURSING A career in Intellectual Disabilities Nursing is among one of the most rewarding and challenging in Nursing. Currently in Ireland it is estimated that about 1% of the population has some form of intellectual disability. Often people with intellectual disabilities and their families face immense challenges achieving ordinary lifestyle outcomes. As a Registered Intellectual Disability Nurse you will work with people with intellectual disabilities and their families to enable them to navigate the challenges of living in modern society.

Having an intellectual disability nursing degree opens doors to working opportunities, caring for people in a variety of Community and Primary Healthcare and Social Care settings. As an Intellectual Disabilities Nursing Graduate you will find many opportunities after college. It is possible to specialise in areas such as working with children with complex disabilities, working with people with autism or with elderly people with intellectual disability in nursing home type settings.

SUPPORTING FAMILIES Part of your work will involve supporting families as well as the person with intellectual disability. Equally, a central part of your role would be to advocate for individuals with an intellectual disability to choose the life that they wish to live and to enable them to attain it.

During the four year course you will learn and develop a range of highly technical skills and knowledge. You will also develop a

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range of sophisticated communication approaches which will enable you to communicate empathically and meaningfully with individuals with intellectual disabilities, many of whom have severe communication challenges.

As your career develops you may become a Clinical Nurse Manager, a role in which you will become responsible for the delivery of care to large numbers of clients with intellectual disability.

Such a role would require you to demonstrate dynamic management and leadership skills: skills which you learn as part of the degree course.

SPECIALIST Another career pathway is to specialise as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, typically in such areas as Epilepsy, Challenging Behaviour or Dementia. The lives of people with intellectual disability are changing and improving rapidly at the moment and part of your role will be to facilitate this change.

Nurses who have taken the Intellectual Disability Nursing Pathway are some of the most influential nurses in the country: The Chief Nurse in The Department of Health, The Leader of the Irish Nursing and Midwifery Organisation and The Dean of The Faculty of Health Sciences in Trinity College Dublin are all intellectual disability nurses.

However the main contribution that the Registered Nurse in Intellectual Disability can offer is to make a real difference in the lives of some of the most vulnerable members of society.

FIND OUT MORE: For more information about the School and our courses, log on to www.nursing-midwifery.tcd.ie Contact Jeni Ryan on (01) 896 3860, email ryanjen@tcd.ie to arrange a tour of our facilities, arrange for a lecturer to deliver a talk to your class or to find out about our transition year programme and open days.

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School of Lifelong Learning and Education in Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)

Teacher education for further and adult education

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RACTITIONER Focus WIT has worked with education practitioners for over 30 years and has recently added formal Teacher Education programmes to its’ portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate offerings for both existing practitioners and new entrants into the field of teaching in further and adult education.

The School has over 500 students (mostly practitioners) studying a range of education programmes from level 6 Higher Certificate programmes in adult literacy and community education to Masters programmes in the management of education and in learning and teaching.

FLEXIBLE

The programmes are attractive to people working in the field because “they are offered on a flexible, modular basis which

means people can continue to work while studying for a nationally recognised qualification” says Helen Murphy from the Department of Education in WIT. “The modes of delivery and teaching and learning methodologies reflect the needs of adult learners; we try to engage students with the theory they need to interrogate their practice so their learning is contextualised and builds on their practice based experiences in the field”.

FURTHER EDUCATION The School has recently added to their portfolio of education programmes with the addition of two teacher education programmes for further education; an honours Degree in Adult and Further education and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Teaching in Further Education.

Both programmes are recognised by the Teaching Council and combine taught modules with a significant practical teaching component.

BLENDED LEARNING WIT offers education programmes in a number of locations nationwide including Dublin, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford and many programmes are supported using a blended learning approach where students experience a blend of face to face teaching with additional support and engagement delivered in an on-line environment.

The School also has a number of masters and doctoral research candidates exploring issues including professional identities in Adult and Further Education, Technology Enhanced Learning and Literacy.

Independent College Dublin is one of Ireland’s leading independent private third level institutions. We set the standard for private college education and offer a focused range of academic, professional and skills development programmes.

Interested in a career in Business or Law? Learn to succeed with Industry experienced professionals in small class size settings

■ BA (Hons) Business studies

■ LL.B (Hons) in Irish law

■ BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance

■ BA (Hons) Marketing

■ LL.B (Hons) in Irish Law with Accounting

Call Us: 01 6355800 www.independentcolleges.ie • City Centre Location Email Us: admissions@independentcolleges.ie EDUCATION 11

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Are you ready for the world of work?

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HE College of Tourism & Arts in GMIT's Galway campus is a leading provider of Hotel, Tourism and Culinary Arts programmes in Ireland, and prides itself on developing graduates who are “work-ready”.

Students on all programmes are encouraged to develop their skills and confidence by participating in events, undertaking meaningful work placements and getting help with kick-starting their career. Highlights from 2015 included: EVENT PARTICIPATION

Students in the College of Tourism & Arts took part in a number of events throughout 2015 which involved working with members of the public, charities, food producers and professional bodies.

The events included Ireland’s third national “Foodie Forum” in February, and participation in Catex where 23 Culinary Arts students came back with Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Merits in their various cookery competitions.

WORK PLACEMENTS

■ Students in the Retail Lab

Each year, between 300 and 400 students undertake monitored work placements in Ireland, Europe, the US, Middle east and many more countries.

These work placements are between 12 and 30 weeks in duration, and are designed to develop the students’ confidence and skills, and prepare them for the workplace once they graduate.

■ Hotel Management students at the Careers Fair

and graduate training programmes. In 2015, 52 exhibitors were represented offering over 260 placement and full-time positions in industry.

The next Tourism & Hospitality Fair will take place on Wednesday the 9th of March 2016.

This is a free event and an ideal opportunity for industry to engage and recruit students, graduates and alumni for their properties. If you wish to book a stand for next year, please contact Bernie Merry on CTAevents@gmit.ie Tel-091 742565.

TOURISM & HOSPITALITY CAREERS FAIR The College of Tourism & Arts invites employers from all over the world to a Careers Fair in GMIT every spring. Many employers use this opportunity to recruit final year students for employment

Are you looking for an international qualification that focuses on: ➤ Practical skills? ➤ Up-to-date knowledge? ➤ Relevant work experience? ➤ Internationally recognised Qualification?

Welcome to the world of Hotels, Restaurants, Food & Beverage, Events, Retail and Tourism in GMIT.

■ Culinary Arts students, with Head of Department, Gerry Talbot

FIND OUT MORE: Read about GMIT College of Tourism & Arts programmes on www.gmit.ie/college-tourism-and-arts/college-tourism-arts GMIT College of Tourism & Arts Jobs Noticeboard @GMITTourismArts GMIT College of Tourism & Arts Alumni

The Open Days for 2015 are: Friday 23rd of October 9.30am-1.30pm.

Saturday 24th of October-10am-1pm.

The College of Tourism & Arts at GalwayMayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) invites you to consider the following programmes: Hotel Management • Culinary Arts • Event Management & PR • Tourism • Hospitality • Bar & Restaurant Management • Retail & Customer Service Offering Level 6, 7 & 8 programmes

For further information visit www.gmit.ie College of Tourism & Arts, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), Dublin Road, Galway.

Tel: 091 742343

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Accounting Technicians Ireland

Stepping stone to professional accountancy

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CCOUNTING Technicians Ireland is the leading national Accounting Technician body with over 10,000 members and students across the Island of Ireland. Founded in 1983, the organisation prides itself on providing an internationally recognised accounting qualification and promoting the highest standards of excellence in education to both its students and members. With 95% of members in employment, it’s a qualification in high demand with employers.

A qualification with Accounting Technicians Ireland combines professional examinations with practical work experience. As qualified members, individuals can use the respected and valued MIATI designation after their name, seen by many employers as essential when hiring.

Accounting Technicians are qualified accounting professionals employed throughout all levels of finance across the public sector, industry, commerce and private accountancy practices. They can perform a wide range of financial roles typically associated with fully trained accountants including: Financial Accounting

and Budgeting; Costing and Credit Control; Payroll Administration and Tax Returns; Auditing and Assurance work; Corporate Finance; and Tax Planning.

POSITIVE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS As our economy begins to improve, the overall jobs market in the accountancy and finance sectors in Ireland remains very positive. A recent analysis of the labour market (National Skills Bulletin 2014) confirms continuing shortages for accounting technician skills, deeming it a niche area.

In fact the overall outlook for job creation

in business and financial occupations is favourable, with employment growth projected to be higher than average over the medium term.

Accounting Technicians can be employed in a wide variety of finance roles including Manufacturing, Local and central government, Financial Services including banking and insurance, Private accountancy firms or all sectors of commercial industry.

Self-employment is also a career possibility for qualified technicians with many members taking the option of opening their own accountancy services.

In addition, many individuals who qualify as accounting technicians enrol in further study, and use the qualification as a stepping stone to eventually become professional accountants.

Accounting Technicians Ireland has offices in Dublin and Belfast and links with more than 70 local college networks throughout the country.

FIND OUT MORE: Go to www.accountingtechniciansireland.ie for more details.

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THE SANDFORD LANGUAGE INSTITUTE Milltown Park, Sandford Road, Dublin 6 & CCT Education, 30-34 Westmorland St, D2

All World Languages

• Weekly Group Classes held throughout the year, on weekdays and weekends at Milltown Park.

• Intensive Courses during Mid-Term Breaks, Easter and Summer Holidays.

• Private Tuition & Grinds.

• Preparation for Leaving Cert. in all languages, ie, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Dutch, Arabic, Japanese, etc.

• Primary School Tuitions available in all languages.

• Tuition for students with special needs including Dyslexia.

• One off assessments available.

Phone 01-2601296 LARGE CAR PARK

Email: mary.zerbe@sandfordlanguages.ie Web: www.sandfordlanguages.ie

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IT Tallaght

Culinary innovation for the world of chefs I

T Tallaght has announced a new unique Masters Programme in Applied Culinary Nutrition for culinary professionals worldwide seeking to innovate food to meet the growing consumer need for health and wellness.

Commenting on the need for the course, celebrity chef Neven Maguire said: “the trend in health and wellness brings many challenges for the kitchen, and chefs need to be able to adapt their cooking to meet these challenges with confidence.”

A WORLD FIRST This programme is the first of its kind globally and has already received great support and recommendations from many in the food sector. This new programme focuses on taking an applied approach to linking science and research with the kitchen, making it relevant to day to day food business operations and the creative

"This programme is essential in the further education and career progression of chefs" Derry Clarke, L’Ecrivain Restaurant and confident provision of healthful options on menus.

Changing how we eat is linked to changing how we cook and how we taste. A critical knowledge of the application of flavour science is key to bringing about such innovation for classically trained chefs.

Innovating for health and wellness can only be done successfully with the application of nutrition principles and practices.

This programme empowers the chef to develop a specialism in this area in a way

that is practical and strategic for the food business. (While legislation is pending on the nutritional labelling of menus, the focus of this programme is to give a broader perspective, i.e. on creating healthful options).

PART TIME The programme will start in September 2015 and will run initially as a part-time programme, two evenings a week over two years. Students may exit with a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Culinary Nutrition if they do not wish to do the applied research project.

FIND OUT MORE: Annette Sweeney, Programme Coordinator, ITT Dublin, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Tel: 01-4042826 Email: Annette.sweeney@ittdublin.ie

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AirSpeed Telecom

Broadband to transform the educational landscape Airspeed is playing a key role in the provision of broadband to Ireland's educational network

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IRSPEED Telecom, the leading provider of integrated licensed wireless with fibre telecommunications services to businesses in Ireland, has played a key role in the installation of high speed broadband services in hundreds of national and secondary schools across the country, a move which has the potential to transform the education landscape in Ireland.

This extensive digital initiative was provided for under two separate Government schemes. The first is the ‘Post Primary Schools Project’, financed by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the Department of Education and Skills and managed by HEAnet – Ireland’s National Education and Research Network.

Secondly, the primary level ‘Schools’ Broadband Access Programme’, financed by the Department of Education and managed by the PDST Technology in Education and HEAnet. The schemes were conceived

to meet the Government’s ambition to establish Irish schools as world class centres of e-learning and to educate the next generation of knowledge workers and digital entrepreneurs.

HIGH AVAILABILITY Six months to a year on from this important programme, AirSpeed Telecom, along with other suppliers, will continue to work with the Department of Education in ensuring that approximately 4,000 schools in the

"Our teachers use the wifi to access teaching materials and resources and they now take attendance using iPads"

country will have reliable access to high availability internet and network security services.

With secondary schools now enjoying 100Mbps broadband speeds, they are in a position to utilise a host of technologies including online applications, iPads and whiteboards.

AirSpeed Telecom checked in with Tiernan O’Donnell, Principal of CBS Thurles Secondary School, who this time last year had just received his 100Mb broadband service and was gearing up to introduce iPads to the new recruits in first year.

He says: “The availability of high speed broadband has greatly enhanced the learning experience for our students. Our first and second year students are now using iPads, which we could not have done before now. We have wifi throughout the school to facilitate the iPad usage and to download any required Apps.

"The download and upload speeds are

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■ AirSpeed Telecom working with Árainn Mhór national school - Picture by Ronan Kennedy great and make it easy to use Apple TV’s and projectors in classrooms. Our teachers use the wifi to access teaching materials and resources and, from an admin perspective, they now take attendance using iPads and obviously the wifi is critical for this.

"We have really seen the benefit of this service in the past year and we now truly recognise the growing importance of equipping our next generation of school leavers with the technologies and skills needed to succeed in the digital economy.”

As part of the project, AirSpeed Telecom also installed broadband in a variety of schools located in geographically challenging regions including the Aran Islands, Tory Island and across Donegal.

PARTNER John Boland, HEAnet’s Chief Executive, says: “Connecting schools in remote locations, including island schools, was a key objective of the project and HEAnet needed a partner that can help us meet this chal-

lenge. Over the past number of years, AirSpeed Telecom has proven to not only be a strategic partner, but a reliable one.”

Primary schools are also reaping the benefits of the AirSpeed Telecom service.

Sinead O'Reilly is deputy school principal with Carraig a Bruis national school in Virginia, Co. Cavan and she says:"Services have improved dramatically and the internet is much faster as a result. It has given us greater access to materials and an ability to download educational videos and share them with the class more frequently as a result."

OPPORTUNITIES Eddie Ward, Principal Officer in the ICT Policy Unit in the Department of Education and Skills, says access to high speed connectivity offers greater opportunities for online interaction and collaboration and will enhance the learning environment for everyone.

“We’re delighted to be working with AirSpeed Telecom in delivering improved broadband services to primary schools and in delivering 100Mb to all post primary schools. The improved connectivity will facilitate enhanced teaching and learning in our schools. The initiative is part of a key policy objective in the integration of ICT / digital technology in teaching and learning across the curriculum.”

■ Peter Hendrick, Technical Director of AirSpeed Telecom

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Asian Studies at University College Cork

New course launched to train Chinese language teachers Course designed with emphasis on combining theory and practice, with hands-on classroom experience

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HE School of Asian Studies has just received approval for a new MA p ro g r a m m e , I re l a n d ’s f i r s t , i n Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TCSOL), which will have its first intake of students in September 2015. The course has been designed with an emphasis on combining theory and practice, with lots of hands-on classroom experience.

VARIETY OF SETTINGS Students will have opportunities to develop their skills in a variety of settings, from some of those secondary schools in the Cork area which already offer Chinese to evening classes for adult learners and specialised provision for staff from local companies preparing for a secondment to China.

The new MA course is open to both native speakers of Chinese and others who have reached a high level of competence as second-language learners.

“As Chinese companies increase their overseas presence and global supply chains almost inevitably come to include China, a postgraduate qualification in teaching Chinese is a highly portable one,” said Professor Jackie Sheehan, Acting Head of the School of Asian Studies.

“Demand is only going to increase, not only in Europe, but also in areas like Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, where Chinese investment and migration has run way ahead of the availability of Chinese-language teaching, especially for adult learners.”

A TASTE OF CHINESE While decisions about Chinese as a curricular subject in Ireland are still pending, a number of schools have given their students a taste of Chinese through the short course now offered in the Transition Year.

This Easter, another group of TY students and their teachers from Cork, Limerick and Galway will spend two weeks in China try-

ing out their new language skills, led by Mr Yongbin Xia of UCC’s Confucius Institute and Professor Sheehan.

“Chinese is a challenging language for European beginners, who have to get used to features of it like the tones and the writing of characters,” said Professor Sheehan, “and one of the best ways to encourage them early on is to get them out to China and show them that they can actually make themselves understood with what they’ve learned in class.”

EMPLOYABILITY Asian Studies at UCC puts great stress on employability in all its courses, and in this academic year, students on its Springboard course have once again benefited from the School’s extensive range of corporate, diplomatic and government contacts in a series of two-day workshops held at the Irish Management Institute in Dundrum.

Each workshop had a specific national focus, on Korea, China, and Japan, and

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"Demand is only going to increase, not only in Europe, but also in areas like Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America"

brought in a range of speakers to share their business experience of the region with students.

Participants included Pat McGrath from PM Group, an Irish engineering and construction project management company with many successful projects behind it in China and other Asian locations, and Julian Erskine, senior executive producer of Riverdance, an Irish cultural export which has been such a huge hit in China that versions of the show tour there more or less constantly.

The Japanese workshop featured Mr Jun Arima, Director General of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in London, and Sato Akiko of Enterprise Ireland.

VITAL FOR IRELAND Tying each workshop together, Dr Mary Hogan of the IMI gave macro-level insights into trade relations and agreements across the northeast Asian region, while Paul Brennan of Celtic Forwarding covered the crucial practicalities of logistics involved in

trading with Asia.

This area, vital for Ireland as geographically the end link in so many international supply chains, will be a major focus of the Asian Studies Springboard course in 201516.

FIND OUT MORE: w: www.ucc.ie/en/asian/ t: 021-4902825 e: asianstudies@ucc.ie School of Asian Studies, 3rd Floor, O'Rahilly Building, UCC.

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UCC School of Asian Studies

Undergraduate courses for 2015-16 Chinese Studies BA - CK101 This course aims to develop students’ understanding of the history, culture, economy, politics, religion and philosophy of China.

Chinese Studies can be taken over three years or as a four-year Chinese Studies Pathway, with the third year spent at a partner university in China

Taught-postgraduate courses for 2015-16:

MA or Higher Diploma Contemporary Chinese Culture and Business These courses are designed to equip students with knowledge of the Chinese language (Mandarin) and provide them with the expertise to work in a China-facing multi-cultural and Commerce (International) with Chinese international business environment in the future.

Studies BComm International - CK211 Based at UCC for the first half year, students This is a broadly based degree that combines then go to China for further language training a range of business modules, the study of and a work placement with a Chinese organizaMandarin Chinese and courses on contempo- tion, before returning to UCC to complete their rary Chinese society, popular culture and course. media, politics and modern history to provide students with the necessary tools to work effec- MA Asian Studies tively in an international environment This one-year full-time course offers graduates from the arts, humanities, social sciences, busiAsian Studies Arts BA (Hons) - CK101 ness, science and engineering an understanding This three-year course focuses on contemporary of Asian societies including culture, education, Asia. It begins with an overview of the entire social systems, politics, business and manageregion from the Middle East to the Far East, ment, as well as the opportunity to develop the including Asian diasporas worldwide. In subse- linguistic and intercultural skills necessary to quent years students choose modules from a work in or relate to Asia and Asian countries. variety of disciplines focusing on Asia and It includes opportunities to experience living and language options working in Asian countries.

Contact Details: School of Asian Studies, O’Rahilly Building, UCC Tel: 021-4902825 Fax: 021-4903825 www.ucc.ie/calendar/arts/art025.html

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Reference Guide Briefing:

Financial support for students The Student Grant WHAT DOES A GRANT COVER? Maintenance Grant A Maintenance Grant is a contribution towards the living costs of a student. These grants are paid over nine monthly instalments during the academic year.

Student Contribution Charge Most colleges charge an annual student contribution. It is also known as a registration fee and it covers student services and examinations. The contribution varies from one institution to another. The maximum rate of the student contribution for the academic year 2015-2016 is €3,000. Where the

Student Contribution Charge applies to a course, the grant will cover 100% or 50% of this cost, depending on household income.

Tuition Fees If a student, or a course, is not covered under the Free Fees Schemes, the grant will cover Tuition Fees subject to eligibility criteria.

Field Trips The grant will cover eligible expenses for students attending compulsory field trips.

Maintenance Grant payment schedules for the 2015/16 academic year will be published on susi.ie as soon as they become available.

The Susi system SUSI is the national awarding authority responsible for Student Grants.

SUSI is entering its fourth year of operations, processed over 103,000 applications last year with 74,000 students (new and renewal) receiving funding for the 2014/2015 academic year.

It is expected that the number of applications to SUSI for the 2015/2016 academic year will surpass 110,000.

Students who are progressing to the next year of their course must renew their grants.

The application process opened two weeks earlier in 2015.

Elegibility criteria Who's eligible?

Grant values

RESIDENCY Applicants must be resident in Ireland or the EU, EEA or Switzerland for 3 of the last 5 years.

STUDENTS ATTENDING:

The different rates of Maintenance Grants, depending on household income, can be seen below.

NATIONALITY Applicants must be an Irish, EU, EEA or Swiss National or have specific leave to remain in the State.

✔ Approved Undergraduate courses in Ireland, or another EU member state

PREVIOUS EDUCATION If applicants have previously attended further or higher education courses, regardless of whether they received a grant, this will be taken into account when assessing their application to ensure that they meet the ‘progression’ criteria.

BACK TO EDUCATION ALLOWANCE (BTEA) If applicants are in receipt of BTEA and are attending a PLC course they will not be eligible for funding. If they are attending a Higher Education course they may be eligible for the student contribution charge and tuition fees (in certain cases).

INCOME Household income is assessed for the 2014 Tax Year and must fall between one of the specified thresholds in order to qualify for Grant funding.

The thresholds may be adjusted depending on the number of dependents in the household and how many of those dependents are attending further or higher education courses.

✔ Approved Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) courses in Ireland;

✔ Approved Postgraduate courses in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

What Grants?

POST LEAVING CERTIFICATE COURSES IN IRELAND: ✔ Maintenance Grant only.

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN IRELAND: ✔ Maintenance Grant; ✔ Student Contribution Charge; ✔ Tuition Fees (in certain cases); and ✔ Compulsory Field Trips (in certain cases) UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN THE EU, EEA OR SWITZERLAND: ✔ Maintenance Grant only.

POSTGRADUATE COURSES IN IRELAND OR NORTHERN IRELAND: ✔ Postgraduate Fee Contribution OR ✔ Postgraduate Tuition Fees; and ✔ Compulsory Field Trips (in certain cases)

ADJACENT RATE Where travelling from within 45kms of college: 100% .................................. €1,215 75% ....................................... €910 50% ....................................... €605 25% ....................................... €305 NON-ADJACENT RATE Where travelling from over 45kms to college: 100% .................................. €3,025 75% .................................... €2,270 50% .................................... €1,515 25% ....................................... €755 SPECIAL RATE OF MAINTENANCE GRANT Payable to an applicant, whose household income is below €22,703, and contains an eligible Social Welfare payment on 31 December, 2014.

Non Adjacent Rate: ............. €5,915 Adjacent Rate: ..................... €2,375 The information in this briefing is from SUSI. It should only be used as a guide.

For further information, please visit www.susi.ie

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Our lockers are fully welded (no rivets), independently tested to BS 4680 (Determination of Strength & Durability of Storage Furniture) and have added safety features such as reinforced doors, concealed hinges, door closing folds on 4 sides and sloping tops.

History at the University of Limerick

If you are thinking of undertaking further study in history, then the Department of History has the course for you.

The Department offers the following taught programmes: MA Local History (part-time); MA History of Family (full-time, part-time, online); MA History (full-time) A Doctoral Programme, and Certificate Programmes (UL campus and outreach locations).

For further details contact Anne.Marie.ODonnell@ul.ie or apply on-line at www.ul.ie/graduateschool

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PEOPLE’S COLLEGE For Adult Education 31 Parnell Square, Dublin 1

The People’s College for Adult Education organises adult education in a wide range of subjects for trade unionists, their families and the general public at very reasonable prices.

Most are evening classes but Spanish, Yoga, Creative Writing, Public Speaking and Wildlife are offered in the morning.

Courses offered include Creative Writing, Languages, Music & Art Appreciation, Yoga, Pilates, Painting, Photography, History and Genealogy. New this year are Qigong, Felting and Positive Psychology. The college also has a choir, debating society and a drama group.

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ICT Education

ICT Associate Professional Programme Launches

By Peter O’Neill, Managing Director, IBM Ireland.

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BM has been involved with FastTrack to IT (FIT) for many years, as one part of an extensive programme to hire and develop the skilled people we need for our operations in Ireland. We were delighted when FIT approached us to help with the development of their new ICT Associate Professional Programme and to support its launch in December 2014.

For this certification programme FIT has produced an innovative syllabus focusing on equipping the IT professionals of the future with the skills to meet the business needs of today and tomorrow.

It draws on FIT’s own extensive experience in working directly with IT companies and its close collaboration with government departments and national education and training agencies.

COLLEGE SETTING The IT apprenticeship will take place over two years and combines workplace learning in a technology company, with classroom teaching in a college setting.

There are many merits to this dual education approach for both the participating companies and the apprentices.

Current evidence from around the world reveals that companies which invest in such apprenticeships derive many long term business benefits from doing so.

For participating technology companies like IBM, the programme is designed to ensure that not only will they have an employee who is being trained to industry standards, but they will also have an employee who understands their unique workplace conditions.

FUTURE It ensures that future skills needs will be met and also provides a pool of skilled employees from which future supervisors and managers could be internally recruited.

By training within a technology company’s working environment apprentices use the tools and IT equipment that will be needed to carry out their specific job role.

As a result, the skills they learn are of immediate use and benefit to the participating company.

The apprentice also practices under the

supervision of more experienced employees of the company, allowing them to gain more confidence in their work and to integrate quickly into the company.

The training that apprentices receive during the college-based part of the course is state-of-the-art, so as technology and industry moves on, companies can be assured that new developments or certification skills will be incorporated within the programme of study.

As the apprentices learn by a combination of attending college and learning on

the job, many find that it is a more effective approach than the traditional college course, allowing them to apply classroom learning immediately to an on-the-job situation.

The newly launched FIT Associate Professional Programme modernises the apprentice model for the digital age. It is a very exciting new initiative with serious potential to secure Ireland’s reputation in the tech space.

We at IBM look forward to the Class of 2015 arriving soon.

Would a career in the tech sector tick all your boxes?

FIT ICT Associate Professional is a new IT apprenticeship-style (learn & earn) pathway to a career in the technology sector.

Over 7,000 jobs are currently available in ICT sector – as highlighted by the FIT ICT Skills Audit 2014 – 75% of which are at entry and competent levels.

THE ICT SECTOR WANTS YOU! The technology sector is not all about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths) – there is a larger and growing requirement for people just like you who attain good technical skills, combined with project management, employability and customer facing skills. The technology sector in Ireland is much broader and more varied than most people realise – with an appetite for ‘Smart People with Smart Skills’ – who have a wide range of talents and attributes, and most importantly the enthusiasm to work in the sector.

We know it works!

WHAT IS FIT ICT ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL? FIT ICT Associate Professional is a dualeducation apprenticeship-style format of ICT skills training and development which has been endorsed by the industry and government. This ‘learn and earn’ model of provision is a two year programme during which you will attain a Level 6 ICT and Professional Development Qualification and will be awarded the title of FIT ICT Associate Professional by the industry. The first 6 months are college-based where candidates will acquire the technical acumen.

The remaining 18 months are a combination of work-place application and college-based learning where candidates will further their skills development and apply their learning to live projects within their sponsoring company.

A FIT ICT Associate Professional spends much of their time training with a company, helping them to effectively learn the skills needed in the work place using modern technology and equipment and getting involved in real-life work processes.

WHAT DOES IT COST? The FIT ICT Associate Professional training is funded by SOLAS and the Education & Training Boards so you don’t need to pay fees.

WHAT WILL I EARN? Once you commence your work experience with your Sponsor company in the 7th month of the programme, you will receive an allowance of between €260 and €290 per week for the reminder of the first year. In the second year of the programme, you will receive between €340 and €385 per week.

HOW DO I SIGN UP? If you are a keen tech enthusiast and are interested in participating in the FIT ICT Associate Professional programme, then contact FIT at ICTAP@fit.ie or call us on 01 8825570 or lo call on 1890 815 704.

See www.fit.ie for further information.

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Shape a Future Courses:

Higher CertiďŹ cate in Arts in Early Years Montessori Education (Level 6) BA in Montessori Education (Level 7) BA (Honours) in Montessori Education (Level 8)

Higher Diploma in Arts in Early Years Montessori Education (Level 8)

Go to www.snmci.ie Call 01-2806064 / 01-2300080 email: admissions@snmci.ie or visit us at 16 Adelaide Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin

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Saint Nicholas College

Shape a future with Saint Nicholas Montessori College Ireland

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AINT Nicholas Montessori College Ireland (SNMCI) has been the source of many graduates in Montessori and early years’ education since 1984. The College’s programmes aim to develop educators of the highest quality, based on the Montessori principles of education.

While many think of Montessori teaching as confined to 0 - 6 year old children, it is only part of the story. There are a number of Montessori schools providing the National Primary Curriculum to children up to the age of 12. Indeed, there is one such school on the College’s campus in Dún Laoghaire.

PEERS AS A ROLE MODEL Montessori Education is based on the premise that children are best supported in a learning environment which meets all their needs. This in turn will assist them to become valued members of society. Key to this is the multi-aged groupings, which fosters children’s development as role models for their peers. Encouraged by this supportive environment, each child learns to co-operate.

Furthermore, in the eyes of pedagogical experts, the Montessori Method is also strongly aligned to working in the field of Special Education. This is linked with the use of concrete, manipulative materials to support the cognitive development of the child. Montessori’s multi-sensory approach has, for example, been found to be successful for developing literacy and numeracy skills in children with learning difficulties in inclusive educational settings.

Education Sector. Also, 2015 will see the introduction of a Level 6 Higher Certificate in Arts in Early Years Montessori Education, in response to a recognised need, from both learners and stakeholders, for the provision of a solid foundation programme for early years’ education.

This year, school leaver enrolment onto SNMCI’s Level 6 and Level 7 programmes will be managed via the CAO Handbook.

Applications for part-time provision, Recognition of Prior Learning or the Higher Diploma programme should continue to be made directly to the College.

PART-TIME STUDY OPTIONS Many school leavers choose to defer fulltime study and opt to work instead.

SNMCI’s Level 6 and Level 7 programmes are available on a part-time basis and have recently been reformatted in order to improve on their delivery.

SNMCI’S PROGRAMMES

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS

SNMCI’s programmes of study are accredited by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), so applicants can be assured of the quality of its programmes. Each of these programmes continues SNMCI’s strong tradition of developing educators of the highest quality, who will serve and support children within all sectors of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) settings.

Not only does the College deliver highly regarded undergraduate Level 7 and Level 8 Bachelor of Arts programmes, we have recently changed the format of our postgraduate programme, the Higher Diploma in Arts in Early Years Montessori Education, to meet changing demands within the

Uniquely among private colleges, full time students of SNMCI are eligible to apply for financial assistance under the Higher Education Maintenance Grants scheme operated by SUSI. If school leavers don’t qualify for this, the College has an instalment plan in place to assist with the payment of fees. This plan is also available to those wishing to pursue SNMCI programmes on a part-time basis.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES On successful completion of their programme, SNMCI graduates are ready to enter the workforce, with many pursuing careers in ECCE settings. Depending on the level of the qualifications, career opportuni-

ties include teaching in Montessori pre-schools, working as Special Needs Assistants and as expert practitioners in ECCE settings.

Furthermore, Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Montessori Education receive restricted recognition from the Teaching Council under Regulation 3 for working with children with special educational needs in recognised mainstream primary schools and in recognised special schools where Irish is not a curriculum requirement. (Please note that this is currently the subject of consultation).

Many graduates opt to progress to Level 9 programmes in education, special education or other care, therapy, or education related programmes. They may also progress to Higher Diplomas in Primary Education in Ireland, or to a Post-graduate Certificate in Education in the UK. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE One message should be clear from recent Government publications such as the Right from the Start report and wider policy initiatives. There is an increased emphasis on professionalising the early years’ work force, including developing a graduate-led workforce in ECCE settings. While this may take some time to achieve, a Saint Nicholas Montessori College qualification will be a distinct advantage for educators.

Full details of our programmes are available on our website at www.snmci.ie FIND OUT MORE: The College welcomes requests for more information email admissions@snmci.ie.

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UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems

Studying Nursing or Midwifery at UCD

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F you would like a rewarding, challenging and respected career, then nursing and midwifery are well worth considering.

Nursing and midwifery provide longterm, sustainable career opportunities.

You will become a professional clinician capable of integrating scientific and technical knowledge with the art of caring.

You will never stop learning- about health, about illness, about people and the world we live in – nurses continually engage in on-going professional education and UCD provides a wide range of postgraduate opportunities to suit your personal and professional needs throughout your career.

You will rarely have two days that are the same – nursing and midwifery are dynamic professions and offer enormous variety and challenge.

Although many qualified nurses and midwives work in hospitals, they can also work in a variety of settings, including community settings, e.g. as a Public Health Nurse, mental health services, management and administration, policy making, teaching and research.

WHY UCD NURSING OR MIDWIFERY? Developments in healthcare are transforming the roles of nurses and midwives, leading to new and exciting career opportunities.

The UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems has developed innovative programmes to prepare our graduates to respond to these changes and to meet changing patient-care needs.

You will study in state-of-the-art facilities, including a top class clinical skills centre with interactive video equipment; you will be guided by academics who are experts in their field, and you will gain clinical experience at our renowned clinical partner sites.

Our support structures ensure that each student is allocated a Personal Tutor from day one on your programme to provide Find out more at: www.myucd.ie Open Day: Saturday 7th November 2015

advice and guidance.

Our links with International partner schools allow students to choose 12 week international Erasmus placements as part of their studies.

By choosing to study with us, you become part of a greater community of people working together to shape the future of nursing and midwifery in Ireland and abroad.

UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems Are you looking for a rewarding, challenging and respected career?

If so, then a career in Nursing or Midwifery is the right career for you.

The UCD School of Nursing and Midwifery is Ireland’s leading University School of Nursing and Midwifery and we offer a choice of 4 major programmes in: • General Nursing • Mental Health Nursing • Children’s and General Nursing (Integrated) • Midwifery As a UCD student nurse or midwife you will have a unique opportunity to engage in handson clinical practice in one of our partner hospitals: • Mater Misericordiae University Hospital • St Michael’s Hospital • St John of God Hospital

• St Vincent’s University Hospital • Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital • National Maternity Hospital

These hospitals are centres of clinical excellence and will provide you with a variety of unrivalled clinical learning opportunities and experiences.

For further information please see our website at:

www.nmhs.ucd.ie Telephone: 7166407/7166569 • e-mail:nursing@ucd.ie

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Reference Guide Briefing:

Studying in the UK Where to start

Courses and Admissions

INITIAL INFORMATION ON STUDYING IN THE UK

Admission to full-time bachelor’s programmes in the UK is coordinated centrally by UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Overseas applicants must also apply through UCAS. The website includes a searchable database of courses and institutions and all applications are made online: www.ucas.ac.uk

Education UK is designed as a onestop resource site for European and international students interested in studying in the United Kingdom. It provides information on studying in Britain, under the following subject areas: studying in the UK, types of courses, course search, study advice, scholarships and fees, and living in the UK: www.educationuk.org The British Council is the UK’s official organisation for educational and cultural relations. It has offices throughout the world, which can provide information on British courses and qualifications which can be followed both in the UK and abroad. www.britishcouncil.org UKCISA: The Council for International Education is another organisation providing advice and information to international students who wish to study in the UK. Its website provides much useful information, especially in the Guidance Notes and Frequently Asked Questions sections. www.ukcisa.org.uk UK International Student is an international education portal which provides information about studying and living in the UK: www.internationalstudent.co.uk

UK Education Institutions England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Total

Unis 91* 2 14 9† 116

HE coll 41 2 6 4 53

* 19 schools and institutes of the University of London are included in this total. † University of Glamorgan plus seven constituent colleges and universities of the University of Wales.

UCAS points for Leaving Cert grades

An Internet service, listing more than 58,000 further and higher education courses, has also been launched as a result of a partnership between UCAS and the further education and short course website hotcourses.com.

This service brings together the UCAS database of higher education degree and diploma courses with the hotcourses.com lists of further education opportunities across the UK. The fully searchable database can be found at the following: www.hotcourses.com/ucas

The Higher Education Careers Services Unit produces the PROSPECTS Postgraduate Directory Online on behalf of all the UK higher education institutions.

This is the Internet version of the PROSPECTS Postgraduate Directory, a comprehensive guide to postgraduate taught courses and research opportunities in the United Kingdom.

It has a section dedicated to international students: www.prospects.ac.uk/ study_in_the_uk.htm The National Academic Recognition Information Centre for the United Kingdom (UK NARIC) provides a costed service for international students seeking information on comparability between international and UK academic qualifications: www.naric.org.uk

Financial Information All publicly-funded higher education institutions in the UK charge fees: one ‘home’ fee (for UK and European Union students) and one ‘overseas’ fee for most other international students. In Scotland fees are paid by the state and each UK country has differing fee policies.

UKCISA has produced guidance notes for students on tuition fees for all non-UK students. This describes the categories of student who have to pay tuition fees at the ‘home’ or ‘overseas’ rate: www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/ info_sheets/tuition_fees_ewni.php In addition, the British Council website provides links to information on the main scholarship schemes offered by the UK Government and colleges and universities: www.britishcouncil.in/study-uk/ scholarships The www.gov.uk student finance portal aims to help higher education students find out exactly how much financial

assistance they are entitled to – from both the government and from universities and colleges – and how to obtain this: www.gov.uk/studentfinance The Education UK website provides a search facility for available scholarships, bursaries and awards: www.educationuk.org/scholarships Tuition fees for EU students Undergraduate students from the EU/EEA pay ‘home fees’ – the same fees as UK students pay. These are the maximum tuition fees (many institutions charge less): • England and Wales, up to £9,000 per year • Northern Ireland, up to £3,575/year • In Scotland, tuition is free.

Finally Education UK has a good guide on how to get by: educationuk.org/global/articles/ learning-to-live-on-a-budget/

UCAS Points 90 77 71 64 58 52 45 39 33 26 20 14 7 Leaving H A1 A2 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3 D1 D2 D3 Leaving O A1 A2 B1 B2 B3

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A guide to Irish cost of living for international students... (...and for the locals) How much does it cost to be a student in Ireland?

Every year estimates are published which give an indication of how much it costs to be a student for one academic year (nine months) in Ireland.

Recent figures for Dublin have ranged between €10,000 and €15,000, largely depending on the type of accommodation chosen. These estimates include rent, electricity, food, books and laundry and medicine as well as travel passes and social expenses, but exclude tuition fees.

Rents and many prices are cheaper for those living outside of Dublin so lower overall costs can be expected.

When moving to Ireland for study, you should also budget an additional sum for one-off start-up costs - such as buying kitchen items, bedding, a television, mobile phone, etc - and also for any international travel you plan during the year.

How much will I have to pay for accommodation?

Rent is likely to be your largest item of expenditure but prices can vary greatly depending on the type of accommodation chosen.

The amount could be as little as €300 per month for a shared room through to €700 or more for a modest self-contained flat in Dublin. On campus accommodation is in heavy demand and is priced at the higher end of this range. More on accommodation options How much will I have to spend on food?

For food, including some meals bought on campus or in cheaper restaurants, you will probably spend between €70 - €100 a week on these items.

How much on average will I have to spend on transport?

The cost of an average journey on a bus in Dublin is about €2.50 and will depend on the number of fare stages travelled.

Exact money is needed - no change is given. Weekly and monthly Dublin Bus passes will save money for regular travel. They can be bought at a discounted price if you obtain a Student TravelCard.

Many students also cycle in Dublin and there are road lanes dedicated to bicycles only.

Cycling in the city centre can be quite dangerous, particularly at peak times, so if you do decide to cycle you should wear a bicycle helmet.

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Is socialising in Dublin expensive?

Cinema tickets cost between €7 to €12 depending on what time and where you see the film. Student discounts are usually available during the week on production of a student card, but most cinemas do not offer student rates at the weekend and there is no discount at the expensive softdrink and snack counters!

Entrance fees to nightclubs generally vary between €7 and €15 depending on the venue, On average, a pint of beer in Dublin costs about €4.50 and a glass of wine costs about €5. However, prices can vary quite significantly between bars.

If cigarettes are part of your lifestyle, you are likely to find them expensive in Ireland at around €10.00 for a packet of 20. There is a ban on smoking in any workplace, which means that it is prohibited to smoke in bars and restaurants.

On campus - Participation in college clubs and societies is a very effective and cheap way of getting involved in college social life. In all colleges, there is a range of clubs you can join at any time of the year. These include sports clubs, academic societies, dramatic societies, political societies and much more.

For example, there may be a Film Society in your college which shows films at a reduced rate. Some are more active then others, however they are cheap to join and a definite way to meet new people and have fun.

The Student Handbook produced by the Students' Unions provides a guide to the various clubs and societies.

will offer discount on production of your college card and it is always worth asking.

If you buy an International Student Identity Card (ISIC) it can be used more widely and you will receive a list of places which offer reductions for students, both in Ireland and abroad. Most discounts are offered for entertainment or student-oriented leisure, but also for some music stores and book shops. Clubs and bars often run student nights - usually midweek like most student discounted events.

Cinema and theatre tickets are usually on sale to students at a reduced rate and further savings can be made by opting for preview performances, matinees and early screenings.

Off campus - Some shops and restaurants

(Source: Irish Council for International Students, www.icosirl.ie)

How can I make my budget stretch further?

Food: Supermarkets offer the best value for most, but not all, ordinary groceries.

Street markets, e.g. on Moore Street and Camden Street in Dublin offer the best value in fruit and vegetables if you choose carefully, while meat is usually cheapest in butchers' shops.

Supermarkets have "own brand" food, e.g. St Bernard’s in Dunnes, Euroshopper in Superquinn. These are cheaper than regular brands and are usually of good quality.

Shops such as Aldi and Lidl offer cheaper goods then the other supermarkets. They often have bulk buy bargains, which are handy if a group of people go shopping together and the cost can be split for items like rice, pasta etc.

Convenience foods and ready-made foods are not as nutritious as fresh foods.

So although they may appear cheaper and easier to cook, in the long run, they are not good value.

When cooking for yourself, you could cook a little extra and have it for lunch the next day- much cheaper then eating out or buying a sandwich. It is a good idea to buy extra packets of basic foods that last, e.g. rice, pasta, beans and spices.

Transport and travel: If you plan on travelling by public transport, it is advisable to purchase a Student TravelCard (see above). USIT offers travel options specifically for student travellers, including low cost flexible fares, tailor-made insurance policies and budget accommodation.

Entertainment: From time to time all students need to take a break from their studies, to relax and to meet other people.

Social life can be expensive but there are many social activities that are both enjoyable and reasonably inexpensive.

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National Council for Exercise and Fitness (NCEF)

A professional qualification in fitness education

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O you have a genuine interest in physical activity and in helping others to lead healthy & active lifestyles? Are you energetic, motivated and eager to learn about health & fitness?

If yes, then becoming a fitness instructor will give you the opportunity to work at what you love. Fitness instructors work in a variety of settings such as fitness centres, leisure clubs, gyms, community centres, hotels and cruise ships. Many fitness instructors set up their own businesses while others work part time or on a freelance basis.

The NCEF is an academic affiliate of the University of Limerick (UL) and strives to promote the highest standards possible in the qualifying of Exercise & Health Fitness Professionals. The NCEF network of Certified Providers has been in place for over 20 years and all course fees are fully bonded with course provision guaranteed.

YEAR 1: Certificate in Exercise & Health Fitness (CEHF) course provides education and training in such areas as Anatomy & Physiology, Fitness Assessment and Programming, Circuit Training, Step Training, Resistance Training and Body Conditioning. Qualified fitness instructors can design individual fitness programmes and teach a variety of classes. Students also complete Occupational First Aid (OFA) and are awarded a FETAC Level 5 qualification.

YEAR 2: Higher Certificate in Exercise & Health Fitness (HCEHF) provides education and training in areas such as the CEHF above and in addition, Personal Training, Strength and Conditioning, Pilates & Corrective Exercise, Active Aging for the Older Adult, Children’s Activity, Studio Cycling, Facility Operations and Fit for Life.

Year 2 is predominantly based at the University of Limerick; however, there are many E-Learning options available.

The CEHF & HCEHF offers professional university accredited qualifications. They are the only University statutory award Fitness Instructor qualifications in Ireland.

The CEHF is placed at Level 6 minor and the HCEHF at Level 6 Major on the National Qualifications Framework (NFQ) and Level 5 on the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). The NCEF has completed the mapping of the CEHF & HCEHF Level 6 NFQ, to the European industry standards, Exercise for Health Specialist EQF Level 5.

CEHF Course Options: October 2015 - The CEHF can be undertaken part-time or full-time midweek and part-time at weekends. Locations include, Limerick,

Waterford, Dublin and Galway HCEHF Course Options: October 2015 - The two year full-time HCEHF can only be undertaken at the University of Limerick (Mon to Fri). Applicants are eligible to apply for SUSI Funding.

Graduates of the CEHF & HCEHF can progress on a flexible learning pathway to, Diploma in Exercise & Health Fitness (DEHF), NFQ Level 7 and finally the B.Sc. in Exercise & Health Fitness (NFQ Level 8).

All courses are REPS Approved.

FIND OUT MORE Further information at www.ncef.ie email ncef@ul.ie phone 061-202829

BECOME A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR QUALIFY WITH THE BEST Fitness Instructor Certificate in Exercise & Health Fitness (CEHF) – 1 Yr Part-Time Day or Weekends Specialist Instructor Higher Certificate in Exercise & Health Fitness (HCEHF) – 2 Yrs Full-Time • The only Fitness Instructor qualification in Ireland awarded by an Irish University • National Framework Qualifications (NFQ) at Levels 6, 7 & 8 • European Qualifications Framework (EQF) Levels 5, 6 & 7 and in addition audited and aligned to European Industry Standard Health Fitness • Flexible Learning Pathway to a B.Sc. in Exercise & Health Fitness • Course Fees are Secure Courses commencing September & October 2015 at the University of Limerick www.ncef.ie

For More Information P: 061-202829 E: ncef@ul.ie

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Patrick McGarty

Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Sciences Institute of Technology Tralee

SOCIAL CARE

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WHAT IS SOCIAL CARE? Definition Social care is a profession where people work in partnership with those who experience marginalisation or disadvantage or who have special needs. Social care practitioners may work, for example, with children and adolescents in residential care; people with learning or physical disabilities; people who are homeless; people with alcohol/drug dependency; families in the community; older people; recent immigrants to Ireland; and others.

Social care has been defined by IASCE – the Irish Association of Social Care Educators - as:

A profession committed to the planning and delivery of quality care and other support services for individuals and groups with identified needs In addition to a strong academic background, Social Care Workers should have certain personal attributes such as reliability and trustworthiness; altruism; empathy, compassion; and maturity. Social care work can be very challenging - emotionally and physically – and can mean working in some very difficult environments - but it can also be uniquely rewarding.

What qualifications do you need to be a social care practitioner?

The professional qualification is currently a 3 - year BA (Ordinary) (Level 7 (NFQ)). Many qualified practitioners go on to complete an Honours Degree (Level 8) in the field, and some may progress to postgraduate qualifications.

Courses in social care at Level 7 are offered at the Institutes of Technology in Athlone, Blanchardstown, Cork, Dublin, Dundalk, Limerick, Sligo, Tralee, Waterford, Carlow (Wexford and Carlow campuses), Tallaght and at Carlow College (St. Patrick's), Ballyfermot College of Further Education and through the Open Training College (based in Goatstown,

Co. Dublin). Courses at Levels 5 & 6 (Fetac) are offered through Colleges of Further Education including Colaiste Dhulaigh, Dublin.

A course of study in Social Care typically includes subjects such as sociology, psychology, social administration and policy, principles of professional practice, law, creative skills (art, drama, music, dance, recreation) and research methods. A key element of studying to be a professional social care practitioner is involvement in a number of supervised work practice placements of several months duration.

Some students already working in the field (‘inservice students’) build on their existing skills by following a carefully supervised programme at work. Social Care students are challenged to develop academically through deepening their knowledge, professionally, by learning and practising social care skills, and personally, by developing a capacity to look at their own strengths and weaknesses in relation to the work.

Most social care courses actively recruit mature students (23+ years) and those who have completed relevant FETAC and BTEC/Edexcel courses within the further education sector.

In line with The Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended) the social care profession is moving towards regulation.

CORU (Health & Social Care Professionals Council) is the body responsible for regulating health and social care professions, with their main role to protect the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training and competency. All social care workers, once qualified, will be required to register to enable them to practice in the sector.

Where do social care practitioners work?

Social care practitioners may be employed in either the State sector - (for example the Departments of Health and Children; Education or Justice) and in what is termed the nongovernmental sector (in organisations such as Barnardos, the Brothers of Charity, Enable Ireland, Focus Ireland and many others) and in community-based organisations.

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Salary scales for qualified social care workers are (as of 2013) in the region of €30,000-€40,000 plus allowances. Salary scales for more senior positions such as social care leaders are in the region of €44,000-€52,000 plus allowances. Social Care Managers in Children’s Residential Centres earn salaries in the region of €53,000 - €65,000.

What’s the difference between a social care practitioner and a social worker?

Social care practitioners will typically work in a direct person-to-person capacity with the users of services. They will seek to provide a caring, stable environment in which various social, educational and relationship interventions can take place in the day-to-day living space of the service user.

The social worker’s role, on the other hand, is typically to manage the ‘case’, for example by arranging the residential child care placement in which a child is placed, coordinating case review meetings and negotiating the termination of a placement.

Universities continue to select their students according to their own criteria. If you are interested in following this route you should contact the universities involved.

What is involved with a work placement on a social care programme?

Work placements are central to the education and training of most social care practitioners.

Placements are found in a broad variety of settings, from crèches to drugs rehabilitation centres, to secure residential units, and may be in Ireland or overseas. The length of placement can vary from a short ‘agency visit’ to a halfyear, fulltime, depending on the course and year of study.

Students are supervised on placement by experienced staff, must meet demanding learning outcomes, and are visited by an external supervisor for what is called the ‘3-way meeting’ between student, agency supervisor and college supervisor. Social Care students are required to undergo Garda vetting prior to placement.

It is possible for those with a degree in social care to qualify as a social worker via the postgraduate route. A number of Irish Universities (including UCC, TCD, UCD) accept holders of the BA(Hons) in Social Care and BA(Hons) in Applied Social Studies onto postgraduate social work courses. There is no guarantee of entry and the

The work placement aims to achieve many outcomes. In particular it: • provides future social care practitioners with ‘hands on’ experience, in a variety of settings • introduces students to professional standards of conduct, dress, communication and punctuality • helps students to recognise their limitations and to manage their own expectations • provides experience of working therapeutically with clients • provides students with the opportunity to use their own initiative • helps students to develop their awareness of the needs and rights of various client groups • develops students’ skills in forming relations and communicating with others • develops students’ skills in working constructively with colleagues • provides practice in keeping records and using case files • emphasises the importance of confidentiality • develops confidence • assesses students’ fitness to practice as professional care practitioners

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Athlone IT

Oliver Hegarty

(090) 644 2530 ohegarty@ait.ie

Ballyfermot College of Further Education

Sydna Farrar

01 626 9421 social.care@bcfc.cdvec.ie

Blanchardstown IT

Dr Karen Feery

(01) 885 1160 karen.feery@itb.ie

Carlow College

Dr Catherine O’Sullivan

(059) 915 3221 cosullivan@carlowcollege.ie

Cork IT

Roisin Lane

(021) 432 6863 roisin.lane@cit.ie

Dublin IT

Dr Kevin Lalor

(01) 402 4163 kevin.lalor@dit.ie

Dundalk IT

Dr David Getty

(042) 938 1786 david.getty@dkit.ie (042) 937 0200 ext 2816 carol.mcgintymcgowan@dkit.ie

Carol McGinty McGowan IT Carlow (Carlow Campus)

Fionnuala Hunter Vicky Anderson

(059) 917 5348 Fionnuala.Hunter@itcarlow.ie (059) 917 5383 Vicky.Anderson@itcarlow.ie

IT Carlow (Wexford Campus)

Sheelagh Collier

(053) 918 5828 Sheelagh.Collier@itcarlow.ie

IT Sligo

Dr Breda McTaggart

(071) 9155340 mctaggart.breda@itsligo.ie

IT Tallaght

Suzanne Duggan

(01) 4042437 suzanne.duggan@ittdublin.ie

IT Tralee

Patrick McGarty

(066) 719 1660 patrick.mcgarty@staff.ittralee.ie (066) 719 1662 Aisling.Sharkey@staff.ittralee.ie

Aisling Sharkey Limerick IT

Patricia Cremin

(061) 327688 patricia.cremin@lit.ie

Open Training College

Raymond Watson

(01) 298 8544 rwatson.otc@smh.ie

Waterford IT

Jennifer Yeager Frank Keating

(051) 302251 appliedarts@wit.ie

Colaiste Dhulaigh, Coolock, Dublin 5 provide FETAC and HND courses in Social Studies.

Contact Pat Dodrill on (01) 8481400.

www.socialstudies.ie

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Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)

New QQI Award brand for Further and Higher Education QQI was established in November 2012. Our mission is: to promote the enhancement of quality in Ireland’s further and higher education and training; to quality assure providers of education and training; and to support and promote a qualifications system that benefits learners and other stakeholders.

We are responsible for the external quality assurance of further and higher education and training (including English language provision) in Ireland.

We validate programmes for certain providers in these sectors and make awards to learners.

QQI is also responsible for the maintenance, development and review of the NFQ (National Framework of Qualifications).

Qualifications are statements of learning and are increasingly necessary to access employment and further education.

In 2015, QQI launched its new award brand QQI Award for further and higher education and training. It is anticipated that increasing number of learners achieving QQI further education and training awards will use these qualifications to achieve entry to higher education programmes in the coming years, including directly through the CAO system.

Along with the new ‘QQI Award’ logo, and depending on the award, the new wording on certificates issued to students is: QQI Award - Further Education and Training Award or QQI Award - Higher Education and Training Award. The level of the award is described and the institution of higher or further education where the student attended is listed.

FIND OUT MORE: For further details about QQI and the NFQ please visit www.QQI.ie and www.nfq.ie

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• A Law School ranked in the Top 100 Law Schools worldwide four years in a row according to QS Ratings • Excellence in business education with a record of success in innovation and entrepreneurship • Research led teaching by disciplinary experts • Study abroad and/or paid work placements are key features of all our undergraduate degree programmes • Our extensive range of Postgraduate programmes include specialist taught Masters, Research Masters and Doctoral degrees • The Executive MBA progr amme provides leadership education for experienced managers • The MBS Information Systems for Business Performance has won the Postgrad Ireland IT Programme of the Year for a third year in a row.

College of Business and Law University College Cork t: +353 21 4205102 e: cbl@ucc.ie w: http://www.ucc.ie/en/buslaw/

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The College of Business and Law at UCC

A beautiful campus and excellent facilities T

HE College of Business and Law offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across a range of fields of Business and Law. Study abroad is integrated into many of our programmes which offers students the opportunity to study law through English in a range of partners in North America, China and Europe.

Joint honours programmes enable students to combine the study of a range of Business subjects with language and cultural modules – these include the B Comm International with French, Italian, Irish, German, Hispanic and Chinese Studies. In Law, two joint honours programmes – the BCL with Irish and the BCL with French - offer the opportunity to acquire language proficiency with legal skills and knowledge, acquiring this education through either study abroad or work placement opportunities.

Work placement, paid in many cases, is a hugely important part of studying at the College of Business and Law and whether integrated formally into programmes – as is the case in our Business degrees – or offered as part of a summer placement programme - as is the case in Law – we are committed to offering students opportunities to apply their learning in challenging professional and practice environments.

A new BCL (Law and Business) will be available for 2016 entry The aim of this joint degree is to give you an advanced understanding of the business world, and the legal and regulatory framework within which it operates. In addition to subject-specific content, you will also explore the overlap between these two disciplines of law and business, for example, in areas of business organisation, finance, and market regulation. This degree course provides a solid foundation for a career in either discipline.

MEMORABLE AND WORTHWHILE Our beautiful campus and excellent facilities are designed to make your experience at the College of Business and Law a memorable and worthwhile one. Our emphasis on research-led teaching means that you will be in the classroom with the experts in their fields who are dedicated to preparing students for professional and other careers in business and legal environments. Our degrees are designed to challenge your thinking, to develop transferable skills across a range of areas and to provide opportunities for students to advance and progress their learning at all levels. Modern Languages, and Law at UCC performed exceptionally well in recent QS University Rankings and are featured in the top 100 institutions worldwide for the first time. Overall, UCC is ranked among the world’s top 200 institutions.

Business degrees offered by The College of Business and Law at University College Cork: Undergraduate Business Programmes • CK201 BComm (Bachelor of Commerce) • CK202 BSc Accounting • CK203 BSc Business Information Systems • CK204 BSc Finance • CK206 - CK209 and CK211 – BComm International with French, German, Italian, Spanish, Irish and Chinese • CK210 BSc Government

• CK502 BSc Food Marketing & Entrepreneurship • CK506 BSc International Development & Food Policy Undergraduate Law Programmes • CK301 BCL (Pathways) to BCL, BCL (Clinical) or BCL (International) • CK302 BCL with French • CK304 BCL with Irish • CK307 BCL (Law and Business) *A new Law and Business degree is being introduced in 2016 • All of the College of Business and Law degree programmes have either a work placement or a study abroad opportunity included in the degree.

• Work placements are available locally and internationally with prestigious employers across all disciplines and are managed

by UCC’s Career Service.

• An extensive range of postgraduate courses are also provided to facilitate career development http://www.ucc.ie/en/ cblgradschool/ • Leaving Certificate Excellence Scholarships are available across all degree programmes within the College and are in addition to the UCC Quercus Entrance Scholarships and Quercus Scholarships • “Change of Mind” support and advice is available from Anne Wallace who is a qualified Guidance Counsellor at 0214205102 or email a.wallace@ucc.ie with your query.

FIND OUT MORE: Information on all degree programmes (undergraduate and postgraduate) is available from http://www.ucc.ie/en/buslaw/prospective/courses/ EDUCATION 41

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DUBLIN CITY HALL DAME STREET, DUBLIN 2 Telephone: 01 222 2204 www.dublincity.ie/dublincityhall

"The Story of the Capital" takes just 1 hour and tells of over 1,000 years of the history of this unique and ever changing city.

City Hall Exhibition "The Story of the Capital"

Open: Monday to Saturday 10am - 5.15pm (Last Admission to the exhibition is 3:45pm) Dublin City Hall

@dublincityhall

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Dún Laoghaire Furtrher Education Institute

Take the DFEi route to college

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ou may not immediately notice the DFEi building on Cumberland Street in Dún Laoghaire because it is situated in the quiet end of the town. There is a completely different buzz though when you pass through the automatic doors. It’s the buzz you feel between classes or at break time when the stairs and corridors are filled with learners of all ages and from diverse backgrounds, who all seem to be on a personal mission.

They might be heading for the library to type up an assignment, heading to the sound studio to do a recording, the radio studio to do an interview or to the TV and film studio for a casting call. Why not tune into 107.8fm and listen to DFEi’s very own radio station, The Wave? You will find an archive of accomplished documentaries. Having visited the Criminal Courts of Justice and listened to the evidence in a murder trial, or sat in on a Dáil debate, the journalism learners have plenty to write about.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE Other learners of a more scientific bent might be bracing themselves for a dissection in the lab, or for testing their newly acquired veterinary assistance or grooming skills on real animals.

The more corporate minded business learners will be grappling with computerised payroll, bookkeeping, spreadsheets and databases, while Office Administration learners will be acquiring the languages of medicine and the

law. In DFEi, you are as likely to see learners carrying T-squares and tool kits as guitars and cameras. That’s because courses like Furniture Making and Restoration and Musical Instrument Making and Repair demand the tools of the trade.

Some Sound Engineering learners will have composed their own material and will audition for the annual college album release. The skills of the Security learners will always be sought for live events. Newspapers, scripts, and press releases will be written. Ireland’s archaeological heritage will be studied, web sites will be designed, architectural models will be built and fine pieces of furniture will be made. It’s all in a day’s work at DFEi. TEACHERS AND LEARNERS While activities beyond the classroom doors are engaging young (and not so young) minds there is something more important that the discerning person might notice. That is teachers and learners in conversation. It might appear like more casual one-to-one classes are taking place on the stairs, the corridors or on the sofa outside the admin office. This will usually be reassurance, explanation or clarification, news about work experience or progression with an assignment.

The big appointments book outside the Guidance Counsellor’s office will become fuller as the academic year unfolds with learners anxious to discuss their Higher Links options – links to NUI, DIT, IADT, NCI, IT Tallaght, IT

Blanchardstown, as well as other Institutes of Technology and universities all over Ireland, and beyond.

If, for whatever reason, you do not get enough points for your chosen third level course, consider spending a year in DFEi. It’s another tried and tested way to get a place in college through our many defined progression routes. The formula is simple - eight FETAC Level 5 modules with as many distinctions as you can get. But it takes some work on your part. You need to come to class, complete assignments on time and prepare for exams.

Whether it’s Instrumentation and Robotics in Computing and Technology, Maternity Support in Nursing Studies or Criminology in Security Studies, the teachers are there for you every step of the way if you are there for them.

FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS Because that’s what DFEi is good at – teaching learners in small classes the fundamental skills and survival techniques that will put them on the ladder to a third level qualification in their chosen area.

You will be taught how to present work in written and oral format. You will be taught basic research skills, referencing systems, and general academic conventions across all courses. Experience at DFEi has taught us that every student does not learn in the same way or at the same pace. If you have particular learning support requirements, they will be met at DFEi.

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REFERENCE GUIDE BRIEFING LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE What is this? Level 1 Certificates comprise of a number of components - often in basic literacy and numeracy.

Example: An example of a Level 1 award is the Level 1 Certificate in Communications (major).

Awarding Body: The awarding body for this award is QQI. LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE What is this? Level 2 Certificates comprise of a number of components, - often in basic literacy and numeracy.

Example: An example of a Level 2 award is the Level 2 Certificate in General Learning (major).

Awarding Body: The awarding body for this award is QQI. LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATE What is this? Level 3 Certificates enables learners to gain recognition for, specific personal skills, practical skills, and knowledge.

Example: An example of an award at Level 3 includes a Certificate in Keyboard and Computer Skills (major).

Awarding Body: The awarding body for this award is QQI. LEVEL 3 JUNIOR CERTIFICATE What is this? The Junior Certificate is an award given to students who have successfully completed examinations from the junior cycle which is the first three years of secondary education.

Example: Junior Certificate.

Awarding Body: The awarding body for this award is QQI.

National Framew at an introductory vocational level.

Example: An example of an award at Level 4 is the Certificate in Pharmacy Sales (major).

Awarding Body: The awarding body for this award is QQI. LEVEL 4/5 LEAVING CERTIFICATE What is this? Leaving Certificate and its various programmes is placed at Levels 4 and 5. It is the final course in the Irish secondary school system.

It takes a minimum of two years preparation, but an optional Transition Year means that for some students it takes place three years after the Junior Certificate Examination. This award may lead to progression to a programme leading to a further education and training award at Level 5 or at a higher level or to a higher education and training award at Level 6 or higher.

Example: Leaving Certificate Awarding Body: The awarding body for this award is the State Examinations Commission (SEC).

ment. Holders of certificates at this level also meet the minimum entry requirements for a range of higher education programmes.

Example: An example of a Level 5 award is the Level 5 Certificate in Restaurant Operations (major).

Awarding Body: The awarding body for this award is QQI. LEVEL 6 ADVANCED CERTIFICATE What is this? An Advanced Certificate award enables development of a variety of skills which may be vocationally specific and /or of a general supervisory nature. The majority of Level 6 holders take up positions of employment. A Certificate holder at this level may also transfer to a programme leading to the next level of the framework.

Example: An example of awards at Level 6 includes Advanced Certificate Craft-Electrical.

Awarding Body: The awarding body for this award is QQI.

LEVEL 5 CERTIFICATE What is this? A Level 5 Certificate enables learners to develop a broad range of skills, which are vocational specific and require a general understanding of the subject matter. The majority of certificate/module holders at Level 5 take up positions of employ-

LEVEL 4 CERTIFICATE What is this? The Level 4 Certificate enables learners to gain recognition for the achievement of vocational and personal skills. This award may lead to progression to a programme leading to a Level 5 Certificate and employment

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ework of Qualifications LEVEL 6 HIGHER CERTIFICATE What is this? The Higher Certificate is normally awarded after completion of a programme of two years duration in a recognised higher education institution. A Certificate holder at this level may transfer to a programme on the next level of the framework.

Example: An example of awards at Level 6 Higher Certificate is a Certificate in Business Studies.

Awarding Body: The awarding bodies for this award are the QQI for HETAC awards, the DIT and the Institutes of Technology (IOT) with delegated authority.

LEVEL 8 HONOURS BACHELOR DEGREE What is this? The Honours Bachelor Degree is normally awarded following completion of a programme of three to four years duration in a recognised higher education institution. Progress and transfer routes include transferring to programmes leading to Higher Diploma/ Masters Degree/Post-graduate Diploma or in some cases programmes leading to a Doctoral Degree.

Example: An example of an award at level 8 is an Honours Bachelor Degree in Business Studies.

Awarding Body: Awarding bodies are the QQI for HETAC awards, the DIT, Universities and the IOT with delegated authority.

LEVEL 7 ORDINARY BACHELOR DEGREE What is this? The Ordinary Bachelor Degree is normally awarded after completion of a programme of three years duration in a recognised higher education institution.

Progression routes include an Honours Bachelor Degree or progression to a Higher Diploma.

Example: An example of an award at Level 7 is a Bachelor degree in Human Resource Management.

Awarding Body: The awarding bodies for this award are the QQI for HETAC awards, the DIT, the Universities and the Institutes of Technology (IOT) with delegated authority.

LEVEL 8 HIGHER DIPLOMA What is this? The Higher Diploma is normally awarded following completion of a programme of 1 year duration in a recognised higher education institution.

Entry to a programme leading to a Higher Diploma is typically for holders of Honours Bachelor Degrees but can also be for holders of Ordinary Bachelor Degrees. Progress and transfer routes include transferring to programmes leading to Higher Diploma/Masters Degree/ Post-graduate Diploma or in some cases programmes leading to a Doctoral Degree.

Example: An example of an award at level 8 Higher Diploma is a Higher Diploma in Management.

Awarding Body: The awarding bodies for this award are the QQI for HETAC awards, the DIT, with delegated authority; the Universities and the Institutes of Technology (IOT), with delegated authority.

LEVEL 9 MASTERS DEGREE What is this? There are two types of Masters Degree in Ireland: taught Masters Degrees and research Masters Degrees. The taught Masters Degree is awarded following completion of a programme of 1 to 2 years duration. Entry to a programme leading to a Masters Degree is typically for holders of Honours Bachelor Degrees, however in some cases entry can be permitted for those with Ordinary Bachelor Degrees. Some of the progression and transfer routes include progression to programmes leading to Doctoral Degrees or to another Masters Degree or to a Postgraduate Diploma.

Example: An example of a Masters Degree at Level 9 is a Masters in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Awarding Body: Awarding bodies are the QQI for HETAC awards, the DIT, the Universities and the IOTs with delegated authority.

LEVEL 9 POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA What is this? The Post-graduate Diploma is normally awarded following completion of a programme of 1 year duration in a recognised higher education institution.

Entry to a programme leading to a Postgraduate diploma is typically for holders of Honours Bachelor Degrees but can also be for holders of Ordinary Bachelor Degrees.

Progression routes include exemptions from a programme leading to a Masters Degree.

Example: An example of a Level 9 post graduate diploma is the Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management.

Awarding Body: The awarding bodies for this award are the QQI for HETAC awards, the DIT, the Universities and the Institutes of Technology (IOT) with delegated authority.

LEVEL 10 DOCTORAL DEGREE What is this? Entry to a programme leading to a Doctoral Degree is typically for holders of Honours Bachelor Degrees. The general model is that a holder of an Honours Bachelor degree with a high classification enters initially on to a Masters research programme, and transfers on to a Doctoral programme after one year on the Masters research programme. Various models for Doctoral Degree programmes now exist, ranging from the traditional research doctorate to professional and practitioner doctoral programmes which have substantial taught components.

Example: Doctoral Degree in Theology Awarding Body: Awarding bodies are the QQI for HETAC awards, the DIT, the Universities and the IOTs with delegated authority.

LEVEL 10 HIGHER DOCTORATE What is this? This award largely recognises excellent and distinguished contributions to learning. It may be used for career progression to advanced levels of academia and research.

This award is never based on a provider’s programme and, as such, is not subject to validation but is assessed by the awarding body for each individual learner. Normally, the learner already holds a first doctorate or equivalent for some period of time prior to becoming a candidate for the higher doctorate Example: Doctor in Music Awarding Body: The awarding bodies are the QQI for HETAC awards, the DIT, the Universities and the Institutes of Technology (IOT).

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Parchment Square Student Accommodation

Cork student accommodation with direct access to CIT PA R C H M E N T S q u a r e S t u d e n t Accommodation is the closest purpose built student accommodation with direct access to CIT. Bookings are now being taken for the Academic year 2015/2016 for CIT and UCC Students.

Catering for all budgets Parchment Square offer: • Direct Walkway with full access to CIT. • Free On-site Parking.

• Broadband Access in all Bedrooms.

• 24 Hour CCTV Security System • 24 Hour Professional Office Staff.

• City Centre bus route serving CIT, UCC, the city centre, and train and bus stations.

• Cable Television in each apartment • Secure environment • Close to all amenties CORK CITY Cork City with a population of 127,000, is Ireland's third city (after Dublin and Belfast) and has always been a student city since its' beginnings as a monastic settlement under St Finbarr. With its remarkable charm, shops, restaurants, bars and distinctive continental air the city of Cork will not fail to captivate and welcome all visitor's young and old.

Cork is especially well blessed when it comes to facilities for Education with the UCC and CIT both within easy walking distance of the city centre and Parchment Square. Also in the city centre itself are the Crawford Art College and Cork School of Music (both constituent colleges of the >>> CIT).

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Added to this there are a large number of Colleges of Senior Education including Cork College of Commerce, St Johns College, and a large number of private secretarial colleges amongst others.

All of these combine to give Cork an unparrallelled atmosphere of learning and youth, which brings with it all of the associated setts of great sports facilities, entertainment and nightlife.

FIND OUT MORE Parchment Square, Model Farm Road, Cork.

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Graduates withFirst postgraduate were more likely Bachelor than thoseDegree, with Honours TableFirst 1.10: Destination of Undergraduate Honours 2013, Destination ofqualifications Undergraduate Honours Bachelor Degree Bachelor nine months after graduation.

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By FieldDegrees of Studyto be in employment 2013 by Field of Study labour market demand for highly qualified graduates. Given that Masters Degree and Doctorate graduates are less likely to be engaged in further study, there are higher proportions of these graduates seeking employment (13%) than Honours Bachelor Degree students (7%) and Higher/Postgraduate Diploma graduates (9%).

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Of the 2013 graduate cohort more females than males were in employment, 52% compared to 49%. However more females were employed overseas, 13% compared to 11% for male graduates.

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Overall, since 2008 the proportion of the graduate cohort in employment has remained fairly stable (50% in 2008; 51% in 2013), while the proportion going overseas to work has more than doubled from 5% in 2008 to 12% in 2013.

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Although overall employment rates increased from 2012, a higher proportion of our graduates found employment overseas. However, it is unclear whether this is by choice or out of necessity.

The proportion of graduates continuing to further study increased from 37% of the 2012 cohort to 40% in 2013.

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The proportion of graduates seeking employment declined in 2013 from the 2012 cohort with more graduates finding employment and greater numbers continuing to further study.

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THE basic point of third level education is to prepare graduates for the world of work. So the Higher Education Authority carries out a survey to find out what graduates are up to in their year.

1.4first Overview of First Destination of Graduates by Level of Award The 2013 survey (the 33rd of its kind) was published at the end of 2014 and provides a fascinating insight into the world of the1.1 graduate as they their way into reality outside of and further study rates Figure illustrates the fight contrasts in employment prospects the education system. Here we show some of the main points. forThe all report levels of qualification. is worth a read for everyone in education.

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3.1 Graduate Salaries by Level of Qualification 3.1 Graduate Salaries by Level of Qualification This section outlines the reported salaries of employed graduates nine months after graduation. The salary data is that reported by graduates themselves in the course This section outlines the reported salaries of employed graduates nine months after of completing the study and it is important to note that the response rates for this graduation. The salary data is that reported by graduates themselves in the course section of the graduate survey are low. of completing the study and it is important to note that the response rates for this section3.1 of gives the graduate survey Table the salary rangeare of low. those graduates in employment for whom salary information was returned, by qualification type, and compared to the 2012 graduate Table 3.1 gives the salary range of those graduates in employment for whom salary cohort, salaries are increasing. information was returned, by qualification type, and compared to the 2012 graduate cohort, salaries increasing.

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Salary Band This examines the <€25,000 first destinations€25,000 of graduates of the Honours Bachelor Levelsection of Qualification - €45,000 >€45,000 Degree in Education. Graduates of this course commonly work in primary education 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 teaching.

This course will enable to register as42% primary 3% teachers with Honours Bachelor Degree 52% graduates 56% 45% 2% the Teaching Council of Ireland.

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Postgraduate Diploma 22%destinations † † employment 22% and† other Table 6.1 shows the teaching of50% those gaining Masters Taught 41% cohort.

42% 47% 47% 12% 11% of the 2013 graduate destinations Masters Research 28% 22% 50% 59% 22% 19% Doctorate 11% 11% 61% 59% 28% 30% Table 6.1 First Destination of 2013 Honours Bachelor Degree of Education Graduates

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by Level of Qualification Compared to 2012 First Destination of 2013 Honours Bachelor Degree Honours Bachelor Education M F T been The table shows thatDegree following a period of declining graduate salaries, there has Graduate Salaries in Education Graduates an increase in salary for Honours Bachelor Degree graduates in 2013.

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SalaryHonours Band (2012 graduate data)graduates commanded an initial salary of less 56% of 2012 Bachelor Degree Temporary, Substitute or Part-Time Teaching in Ireland 60% 64% 64% Level of Qualification <€25,000 >€45,000 than €25,000, compared to 52% for €25,000 the 2013- €45,000 cohort. While the proportions of 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 Teaching with Abroad salaries in the lower band is declining, however, 8% 19% 16% graduates Honours Bachelorinitial Degree 52% 56% 45% 42% 3%it still remains 2% asOther the Diploma most Degree graduates. †12 for 56%Honours Bachelor † 3% † The Higher 41% bracket Workcommon - IRL salary 4% 3% 3% proportions Diploma gaining initial Postgraduate 22%salaries† between 50% €25,000 † and 22%€45,000 † has also increased Other Work OS 2% for the Taught 2013 - graduate cohort. in salaries seen 1% for the Masters 41% 42% 47%Moderate 47%changes12% 11% are1% Masters Research 28% 22% 50% 59% 22% 19% Postgraduate Graduate salaries for the Masters Research cohort Further Studylevels. or Training 6% graduate 5% 5% Doctorate 11% that 11%a higher 61% proportion 59% are earning 28% less30% however, are showing than €25,000 than in Table 2.2: Relevance of Qualification by Field of Study, 2013 Not Available for Employment 0% Graduates 0% 0% 2012, 28% compared to 22%, while a higher proportion are earning the top salary The table shows that following a period of declining graduate salaries, there has been band of €45,000 or more at 22% compared to 19% in 2012.8% Seeking Employment 5% 6%

First Destination of 2013 Graduates (Cont) HIGHER & POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA: The proportion of university graduates in employment 9 months after graduation was 73%, while the proportion seeking employment was 9%.

Similarly to the Honours Bachelor Degree cohort, the proportion employed in Ireland declined, (66% in 2012 to 63% in 2013) while the proportion employed overseas increased (from 6% to 10%).

More females than males were in employment at 77% compared to 65%.However, in comparison to the outcomes for Honours Bachelor’s Degrees, more females were employed in Ireland than males, 68% compared to 54%.

A higher proportion of males continued to further study following graduation with 18% of males compared to 13% of females.

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The proportion of university graduates in employment 9 months after graduation was 73%, while the proportion seeking employment was 11%.

Relevant/ Response Rate Relevant/ Irrelevant/ Relevant/ Irrelevant/51% 59%Irrelevant/ 57% Most Most Most Most Most Most Irrelevant Relevant Relevant Irrelevantin The table shows Relevant that only 4% of graduates gainingIrrelevant employment were engaged

As with other graduate cohorts, Masters and Doctorate graduates employed in Ireland declined (from 61% in 2012 to 58% in 2013) while the proportion employed overseas increased (from 11% to 15%).

Relevance of Qualification by Field of Study, 2013 Graduates

Respondents 124 486 610 Honours Bachelor Higher/Postgraduate Masters/ Total GraduatesDegree 242 825 1,067 Diploma Doctorates † This data has not been analysed for 2012

permanent time teaching Education whole83% 8% in Ireland, 87% with more 8% males than 68% females 8% gaining permanent contracts. Those employed as temporary, substitute or part-time teachers Arts & 32% higher 49% 36%of graduates 55%were teaching 51% abroad 26% while in Ireland stood much at 64%. 16% Humanities aSocial further 4% were in employment but not in the teaching profession.

Science, 58% 22% 53% 18% 76% 10% Business & Law Science & 58% 30% 74% 19% 76% 6% Maths Computer 74% 7% 60% 4% 75% 7% Science 69%

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Since 2008 the proportions of the graduate cohort in employment increased from 63% to 73% and increased consistently over that time period. The proportions in employment in Ireland remained stable over the last four years while the proportions in employment overseas, following a decline in 2012, increased again for the 2013 cohort.

In contrast to the other levels of graduates more males than females were in employment at 74% compared to 72%. Equal proportions of males and females were in employment overseas.

A slightly higher proportion of males continued to further study following graduation with 12% of males compared to 11% of females.

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Travelling with your ARE you thinking of working or studying in the UK or Ireland? You may be interested in the answer to one or more of these questions: ■ What do they call the qualification which compares most closely with mine?

■ Will I get some recognition for the qualifications I have?

■ What kind of job or course can I apply for with my current qualification?

Recruiting people with Irish qualifications in the UK or people with UK qualifications in Ireland? You may be interested in the answer to these questions.

■ How do I know what a qualification from another country means in terms of level?

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■ Which national qualification should I compare this qualification to?

■ Where can I find more detailed information about the content and level of qualifications?

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Qualifications are different in different countries. However, there are some clear stages people move through in education, training and work that are common to most countries. Primary education is followed by secondary education and then initial entry into employment and/or further higher education or training.

The main table gives an indication of how you can compare qualifications across national boundaries. Examples of major qualifications at each level are provided. For more detail of the current qualifications in each country, you will need to consult the website

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Correspondences between UK and Irish frameworks with European qualifications frameworks

Thinking of working or studying in the UK or Ireland? You may be interested in the answer to one or more of these questions.

Within Europe, two overarching qualifications frameworks exist to which the national qualifications frameworks of the UK and Ireland relate: The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and the Framework for Qualifications of the European Higher Education Area (FQ-EHEA) also known as the Bologna Framework.

n What do they call the qualification which compares most closely with mine? n Will I get some recognition for the qualifications I have? n What kind of job or course can I apply for with my current qualifi

Table 1 shows the correspondence of levels established between national qualifications frameworks and the EQF:

Recruiting people with Irish qualifications in the UK or people wit UK qualifications in Ireland? You may be interested in the answer to these questions.

European Qualifications Framework (EQF) 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Qualifications and Credit Framework England/ Northern Ireland (QCF) 8 7 6 5/4 3 2 1 E3 E2 E1

Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW)

Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF)

8 7 6 5/4 3 2 1 E3 E2 E1

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The National Framework of Qualifications for Ireland (NFQ IE)

n How do I know what a qualification from another country means of level? n Which national qualification should I compare this qualification t n Where can I find more detailed information about the content an level of qualifications?

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This leaflet helps you explore these questions.

Qualifications are different in different countries. However, there are clear stages people move through in education, training and work th common to most countries. Primary education is followed by secon education and then initial entry into employment and/or further high education or training.

Table 2 shows the outcome of verifying the compatibility of higher education frameworks for Scotland (FQHEIS/SCQF), for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ) and for the NFQ for the Republic of Ireland (NFQ IE) with the FQ-EHEA as follows:

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For more information on compatibility with these frameworks see: http://ec.europa.eu/eqf/home_en.htm and www.enic-naric.net.

Typical higher education qualifications within each level

The main table gives an indication of how you can compare qualifica across national boundaries. Examples of major qualifications at eac are provided. For more detail of the current qualifications in each co you will need to consult the website given at the heading of each co Qualifications in each of these frameworks change from time to time you need to check the relevant websites for the latest versions (as w as for earlier versions of the framework where these are available). E requirements for jobs and courses often vary within a country. This you will need to check specific requirements with the employer or in for the job or course that you are interested in.

QAA Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester GL1 1UB Tel: +44 (0)1452 557000 Fax: +44 (0)1452 557070 Email: enquiries@qaa.ac.uk www.qaa.ac.uk

Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership 39 St Vincent Place, Glasgow G1 2ER info@scqf.org.uk

CCEA Accreditation 29 Clarendon Road, Cla Dock, Belfast BT1 3BG Tel: +44 (0)28 9026 120 Email info@ccea.org.uk www.ccea.org.uk

Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator Spring Place, Coventry Business Park, Herald Avenue, Coventry CV5 6UB Tel: +44 (0)300 303 3344 Fax: +44 (0)300 303 3348 Email: info@ofqual.gov.uk www.ofqual.gov.uk

CQFW, Welsh Government Ty’r Afon, Bedwas Road, Bedwas, Caerphilly CF83 8WT www.cqfw.net E-mail: cqfwenquiries@wales.gsi. gov.uk

Quality and Qualificatio (QQI) 26/27 Denzille lane Dublin 2 Tel: +353 (0)1 905 8100 www.qqi.ie

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Qualifications in each of these frameworks change from time to time and you need to check the relevant websites for the latest versions (as well as for earlier versions of the framework where these are available).

Entry requirements for jobs and courses often vary within a country.

This means you will need to check specific requirements with the employer or institution for the job or course that you are interested in.

How to use the main table: ■ The table provides information that allows you to look at the ways qualifications are organised in the UK and Ireland.

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■ On the left side of the table you will find the main stages of education or employment - you can find where you are in these stages.

■ To the right of this you can see the nearest levels and similar kinds of qualifications that are used in each country.

■ This makes it possible to draw broad comparisons, rather than direct equivalences, between qualifications and their levels for each country.

■ The left table indicates how Irish and UK qualifications frameworks relate to qualifications frameworks in Europe.

■ These tables are updated periodically. Check one of the websites for the most up-to-date version.

Qualifications can cross boundaries A guide to comparing qualifications in the UK and Ireland How to use this leaflet:

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This leaflet provides information that allows you to look at the ways qualifications are organised in the UK and Ireland.

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It shows which qualifications in other countries are broadly comparable to your qualifications (or those that you are interested in taking).

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On the left side of the principal table you will find the main stages of education or employment - you can find where you are in these stages.

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The next column shows the qualifications framework for your country.

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This makes it possible to draw broad comparisons, rather than direct equivalences, between qualifications and their levels for each country.

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This leaflet is updated periodically. Check one of the websites for the most up-to-date version.

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Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark

Education and fieldwork opportunities at the Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark

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GEOPARK is an area with really special rocks and landscapes.

These may be special because they are good for education, or because they are of great scientific value.

They may also be special because the rocks and landscapes are very rare, or simply because they are exceptionally beautiful.

Geoparks aren’t just about rocks and landscapes though, they also include places that have important history and archaeology, fascinating plants and wildlife, and often intriguing folklore. After all, many of these are intimately linked with the ground beneath our feet.

ABOUT THE MARBLE ARCH CAVES GLOBAL GEOPARK United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) endorsed Geopark status was first awarded to the Marble Arch Caves and adjoining Cuilcagh Mountain Park in 2001 and since this time the Geopark has expanded rapidly from these two original sites.

In 2007 and 2008, the Geopark underwent two phases of expansion first into public access lands in west Fermanagh and secondly into west Cavan making the

Geopark not only one of the largest in the world but, also the first cross-border Geopark in the world. The Geopark now stretches from the northern shores of Lower Lough Erne in County Fermanagh to Lough Oughter in County Cavan. The Geopark is jointly managed by Fermanagh District Council and Cavan County Council.

EDUCATION AND FIELDWORK OPPORTUNITIES 1. Primary & Post-Primary The Geopark offers many environmental educational packages including site specific packages for both primary and post-primary school pupils. A number of workbooks and guided education programmes are on offer for primary and post-primary school pupils.

These are delivered at the Marble Arch Caves Visitor Centre, Cuilcagh Mountain Park or at the Cavan Burren Park. Key curriculum components covered focus on the topics of geology, biodiversity, archaeology and history.

Indeed, specific programmes can be tailored to suit individual needs upon request.

An Earth Science Education field Guide is available for Leaving Certificate and AS/A2 level Geography teachers. This is a self-led

study guide with information on sites to visit and the features of interest within them.

For primary school pupils Earth science workshops are organised as part of Science Week every March and November. Training courses are also offered for both primary and post-primary teachers in how to teach Earth science more effectively and these are typically delivered twice a year at the Marble Arch Caves Visitor’s Centre.

Education Activities and learning areas • Cave Tours • Woodland and Habitat studies • Vegetation Studies • Sustainable Tourism • Glacial Processes • Rock cycle and Resources • Sustainable living 2. Tertiary Education & Lifelong Learning The Geopark has produced a small booklet with information on areas of study within the Geopark. The Geopark employs a Geologist and Education Officer whom are both on hand to provide information prior to or during a visit. Where possible, programmes can be tailored to suit individual requests. A number of university accredited courses are offered within the Geopark.

Other Services Geopark staff members can carry out visits to schools and also organise special education events at various times throughout the year.

■ Educational activities on lower slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain

FIND OUT MORE Further information please contact: Martina O'Neill Geopark Development Officer Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark 43 Marlbank Road, Legnabrocky, Florencecourt, Co.Fermanagh BT92 1EW. Tel: 028 6634 8855 (NI) Tel: 048 6634 8855 (RoI) E-mail:mac@fermanagh.gov.uk www.marblearchcavesgeopark.com

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Marble Arch Caves Marble Arch Caves are one of Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest showcaves allowing visitors to explore a fascinating, natural underworld of rivers, winding passages and lofty chambers.

Lively and informative guides conduct tours past a bewildering variety of cave formations. Stalactites glisten above streamways and chambers, while fragile mineral veils and cascades of creamy calcite coat walls and create shimmering terraces.

Spectacular walkways allow easy access while powerful lighting reveals the stunning beauty and grandeur of the caves.

Electrically powered boats glide through huge caverns carrying visitors along a subterranean river. Tours last for 75 minutes and are suitable for people of any age and of average fitness.

Comfortable walking shoes and a warm sweater are recommended.

The Caves are open daily at 10.00am from mid/late March to September. The last tour of the day is at 4.30pm (5.00pm in July/August). It is advisable to telephone prior to your visit to ensure that you can be accommodated and to check the availability of guided tours as the caves can be effected by heavy rain.

Marble Arch Caves are located in a National Nature Reserve in the shadows of Cuilcagh Mountain and have coach and car parking, toilets and baby changing facilities, souvenir shop, restaurant, exhibition area, free audio-visual presentation and free WiFi. Education packages are available for school children and for those interested in lifelong learning. An events programme is delivered throughout the year.

Cuilcagh Mountain Park CUILCAGH Mountain and the Marlbank area provides some of the most spectacular scenery in Fermanagh.

At 665m, Cuilcagh is the highest point in Fermanagh, and the only true mountain. Its distinctive table-top profile is easily identified across the region and forms the focus of an area rich in geology, archaeology, folklore, flora and fauna. The mountain itself is topped by gritstone, exposed in places as dramatic cliffs sweeping down to the lower sandstone and shale slopes.

The middle slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain are covered with a thick layer of peat and form one of the best examples of a blanket bog ecosystem in the north of Ireland. The lower slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain are formed of limestone with its associated (karst) landforms and complex cave systems.

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The education system in numbers Number of full-time students in institutions aided by the Department of Education, 2013/2014 Level .........................................................No. of Students First Level.............................................................. 536,317 Primary Schools ..................................................... 528,562 Special Schools .......................................................... 7,755 Second Level ......................................................... 333,175 Secondary.............................................................. 188,791 Vocational ............................................................... 88,247 Community and Comprehensive.............................. 56,137 Third Level ............................................................ 169,254 University Sector...................................................... 93,023 Technology Sector ................................................... 66,490 Teacher Training Institutions ...................................... 6,703 Other Aided Institutions ............................................ 3,038

Number of teachers/academic staff in institutions aided by the Department of Education 2013/2014 (full-time equivalent).

Level First Level Second Level

No. of teachers/academic staff 2012/13 2013/14 32,175 32,828 25,374 25,626

Total

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First Level.....................................................................3,293 Primary Schools ............................................................3,152 Special Schools ................................................................141 Second Level ...................................................................721 Secondary........................................................................375 Vocational .......................................................................253 Community and Comprehensive........................................93

Total ................................................................... 1,038,746 School Size at First and Second Level in 2013/2014

Total .............................................................................4,014 The Pupil Teacher Ratio in National Schools.

2012/13

First Level

Second Level

less than 50 .............................. 600.................................0 50 - 99 ..................................... 751...............................15 100 - 199 ................................. 805...............................62 200 - 299 ................................. 513.............................107

2013/14

Total enrolment in all National Schools at the start of each school-year...................... 526,422 ......... 536,317 Total number of teaching posts at the end of each school-year......................... 32,175 ........... 32,828 Pupil Teacher Ratio in all National Schools ......... 16.4 ............... 16.3

300 - 499 ................................. 367.............................184

Total enrolment in Mainstream Classes .......... 515,676 ......... 525,141

500+ ........................................ 109.............................355

Teaching Teachers of Mainstream Classes ........ 20,877 ........... 21,147

Total ........................................ 3,145 ............................. 723

Average class size in Mainstream Classes ........... 24.7 ............... 24.8

Number of Third-Level Colleges aided by the Department of Education, 2013/2014.

Type Number Universities .......................................................................7 Technology Sector ..........................................................14 Teacher Training ...............................................................5 Other ...............................................................................4 Total ...............................................................................30

Public Examination Candidates

2012

2013

Junior Certificate Candidates ........................................58,798 .............59,822 Leaving Certificate Candidates......................................55,816 .............55,577 Of which Leaving Certificate School Candidates...........48,720 .............49,135 External Candidates .......................................................2,852 ...............2,743 VTOS/PLC Candidates ..................................................1,016 ..................889 Leaving Certificate Applied ............................................3,228 ...............2,810 Total Exam Candidates ................................................114,614 ...........115,399

Past Enrolments of Full-time Students in Institutions Aided by Department of Education & Skills Level 1973/1974 1983/1984 1993/1994 2003/2004 2013/2014 First Level 521,179 563,509 505,883 446,029 536,317 Second Level (inc PLC) 238,227 321,812 368,198 338,765 367,178 PLC n/a n/a 17,678 29,533 34,003 Third Level 27,135 48,411 86,624 133,887 169,254 Total (inc PLC figure) 786,541 933,732 960,705 918,681 1,072,749 EDUCATION 57

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Careers Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 61 Government Departments . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Government Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Education Institutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Listings 2015-2016

Education and Training Boards . . . . . . . 65 Education Centres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Careers Information AONTAS National Association of Adult Education 2nd Floor, 83/87 Main St, Ranelagh, Dublin 6. ☎ 01 4068220/1  www.aontas.com The Arts Council 70 Merrion Sq, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6180200  www.artscouncil.ie Association of Advertisers in Ireland Ltd Fitzwilliam Business Centre 26 Upr Pembroke Street Dublin 2. ☎ 01-6373950  www.aai.ie Association of Chartered Certified Accountants 9 Leeson Park, Dublin 6. ☎ 01 4475678  www.accaglobal.com/ie Chambers of Commerce of Ireland 3rd Floor, Newmount House, Lower Mount St., Dublin 2. ☎ 01 4004300  www.chambers.ie Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland 46 Merrion Sqr, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6425588  www.acei.ie Association of Garda Sergeants & Inspectors 6th Floor, Phibsborough Tower, Dublin 7. ☎ 01 8303166  www.agsi.ie Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Suite 2.20, Smithfield Business Centre, Distiller’s Building, Smithfield, Dublin 7. ☎ 01 874 8136  www.aoti.ie

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport 1 Fitzwilliam Plc, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6763188  www.cilt.ie Chartered Institute of Management Accountants 5th Floor, Block E, Iveagh Ct, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6430400  www.cimaglobal.com Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development Marine House, Clanwilliam Place, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6780090  www.cipd.ie Computers in Education Society of Ireland c/o Drumcondra Education Centre, Drumcondra, D9.  www.cesi.ie Construction Industry Federation Construction House, Canal Road, Dublin 6. ☎ 01 4066000  www.cif.ie Design and Crafts Council of Ireland Castleyard, Kilkenny. ☎ 056 7761804  www.dccoi.ie Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 10 Burlington Road, D4. ☎ 01 6140100  www.dias.ie Dublin Adult Learning Centre 3 Mountjoy Square, D1. ☎ 01 8743251  www.dalc.ie Economic and Social Research Institute Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 8632000  www.esri.ie

Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland Thomas MacDonagh House, Winetavern Street, D8. ☎ 01 6040160  www.asti.ie

Education Research Centre St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. ☎ 01 8373789  www.erc.ie

An Bord Altranais 18/20 Carysfort Ave Blackrock, Co Dublin. ☎ 01 6398500  www.nursingboard.ie

Engineers Ireland 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland ☎ 01 6651300  www.engineersireland.ie

Gorta Self Help Africa, 17 - 22 Parkgate Street, Dublin 8. ☎ 01 6615522  www.gorta.org

Institute of Public Administration 57/61 Lansdowne Rd, Dublin 4. ☎ 01 2403600  www.ipa.ie

Irish Fish Producers' Organisation 77 Sir John Rogersons Quay, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6401850  www.ifpo.ie

Honourable Society of King’s Inn Henrietta Street, Dublin 1. ☎ 01 8744840  www.kingsinns.ie

Institute of Industrial Engineers 1 Boeing Ave, Airport Business Pk, Co. Waterford. ☎ 01 5252527  www.iie.ie

Irish Institute of Training and Development 4 Sycamore House, Millennium Business Park, Naas, Co Kildare. ☎ 045 881166  www.iitd.ie

Law Society of Ireland Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. ☎ 01 6724800  www.lawsociety.ie Accounting Technicians Ireland 47-49 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 649 8100 accountingtechniciansireland.ie

Insurance Institute of Ireland 39 Molesworth St, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6456600  www.iii.ie

Irish Insurance Federation Insurance House, 39 Molesworth Street, D2 ☎ 01 6761820  www.insuranceireland.eu

Irish Association of Social Workers 114 Pearse St., Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6774838  www.iasw.ie

Irish Management Institute Sandyford Road, Dublin 16. ☎ 1800 22 33 88  www.imi.ie

Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6445500  www.scsi.ie

NewsBrands Ireland (Formerly NNI) Clyde Lodge, 15 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. ☎ 01 668 9099  newsbrandsireland.ie

The Institute of Banking IFSC, 1 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1. ☎ 01 6116500  www.iob.ie

Irish Congress of Trade Unions 31/32 Parnell Sq, Dublin 1. ☎ 01 8897777  www.ictu.ie

Irish Medical Organisation 10 Fitzwilliam Place, D2. ☎ 01 6767273  www.imo.ie

Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland 17 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 4251000  www.cpaireland.ie

Irish Council for International Students 41 Morehampton Road, Dublin 4. ☎ 01 6605233  www.icosirl.ie

Chartered Accountants Ireland Chartered Accountants House, 47 Pearse St, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6377200  www.charteredaccountants.ie

Irish Dental Association Unit 2, Leopardstown Office Park, Sandyford, Dublin 18. ☎ 01 2950072  www.dentist.ie

Institute of Guidance Counsellors 17 Herbert Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6761975  www.igc.ie

Irish Farmers Association Irish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Dublin 12. ☎ 01 4500266  www.ifa.ie

Irish Pharmacy Union Butterfield House, Butterfield Ave., Dublin 14. ☎ 01 4936401  www.ipu.ie

Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6785685  www.ipav.ie

Irish Recorded Music Association IRMA House, 1 Corrig Ave, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.  www.irma.ie

Irish Professional Photographers Association 38/39 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 401 6878  www.irishphotographers.com

Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland 12 Clanwilliam Square, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6765991  www.iapi.ie

Irish National Teachers Organisation 35 Parnell Square, D1. ☎ 01 8047700  www.into.ie Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation The Whitworth Building, North Burnswick St, Dublin 7 ☎ 01 6640600  www.inmo.ie

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Working Together • Advocating for safe quality care delivered by registered nurses and midwives • Representing nurses and midwives individually and collectively in the workplace • The leading voice for nurses and midwives in Irish health care • Campaigning for restoration of Nurse and Midwife pay and hours • Full support in NMBI fitness to practice public hearings with expert professional & legal representation • Access to income continuance protection plan (supplementary to the sick leave scheme) • Employment information service – law – conditions of employment – your rights & entitlements • Professional development offering career development and professional education • Professional library service • Providing expert representation in workplace relations • Discount shopping with INMO group scheme with major savings • Free legal aid for occupational or bodily injury claims • Legal and counselling helplines

The Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation The Whitworth Building, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7.

Tel: 01-6640600 W: www.inmo.ie • E: inmo@inmo.ie

COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION, MAIN STREET, DUNDRUM, DUBLIN 14.

Situated in the heart of Dundrum Village, CFE Dundrum offers a wide variety of courses to suit individual interests. These courses are continuously revised to reflect the latest developments in the workplace and to provide a broad range of careers/study opportunities in the following areas

• BUSINESS / OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

• COMPUTING

• EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE & EDUCATION

• NURSING & HEALTHCARE

• SOCIAL STUDIES

• ART, CRAFT & DESIGN

• HORTICULTURE For further information please visit our website www.cfedundrum.com where you can enrol on-line or phone 01-298 5412.

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Careers Information (cont) Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists College of Surgeons St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 4022148  www.iscp.ie Irish Taxation Institute South Block, Longboat Qy, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6631700  www.taxinstitute.ie Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) Piper's Hill, Kilcullen Road, Naas, Co Kildare Phone: 045-901070 / 045-901698  www.etbi.ie Marketing Institute of Ireland South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18. ☎ 01 2952355  www.mii.ie

Meet in Ireland Amiens Street, Dublin 1. ☎ 1890 525 525  www.meetinireland.com The Olympic Council of Ireland Olympic House, Harbour Rd, Howth, Co Dublin. ☎ 01 8660555  www.olympics.ie Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland PSI House, Fenian Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 2184000  www.thepsi.ie Irish Photographic Federation C/o 53 Thornhill Gardens, Celbridge, Co. Kildare  www.irishphoto.ie

Public Relations Institute of Ireland 84 Merrion Square Dublin 2. ☎ 6618004  www.prii.ie Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6761703  www.riai.ie Teagasc Oak Park, Carlow. ☎ 059 9170200  www.teagasc.ie Ashtown Food Research Centre Teagasc, Ashtown, Dublin 15 ☎ 01 8059500  www.teagasc.ie/ashtown Opticians Board 18 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6767416  www.opticiansboard.ie

The College of Progressive Education Wicklow House, 84-88 South Great George's Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 4884300  progressivecollege.com Society of Actuaries in Ireland Clanwilliam House Clanwilliam Place Dublin 2. ☎ 01 634 0020  www.actuaries.ie Society of the Irish Motor Industry 5 Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6761690  www.simi.ie

Union of Students in Ireland Portview House, York Road, Dublin 4. ☎ 01 7099300  www.usi.ie USIT 19/21 Aston Quay, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 602 1906 Central Reservations ☎ 01 706 1071  www.usit.ie Veterinary Ireland 13 The Courtyard, Kilcarbery Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 22. ☎ 01 4577976  www.veterinaryireland.ie

Teachers Union of Ireland 73 Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6. ☎ 01 4922588  www.tui.ie

Vocations Ireland St. Mary's, Bloomfield Ave, Donnybrook, Dublin 4. ☎ 01 6689954  www.vocationsireland.com

Department of Finance Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6767571  www.finance.gov.ie

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6312121/ LoCall 1890 220222  www.enterprise.gov.ie

Government Departments Dail Eireann Leinster House, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6183000 /  www.oireachtas.ie Dept of Agriculture, Food & the Marine Kildare Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6072000 / LoCall 1890 200510  www.agriculture.gov.ie Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6313800 / LoCall 1890 383000  www.ahg.gov.ie Department of Children and Youth Affairs 43 - 49 Mespil Rd, Dublin 4. ☎ 01 6473000  www.dcya.gov.ie

Department of the Communications, Energy & Natural Resources 29/31 Adelaide Rd, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6782000 / LoCall 1890 449900  www.dcenr.gov.ie

Department of Social Protection Aras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street.

Dublin 1. ☎ 01 7043000  www.welfare.ie

Department of Defence Station Road, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. ☎ 045 492000  www.defence.ie

Department of the Taoiseach Government Buildings Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6194000 / LoCall 1890 227227  www.taoiseach.gov.ie

Dept of Education & Skills Marlborough St, Dublin 1. ☎ 01 8896400  www.education.ie Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government Custom House, Dublin 1. ☎ 01 8882000  www.environ.ie

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport 44 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6707444 / LoCall 0761 001 601  www.dttas.ie

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Iveagh House, 80 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 4780822 / LoCall 1890 426700  www.dfa.ie Department of Health Hawkins House, Hawkins St, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6354000  www.health.gov.ie

Department of Justice & Equality 94 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6028202 Lo-Call 1890 221 227  www.justice.ie Department of of Public Expenditure and Reform Government Buildings, Upper Merrion St, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 676 7571  www.per.gov.ie

Government Services An Bord Pleanála 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. ☎ 01 8588100 / LoCall 1890 275175  www.pleanala.ie

Courts Service 15/24 Phoenix Street North, Smithfield, Dublin 7. ☎ 01 8886000  www.courts.ie

Central Statistics Office Ardee Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6. ☎ 01 4984000 Skehard Road, Cork. ☎ 021 4535000  www.cso.ie

Data Protection Commissioner Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co Laois. ☎ 057-8684800  www.dataprotection.ie

Garda Siochana Phoenix Park, Dublin 8. ☎ 01 6660000  www.garda.ie

Ombudsman 18 Lwr Leeson St, Dublin 2. ☎ LoCall 1890 223030  www.ombudsman.gov.ie

Passport Office Molesworth Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6711633  www.dfa.ie/passport

HEAnet 5 George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1. ☎ 01 6609040  www.heanet.ie

Ordnance Survey of Ireland Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 ☎ 01 8025300  www.osi.ie

Irish Prison Service IDA Business Park, Ballinalee Road, Longford. ☎ 043-3335100  www.irishprisons.ie

Met Eireann Glasnevin Hill, Dublin 9 ☎ 01 8064200  www.met.ie

Office of Public Works Head Office, Jonathan Swift Street, Trim, Co. Meath. ☎ 046 9426000 LoCall 1890 213414  www.opw.ie

Revenue Dublin Castle, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6792777  www.revenue.ie

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CIVIL DEFENCE SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

Are you up to the challenge?

Students interested in becoming Volunteer members of Civil Defence should contact their local Civil Defence Officer Volunteers are multi-skilled and the main programmes of activity undertaken by the organisation are: • Casualty: Provision of a first-aid and ambulance service • Rescue: Urban rescue, open country search for missing persons and water based search and recovery • Auxiliary Fire Service: Pump and ladder drills, pumping floodwaters and supplying water to the Community • Warden Service & Radiation Monitoring: Radiation detecting and monitoring • Welfare: Provision of hot meals, drinks and psychosocial support • Communications: Operation of two independent radio systems

To learn more about Civil Defence you can log on to our website at www.civildefence.ie

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Educational Institutes in Ireland All Hallows College Gracepark Road, Dublin 9. ☎ 01 852 0700  www.allhallows.ie American College Dublin 2 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 676 8939  www.amcd.ie Athlone Institute of Technology Dublin Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. ☎ 090 6468000  www.ait.ie Burren College of Art Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare. ☎ 065 7077200  www.burrencollege.ie Church of Ireland Theological Institute Braemor Park, Dublin 14 ☎ 01 492 3506  www.theologicalinstitute.ie Cork Institute of Technology Bishopstown, Cork. ☎ 021 4326100  www.cit.ie

Dundalk Institute of Technology Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth. ☎ 042 9370200  www.dkit.ie Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design & Technology Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. ☎ 01 2394000  www.iadt.ie Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education (NUIM) ☎ 01 2888520  www.nuim.ie/froebel Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Dublin Road, Galway. ☎ 091 753161  www.gmit.ie Griffith College Cork Cove Street, Sullivan‘s Quay, Cork. ☎ 021 4507027  www.gcc.ie

CIT Cork School of Music Union Quay, Cork. ☎ 021 480 7307  cit.ie/csm

Griffith College Dublin South Circular Road, Dublin 8. ☎ 01 4150415  www.griffith.ie/dublin

CIT Crawford College of Art & Design Sharman, Crawford St, Cork. ☎ 021 4335200  cit.ie/ccad

Griffith College Limerick O'Connell Avenue, Limerick. ☎ 061-31 00 31  www.griffith.ie/limerick

University College Cork Western Road, Cork. ☎ 021 4903000  www.ucc.ie

Hibernia College 9-10 Fenian Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 6610168  www.hiberniacollege.com

Church of Ireland College of Education 96 Upper Rathmines Road, Dublin 6. ☎ 01 4970033  www.cice.ie

Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown Blanchardstown Road North, Dublin 15. ☎ 01 8851000  www.itb.ie

Marino Institute of Education Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9. ☎ 01 8057700  www.mie.ie Dublin Business School 13-14 Aungier Street, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 4177500  www.dbs.ie Dublin City University Dublin 9. ☎ 01 7005000  www.dcu.ie Dublin Institute of Technology 143/149 Rathmines Road, Dublin 6. ☎ 01 4023000  www.dit.ie

Institute of Technology, Carlow Kilkenny Road, Carlow. ☎ 059 9175000  www.itcarlow.ie Institute of Technology, Sligo Ash Lane, Ballinode, Co. Sligo. ☎ 071 9155222  www.itsligo.ie Institute of Technology, Tallaght Old Blessington Rd, Tallaght, Dublin 24. ☎ 01 4042000  www.it-tallaght.ie

Institute of Technology, Tralee Clash, Tralee, Co. Kerry. ☎ 066 7145600  www.ittralee.ie Letterkenny Institute of Technology Port Rd, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. ☎ 074 9186000  www.lyit.ie Limerick Institute of Technology Moylish Pk, Limerick. ☎ 061 293000  www.lit.ie Mary Immaculate College South Circular Road, Limerick. ☎ 061 204300  www.mic.ul.ie Mater Dei Institute of Education Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3. ☎ 01 8086500  www.materdei.ie Milltown Institute of Theology & Philosophy Milltown Park, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6. ☎ 01 2776300  www.milltown-institute.ie National College of Art and Design 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. ☎ 01 6364200  www.ncad.ie National College of Ireland (NCI) Mayor Street, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1. ☎ 1850 221 721 www.ncirl.ie National University of Ireland, Galway University Road, Galway. ☎ 091 524411  www.nuigalway.ie National University of Ireland, Maynooth Maynooth, Co. Kildare. ☎ 01 7086000  www.maynoothuniversity.ie Portobello Institute 43 Dominick Street Lower, Dublin 1. ☎ 01 8920000  www.portobelloinstitute.ie Queens University Belfast University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN ☎ 0044 2890 245133  www.qub.ie Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 123 St. Stephens Green Dublin 2. ☎ 01 4022100  www.rcsi.ie

St. Angela’s College Lough Gill, Sligo. ☎ 071 9143580  www.stangelas.nuigalway.ie Carlow College, College Street, Carlow. ☎ 059 9153200  www.carlowcollege.ie St. Patrick’s College Maynooth Co. Kildare. ☎ 01 7083964  www.maynoothcollege.ie St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra, Dublin 9. ☎ 01 8842000  www.spd.dcu.ie Shannon College of Hotel Management Shannon Airport, Co. Clare. ☎ 061 712210  www.shannoncollege.com LIT Tipperary Nenagh Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Cashel Court, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary ☎ 0504 28072  www.lit.ie/tipperary Trinity College Dublin College Green, Dublin 2. ☎ 01 8961000  www.tcd.ie University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin 4. ☎ 01 7167777  www.ucd.ie University of Limerick National Technological Park, Limerick. ☎ 061 202700  www.ul.ie University of Ulster York Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT15 1ED ☎ (048) 7012 3456  www.ulster.ac.uk Waterford Institute of Technology Cork Road, Waterford. ☎ 051 302000  www.wit.ie OTHER INSTITUTIONS Montessori Education Centre 41-43 North Great George's St, Dublin 1. ☎ 01 8780071  www.montessorieducation.ie Open University in Ireland Holbrook House, Holles Street, Dublin 2 ☎ 01678 5399 (ROI)  http://www.open.ac.uk/ republic-of-ireland

St. Mary’s University College 191 Falls Road, Belfast BT12 6FE, ☎ 048 90327678  www.stmarys-belfast.ac.uk St. Nicholas Montessori College of Ireland 16 Adelaide Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. ☎ 01 2806064  www.snmci.ie The College of Progressive Education Wicklow House, 84-88 South Great George’s Street, D2. ☎ 01 4884300  www.progressivecollege.ie Stranmillis University College Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5DY. ☎ (048) 90381271  www.stran.ac.uk BUSINESS COLLEGES Quinn School of Business, UCD Belfield, Dublin 4 ☎ 01 716 4833  www.ucd.ie/quinn Smurfit School of Business, UCD Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin, Ireland ☎ 021 716 8934  www.smurfitschool.ie DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship 3013 Lakedrive, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24 ☎ 01-7006786  www.ryanacademy.ie The Kemmy Business School University of Limerick ☎ 061 202 700  www.ul.ie/business AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES Ballyhaise College Ballyhaise, Co Cavan, ☎ 01 4338108  www.teagasc.ie/training/ colleges/ballyhaise/ College of Amenity Horticulture National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. ✉ john.mulhern@teagasc.ie  www.teagasc.ie/ botanicgardens College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Levaghy, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. BT74 4GF ☎ 028 9442 6666  www.cafre.ac.uk Pallaskenry Agricultural College Co. Limerick ☎ 061-393100  www.pallaskenry.com

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The Missionary Sisters of St Columban Women whose dedication and commitment to God is…

...Lived out in the community

...Expressed in cross-cultural mission

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Consecrated women following in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi, we make the Gospel our rule of life. Our missionary spirit prompts us to go throughout the world to serve others, especially the poorest, in areas of: • Spirituality, • Hospitality, • Education, • Healthcare,

...Impacted by the world of today

• Parish Ministry

...Focused on the poor and marginalized

We invite you to visit us at:

www.columbansisters.org

Contact: Sr. Clare Brady, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, Franciscan Convent, Ballinderry, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Republic of Ireland.

Telephone: +353 (0) 44 93 52 000

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Education and Training Boards Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) Piper's Hill, Kilcullen Road, Naas, Co Kildare, Ireland Phone: +353 (0)45-901070 / (0)45-901698  www.etbi.ie Cavan & Monaghan Education & Training Board Cavan Office - 049 4331044 HQ: Monaghan (sub-office in Cavan Town).  www.cmetb.ie Cork Education & Training Board 21 Lavitt's Quay, Cork 021 427 3377  www.corketb.ie City of Dublin Education & Training Board CDETB Administrative Offices, Town Hall, 1-3 Merrion Road Ballsbridge,Dublin 4 Ph: 01 688 0614  www.cdetb.ie Donegal Education & Training Board Administrative Offices Ard O’Donnell Letterkenny Ph: 074 916 1600  www.donegaletb.ie

Dublin & Dun Laoghaire Education & Training Board 1 Tuansgate, Belgard Square East, Tallaght, Dublin 24 01 452 9600  www.ddletb.ie Galway & Roscommon Education & Training Board Head Office 091 874 500 Roscommon Office 090 662 6151  www.gretb.ie Kerry Education & Training Board Riverside House, Dan Spring Road, Tralee, Co. Kerry Ph: 066 712 1488  www.kerryetb.ie Kildare & Wicklow Education & Training Board Kildare Office Áras Chill Dara, Devoy Park, Naas.

045 988 000 Wicklow Office Church Street, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow 0404 60 500  www.kwetb.ie

Kilkenny & Carlow Education & Training Board Kilkenny Office 056 777 0966 Carlow Office 059 913 8560 HQ: Carlow Town  www.kcetb.ie  www.carlowvec.ie  www.kilkennyvec.ie Laois & Offaly Education & Training Board Laois Office Ridge Road, Portlaoise 057 862 1352 Offaly Office Castle Buildings, Tara Street, Tullamore, Co. Offaly 057 934 9400  www.laoisoffalyetb.ie Limerick & Clare Education & Training Board Athenaeum Building, 30 Upper Cecil Street, Limerick.

Tel: 061 417688  www.lcetc.ie Longford & Westmeath Education & Training Board Longford Office 043 3334000 Westmeath Office 044 934 8389 HQ: Mullingar  longfordwestmeath.etb.ie

Louth & Meath Education & Training Board Dundalk Office Chapel Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth 042 933 4047 Meath Office Abbey Road, Navan.

046 906 8200 HQ: Drogheda  louthmeath.etb.ie Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim Education & Training Board Mayo Office Administrative Offices, Newtown, Castlebar 094 902 4188 Sligo Office Quay Street Sligo 071 914 5025 Leitrim Office Administrative Offices, St. George’s Terrace, Carrick-onShannon 071 962 0024 HQ: Castlebar (sub-offices in Sligo & Carrick-on-Shannon)  www.leitrimvec.ie  www.mayovec.ie  www.sliogvec.ie

Tipperary Education & Training Board Nenagh Office Office Church Road, Nenagh.

067 31250 Clonmel Office Western Road, Clonmel, 052 612 1067  tipperary.etb.ie Waterford & Wexford Education & Training Board City of Waterford Office 30 The Mall, Waterford.

051 874 007 County Waterford Office Dungarvan Shopping Centre, Dungarvan, Co Waterford.

058 41780 Wexford Office Unit 1, Ardcavan Business Park, Wexford.

053 912 3799 HQ: Wexford (sub-offices in Waterford City & Dungarvan)  waterfordwexford.etb.ie

Education Centres Athlone Education Centre Moydrum Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. ☎ 090 6420400  athloneeducationcentre.com

Connemara Teacher Centre Aird Thiar, Cárna, Conamara, Co. na Gaillimhe. ☎ 087 791 6876  www.imchonamara.com

Dublin West Education Centre Old Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. ☎ 01 4528000  www.dwec.ie

Limerick Education Centre 1st Floor, Marshal House, Dooradoyle Rd, Limerick. ☎ 061 585060  www.lec.ie

Tipperary Education Centre St Patrick's College, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. ☎ 086 - 6008860  www.tipperaryec.com

Blackrock Education Centre Kill Ave., Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. ☎ 01 2365000  www.blackrockec.ie

Cork Education Support Centre The Rectory, Western Road, Cork.

Tel: +353 21 4255600  www.cesc.ie

Galway Education Centre Cluain Mhuire, Wellpark, Galway. ☎ 091 745600  www.galwayec.ie

Mayo Education Centre Westport Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. ☎ 094 9020700  mayoeducationcentre.ie

Tralee Education Centre North Campus, Dromtacker, Tralee, Co Kerry. ☎ 066 719 5000  www.edcentretralee.ie

Gort A Choirce Education Centre Gort A Choirce, Leitir Ceanainn, Co. Donegal. ☎ 074 9165556 ✉ inmr@eircom.net

Monaghan Education Centre Knockaconny, Armagh Road, Monaghan. ☎ 047 74000  www.metc.ie

Tuam Education Centre St Patrick’s Primary School Dublin Road, Co. Galway. ☎ 093 25877  tuamec.ie

Donegal Education Centre Floor 2/3, Pier 1, Quay Street, Donegal. ☎ 074 9723487  donegaledcentre.ie

Kildare Education Centre Friary Road, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare. ☎ 045 530200  www.eckildare.ie

Navan Education Centre Athlumney, Navan, Co. Meath. ☎ 046 9067040  www.ecnavan.ie

Cavan Education Centre Co. Cavan ETB Administrative Offices, Church View Square, Cavan.☎ 049-4332259  www.cavanec.ie

Drumcondra Education Centre Drumcondra, Dublin 9. ☎ 01 8576400  www.ecdrumcondra.ie

Kilkenny Education Centre Seville Lodge, Callan Road, Co. Kilkenny. ☎ 056 7760200  www.eckilkenny.ie

Sligo Education Centre IT Sligo Campus, Ballinode, Sligo, Co. Sligo. ☎ 071 9138700  www.ecsligo.ie

Clare Education Centre Government Buildings, Kilrush Road, Ennis. ☎ 065 6845500  www.clareed.ie

Dundalk Education Centre 1 Brickfield Gdns, Newry Rd, Dundalk, Co. Louth. ☎ 086 7707400  www.dundalkec.ie

Laois Education Centre Block Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. ☎ 057 8672400  www.laoiseducationcentre.ie

Tarbert Education Centre Comprehensive School, Tarbert, Co. Kerry. ☎ 087 9310233  www.tarbertesc.ie

Carlow Education Centre Kilkenny Road, Carlow. ☎ 087 2079448  www.eccarlow.ie Carrick-on-Shannon Education Centre, Marymount, Carrick-on-Shannon. ☎ 071 9620383  www.carrickedcentre.ie

Dingle Education Centre An Chuillin, An Daingean, Co. Kerry.

Tel: 066 9151866  kerryetb.ie/centre_dingle

Waterford Teachers' Centre Newtown Road, Waterford. ☎ 051 311000  www.wtc.ie West Cork Education Centre The Square, Dunmanway, Co Cork ☎ 023 - 8856757  westcorkeducationcentre.com Wexford Education Centre Milehouse Road, Enniscorthy. ☎ 053 9239100  www.ecwexford.ie

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Calendars for 2015 and 2016 January 2015 M 5 12 T 6 13 W 7 14 T 1 8 15 F 2 9 16 S 3 10 17 S 4 11 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

May 2015 M 4 T 5 W 6 T 7 F 1 8 S 2 9 S 3 10

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

February 2015 M 2 9 T 3 10 W 4 11 T 5 12 F 6 13 S 7 14 S 1 8 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

June 2015 M 1 8 T 2 9 W 3 10 T 4 11 F 5 12 S 6 13 S 7 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

March 2015 M 2 9 T 3 10 W 4 11 T 5 12 F 6 13 S 7 14 S 1 8 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 30 24 31 25 26 27 28 29

April 2015 M 6 T 7 W 1 8 T 2 9 F 3 10 S 4 11 S 5 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

22 29 23 30 24 25 26 27 28

July 2015 M 6 T 7 W 1 8 T 2 9 F 3 10 S 4 11 S 5 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

August 2015 M 3 10 T 4 11 W 5 12 T 6 13 F 7 14 S 1 8 15 S 2 9 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 31 25 26 27 28 29 30

November 2015 M 2 9 16 T 3 10 17 W 4 11 18 T 5 12 19 F 6 13 20 S 7 14 21 S 1 8 15 22

23 30 24 25 26 27 28 29

December 2015 M 7 14 T 1 8 15 W 2 9 16 T 3 10 17 F 4 11 18 S 5 12 19 S 6 13 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

April 2016 M 4 T 5 W 6 T 7 F 1 8 S 2 9 S 3 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

August 2016 M 1 8 T 2 9 W 3 10 T 4 11 F 5 12 S 6 13 S 7 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 29 23 30 24 31 25 26 27 28

23 24 25 26 27 28

September 2015 M 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 W 2 9 16 23 30 T 3 10 17 24 F 4 11 18 25 S 5 12 19 26 S 6 13 20 27

October 2015 M 5 12 T 6 13 W 7 14 T 1 8 15 F 2 9 16 S 3 10 17 S 4 11 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

January 2016 M 4 11 T 5 12 W 6 13 T 7 14 F 1 8 15 S 2 9 16 S 3 10 17

February 2016 M 1 8 15 T 2 9 16 W 3 10 17 T 4 11 18 F 5 12 19 S 6 13 20 S 7 14 21

22 29 23 24 25 26 27 28

March 2016 M 7 T 1 8 W 2 9 T 3 10 F 4 11 S 5 12 S 6 13

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

July 2016 M 4 T 5 W 6 T 7 F 1 8 S 2 9 S 3 10

May 2016 M 2 9 T 3 10 W 4 11 T 5 12 F 6 13 S 7 14 S 1 8 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

23 30 24 31 25 26 27 28 29

September 2016 M 5 12 19 T 6 13 20 W 7 14 21 T 1 8 15 22 F 2 9 16 23 S 3 10 17 24 S 4 11 18 25

26 27 28 29 30

June 2016 M 6 T 7 W 1 8 T 2 9 F 3 10 S 4 11 S 5 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

October 2016 M 3 10 17 T 4 11 18 W 5 12 19 T 6 13 20 F 7 14 21 S 1 8 15 22 S 2 9 16 23

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27 28 29 30

24 31 25 26 27 28 29 30

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11 12 13 14 15 16 17

November 2016 M 7 14 T 1 8 15 W 2 9 16 T 3 10 17 F 4 11 18 S 5 12 19 S 6 13 20

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

27 28 29 30 31

28 29 30 31

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

21 28 22 29 23 30 24 25 26 27

December 2016 M 5 12 T 6 13 W 7 14 T 1 8 15 F 2 9 16 S 3 10 17 S 4 11 18

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