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Sign up for our Online Career Networking events today!

Join our Virtual Career’s World where your students can explore our virtual offices and college campuses! Students will meet professionals from a variety of sectors to learn about their jobs, educational routes, and the ups and downs of their career paths.

Research has proven that our online career networking events, broaden young people’s horizons, raise their aspirations, challenge gender and social stereotypes, improve academic attainment, and reduce the likelihood of young people becoming unemployed or leaving education.

Simply for a workshop now and we’ll look after the rest! Our events are fully adaptable to the technology available in your school and can be delivered via the platform of your choice!

Feedback from Teachers

100% of teachers have given our events a 5-star rating.

“The students really enjoyed it and wanted it to go longer”.

“Very well run- so nice for a school not to have to run the tech or test it- just plug and play.”

Feedback from Students

99% of students reported enjoying our events with 92% confirming that they learned something new.

“I liked learning that you may not know what you want to do, it’s OK but you have to work hard”.

“I really enjoyed finding out about jobs I may not know or may not have considered before”.

Did you miss our very popular webinar with TU Dublin Access Programmes? Don’t worry, due to popular demand we have made a recording available for you to screen with your students at a time that works for you!

The recording features both current and past students of the TU Dublin Access routes, Student Union Vice-President and Tallaght local, Lee Bennett, and TU Dublin Access Officer, Tallaght Campus, Nicola Moses.

to inspire your students by hearing from our panel of local students who discuss their experiences of Access and the ups and downs of their pathways through education. Help your students learn about college life, the benefits and supports, and how Access enables students to thrive at TU Dublin and beyond!

TU Dublin Access Officer, Tallaght Campus, Nicola Moses, also guides your students through the application process and the supports available to students.

Click the link below to register and the video will be automatically emailed to you.

We’re excited to partner with TU Dublin Access office to offer this information session exclusively to students and teachers in South County Dublin. This online event will feature both current and past students of the TU Dublin Access routes, Student Union Vice-President and Tallaght local, Lee Bennett and TU Dublin Access Officer, Tallaght Campus, Nicola Moses.

Join us as we hear from a panel of students to discuss their experiences of Access. Learn about college life, the benefits and supports, and how Access enables students to thrive at TU Dublin and beyond!

TU Dublin Access Officer, Tallaght Campus, Nicola Moses, will also guide you through the application process and the supports available to students.

This event is open to all students, teachers, and guidance counsellors interested in learning more about the TU Dublin Access routes.

Sign Up Now to secure your place!

Our colleagues at Microsoft DreamSpace have just released a free six-part series to bring secondary school students on journey where they will learn to code. This course is completely self-directed and can be completed on a computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Resources including the video episodes, curriculum links, worksheets and extension activities are all available at the touch of a button. No coding experience necessary. In addition to this training Inspiring the Future will provide STEM focused Career Speed Networking events giving your students the opportunity to meet with our friends in Google, Microsoft and Bank of America to learn more about their pathways to STEM careers. A workplace tour of Microsoft Dreamspace can also be arranged to give students a clear vision for a potential future in STEM. Interested? Get in touch with our coordinator Triona at: triona.reid@sdcpartnership.ie

Our friends at Accenture have provided us with access to their online employability training platform which aims to support build skills to prepare for the world of work, apply for their first job, CV and Interview prep, cover letters and application forms. This platform provides 36 bitesize, interactive modules that can be completed as self-directed learning or as group activities. For self-directed learning teachers have access to login and check students’ progress at any time. Upon completion of one or more modules schools will be offered an online Inspiring the Future Career Speed Networking workshop to complement their learning. Interested? Get in touch with our coordinator Triona at: triona.reid@sdcpartnership.ie

The ‘Find Your Inspiration’ course aims to broaden pupil’s horizons, to increase their knowledge of different careers and to increase their expectations of themselves. The programme has been developed by Home School Liaison Teachers from participating schools and South Dublin County Partnership in conjunction with Maynooth University and Jigsaw Clondalkin. This online teacher training includes all resources, lesson plans and workbooks required for delivery of the course. All schools also receive free Career Speed Networking events to compliment the course. Interested? Get in touch with our coordinator Triona at: triona.reid@sdcpartnership.ie

In addition to our Career Speed Networking events we are now offering free, interactive online careers workshops. These workshops will help students think about their skills and what they enjoy doing while having some fun by tapping into their creative side! Interested? Get in touch with our coordinator Triona at: triona.reid@sdcpartnership.ie

At the heart of our work is our online career networking events. These events provide opportunities for your students to meet volunteers from a variety of sectors and learn about their job, their career paths, and their educational routes.

Research shows that engagement with events such as this helps:

1. Broaden young people’s horizons and raise their aspirations.
2. Excite children and young people about subjects, increasing motivation, confidence and attitude to learning.
3. Challenges gender and social stereotypes.
4. Improve academic attainment at Leaving Cert level.
5. Increase young people’s future earning potential.
6. Reduce the likelihood of young people becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training)

We have hundreds of enthusiastic volunteers waiting to connect with your students through our virtual Career Networking events – a one-hour workshop facilitated over the platform of your choice. As always, our fully Garda Vetted team is here to organise everything and provide any other supports needed.

The staff at Inspiring the Future Ireland understand that this is a deeply stressful and challenging time for teachers and young people, and we are here to support you! With this in mind, we have been working hard to create a suite of free online programmes exclusively for schools in South County Dublin.

Now, more than ever young people need programmes such as Inspiring the Future to motivate and energize them for their future and teachers need accessible, ready-made programmes that can be easily delivered to students at home.

View our 2021 Online Programme Brochure here.