FREE Back to Secondary School Workshops!

Welcome, Secondary Teacher! I hope you had a wonderful summer and are settling back into the new school year. Great news, were back with our FREE Careers Programmes offered exclusively to schools in South County Dublin. Sign up here! As you may know, Inspiring the Future Ireland, is a careers project that helps students build…

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Our Impact So Far

It’s hard to believe it’s summer and we’re finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel during this challenging time. We wanted to send a warm thank you to everyone who took part in this academic year’s Inspiring the future Ireland events. Let’s recap! Recap of 2021 Events So Far Online Career Networking…

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Become an Inspiring Content Creator

Good news – there are still plenty of opportunities to get involved over the summer. The academic year is coming to a close, but we have a host of opportunities for grabs! We are launching an ambitious communications piece this Summer and we want you to be at the forefront. Your voice is so important…

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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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