Loreto Crest Loreto Secondary School   
Spawell Road, Wexford.   
Telephone: 053 9142783     Fax: 053 9147773
   


 


Career Guidance 2008/9


POINTS OF INFORMATION-DECEMBER 2008
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Don’ Forget! 

The CAO deadline is fast approaching!

Keep researching:
www.qualifax.ie
www.careersportal.ie
www.cao.ie


Careers Notice Board
There is a list of last years sixth years on the board and where they are now. Worth a look!

New Selection Criteria for Undergraduate entry to Medicine

In order for students to be eligible to compete for entry to undergraduate medicine, they must:

a)      Achieve a minimum of 480 points

b)      Meet the minimum entry requirements for each medical school

c)      Complete the required admissions test-HPAT within the two year period        immediately preceding admission to the medicine programme.

Students may register until 20th January for the test online at
www.hpat-ireland.acer.edu.au    Cost is €95.

The HPAT test takes place on 14th February. There is a sample booklet in my office should you wish to consult it.

Specific Learning Difficulties
Students with Specific Learning Difficulties are reminded that they must present an Educational Psychologist report carried out since 1st February, 2006. 

Exemption in Irish
Students with an exemption in Irish are again reminded to inform the NUI. Relevant forms may be downloaded from the NUI website:
www.nui.ie

Open Days-January
Royal College of Surgeons-5th
Dublin Business School-14th
Senior College Dun Laoghaire-21st

Please check college websites for further details.

Speakers-January
DCU Fiontar-13th
Enniscorthy VEC-22nd
Mary Immaculate College-28th

Scholarships
Applications have opened for a number of scholarships:

  1. Dell ‘Women in Engineering’
  2. Irish Taxation Institute (means tested)

www.taxireland.ie

  1. Griffith College (means tested)

Third Language Requirement Change

 UCC have removed the third language matriculation requirement for entry to programmes in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science. This will come into effect for entry in 2009.

Post Leaving Certificate Courses (PLC)
Application forms are in my office. Most require passport photos. Closing dates for some are as early as March.

Happy Christmas to all,
Ms Fallon
 

Points of Information-Monday 3 November

Open Days

  • School of Mathematics and Physics of Trinity College-8th November

Information Evenings
UCD Agri-Food, Nutrition & Environmental Sciences
18th November-UCD
20th November-New Park Hotel, Kilkenny

Engineering at UCD
6th November-Hotel Kilkenny-7.30p.m.

Scholarships

  • Applications for the Science Ireland/Dell Scholarship 2009-Young Women in Engineering are    now invited.

Application submission deadline is Friday 26th June.

See full details at www.sfi.ie/scholarships

Speakers for November

  • UCC-5th
  • UCD Nutrition, Food Science-5th
  • DCU-6th
  • NCI-10th
  • Nursing in WIT-12th
  • NUI Maynooth-13th
  • Price Waterhouse Cooper-Careers in Accountancy-17th
  • St Patrick’s, Maynooth-24th
  • Shannon College of Hotel Management-27th

OPEN DAYS IN NOVEMBER

  • Marino/St. Pats/Froebel/Mater Dei-Saturday, 15th
  • DCU-22nd
  • NUI Maynooth-28th & 29th
  • Cork School of Music-29th

POINTS OF INFORMATION - MONDAY, 6 OCTOBER 

OPEN DAYS

  • UCC-Saturday,11 October  
  • University of Limerick, Limerick Institute of Technology & Mary Immaculate College-Wednesday,15 October

SPEAKERS

  • Wexford Campus-Wednesday, 8 October
  • WIT-Monday,20 October  
  • IT Courses in WIT-Tuesday, 21 October 

SIXTH YEARS
Please see me as soon as possible to make your careers appointment.  

USEFUL WEBSITES

  1. www.qualifax.ie
  2. www.careersportal.ie
  3. www.cao.ie
  4. www.careerdirections.ie

 
 

 

 

Counting since 8th March 2006