Description
Webinar #16 looks at your back up plans to your 1st choice. It is important when looking at post leaving certificate options to look at back up options to your 1st choice. Approximately 50% get 1st preference in CAO. Where ~80% get 1st, 2nd, 3rd CAO preference course. In 2021 to 2023, some students on 625 points received no offer! Not only is it important to carefully consider and research alternate options, it is also important to look at alternate routes to enter into your dream course/profession. FET courses (Further Education & Training) offered in PLC Colleges (Colleges of Further Education), Technological Universities(once referred to as Institutes of Technology) offer level 6/7 options, private colleges, apprenticeships, colleges abroad provide an alternative route to your 1st preference on CAO. You will get insight from careers guidance perspective along with college perspective and student experience
Guest Speakers
Thank you to our Guest Speaker, Guy Flouch Eunicas and Emer Sheerin Maynooth University Access Office.
Past speakers include Jenny Whelan NTO on Tertiary Degrees, Conan Meehan Ulster University 2025; Dr. Sean Boyle Carlow College, Paul Heffernan DCU, Conan Meehan Ulster University + student experiences PLC to BESS 2024; Micheal Dowdican ATU and Donnchadh O’Mahony @LeavingCert Guidance 2023.
Timing
- 0-28 minutes: Synergy Careers on options to consider within CAO and beyond when looking at Back-up Plans to your 1st choice.
- 28-42 minutes: Guy Flouch, Eunicas on student stories of studying in Europe, options and progression.
- 42-47 minutes: Student Experience, Aisling who studied a BA in Arts, Culture in Media in Groningen, Netherlands, Internship in Toulouse France and now doing a MA in Arts Management in UCC
- 47-62 minutes: Panel Discussion, joined by Emer Sheerin from Maynooth University to look at various pathways offered for students to gain relevant qualifications for their dream careerpath/course.