Virtual Work Placements – Your Company Can Help!

The impact of COVID-19 has meant that many transition year students across the country have been unable to part-take in their planned work placements. It’s expected that this issue will continue into the next academic year. Work placements are an essential aspect of careers education in schools and are additionally important for young people from…

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Learn to Code – Great for Transition Year Students!

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…

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Employability Skills Training Platform

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…

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Find Your Inspiration Primary School Teacher Training

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…

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Employability Workshops

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 Sign Up / Login…

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Online Career Networking Events!

  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: Broaden young people’s horizons and…

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Connecting the Community!

Thanks to Bank of America, we have received funding to tackle the “digital divide” by providing laptops and tablets to support online learning for young people in the community. We will be bridging the gap of lack of access by providing technology and equipment to those most in need. At the heart of Inspiring the…

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