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#SFTW – ‘Up And Then Down’ – The Lives Of Elevators
'The elevator, underrated & overlooked, is to the city what paper is to reading & gunpowder is to war'. In the third of our #SomethingForTheWeekend series, grab yourself a cup of coffee and find out why in this week's interesting article from The New Yorker...
#SFTW – Do You Favour Adding Over Subtracting In Problem Solving? Why?
In the second of our #SomethingForTheWeekend series, grab yourself a cup of coffee and take 5 minutes to read this interesting article from nature.com on why people are more likely to consider solutions that add features than solutions that remove them, even when...
Future Skills Digest For The New Green Economy
In the context of the Government’s 5 year ‘Climate Ready’ initiative (designed to help Irish businesses respond to the climate emergency) here is a look at some of the potential areas for Green Economy growth and the current skills situation in those areas....
SOLAS – Spring Skills Bulletin 2021
Clerical support workers appear to be significantly over-qualified. Few employers request 3rd level qualifications in job vacancies but almost 1/2 of clerical workers in Q1 20 were 3rd level graduates. To see the full Solas Spring Skills Bulletin 2021 click here
Apprenticeships – Boosting Their Visibility To Students
The new Apprenticeship Action Plan 2021-2025 will bring all apprenticeships together in one place - the National Apprenticeship office. It aims to grow the number of apprenticeships to 10,000 per year by 2025 by: Enlarging the number & types of programmes...
Why bad moods spread more easily than good moods – and how children read emotions.
Are moods contagious? Yes – but probably not in the way you think. In the first of our #SomethingForTheWeekend series, grab yourself a cup of coffee and take 5 minutes to read this interesting article from National Geographic on how moods can succumb to similar levels...
Growth Mindset & Higher Academic Performance.
A recent tweet by @OECD_Washington stated that the new OECDPISA report shows evidence of a link between a growth mindset and higher academic performance. It found that the majority of U.S. & Canadian teens believe that intelligence & abilities can be...
New Hi-tech Manufacturing & ICT Jobs Announced
250 Hi-tech manufacturing & ICT jobs announced in Connemara & Dublin. Aran Biomedical (a client company of Údarás na Gaeltachta - promoting investment in Gaeltacht areas) said its new highly skilled jobs will be in the production, engineering, quality and...
Improve Your Wellbeing With Better Sleep
The more we study it, the more we know sleep is critical to wellbeing and health in general. Chapter 9 in our Wellbeing 1 book encourages students to think about the benefits of sleep, question if they are getting enough and understanding how to create good sleep...
National website to counter bullying & cyberbullying has been redesigned.
As mentioned in previous posts, November 5th 2020 was the first UNESCO International Day against Violence & Bullying at School including Cyberbullying. To coincide with this, the national website to counter bullying & cyberbullying has been redesigned....
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- Computing Education Research Conferenceby tfarrell on 6th July 2022 at 10:52 am
Computing Education Research Conference The UKICER 2022 (The United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research conference from the UK ACM The post Computing Education Research Conference appeared first on Careers News.
- Regional Skills - Mid Westby tfarrell on 5th July 2022 at 11:25 am
Regional Skills - Mid West Talent Retention Funded Training CoursesOverview of Mid-West Part Time & On Line Training The post Regional Skills - Mid West appeared first on Careers News.
- Start For Future - wins awardby tfarrell on 5th July 2022 at 9:07 am
Start For Future - wins award Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) are absolutely thrilled to announce that their Start For The post Start For Future - wins award appeared first on Careers News.
- Joe’s Jotter: Was your Revision Good Quality this year?by tfarrell on 4th July 2022 at 11:40 am
Joe’s Jotter: Was your Revision Good Quality this year? Students, Did you struggle to find the best ways to The post Joe’s Jotter: Was your Revision Good Quality this year? appeared first on Careers News.
- Intro to Manufacturing Process - Ballina, Mayo- APPLY NOWby tfarrell on 4th July 2022 at 11:31 am
Intro to Manufacturing Process - Ballina, Mayo- APPLY NOW This Introduction to Manufacturing Processes is a Local Training Initiative programme The post Intro to Manufacturing Process - Ballina, Mayo- APPLY NOW appeared first on Careers News.
- Electricity Generation Potential From Rooftop Solar Photovoltaicsby tfarrell on 3rd July 2022 at 5:39 pm
Electricity Generation Potential From Rooftop Solar Photovoltaics Findings have important implications for sustainable development and climate change mitigations efforts The post Electricity Generation Potential From Rooftop Solar Photovoltaics appeared first on Careers News.
- Materials Matter Summer School - Carlowby tfarrell on 30th June 2022 at 12:13 pm
Materials Matter Summer School - Carlow Materials Matter will host a series of 4 Summer workshops at VISUAL. The workshops The post Materials Matter Summer School - Carlow appeared first on Careers News.
- Tipperary scholar is New York bound with Teagasc-Fulbright Awardby tfarrell on 30th June 2022 at 11:55 am
Tipperary scholar is New York bound with Teagasc-Fulbright Award Teagasc Walsh Scholar Conor Hammersley is set to enroll at one The post Tipperary scholar is New York bound with Teagasc-Fulbright Award appeared first on Careers News.
- TU835 Planning & Environmental Management Honours Degreeby tfarrell on 29th June 2022 at 3:40 pm
TU835 Planning & Environmental Management Honours Degree is Reviewed and Renewed We are delighted to announce that the BSc The post TU835 Planning & Environmental Management Honours Degree appeared first on Careers News.
- How education systems have coped with the second year of COVIDby tfarrell on 29th June 2022 at 7:47 am
How education systems have coped with the second year of COVID Join us on Wednesday 6 July at The post How education systems have coped with the second year of COVID appeared first on Careers News.