Midterm Break

A big well done for all the hard work, study and efforts gone in by all students and staff to during the first half of term. Enjoy the well deserved break. Make the most of the rest and renewal... Enjoy the lie-ins and Happy Halloween!
               

Study skills for 6th, 5th, 3rd and 2nd yrs

Study skills with Student Enrichment Services will run as follows for students after midterm...

Monday 9th November

6th yrs 9.15-12.00 (break from 10.55-11.10)

5th yrs 12.05-3.15 (lunch 1.10-2)

Monday 30th November

3rd yrs 9.15-12.00 (break from 10.55-11.10)

2nd yrs 12.05-3.15 (lunch 1.10-2)

All classes run as normal before and after study sessions.

UCD BA info eve cancelled 22nd October

UCD BA information evening tomorrow Thursday 22nd October has been cancelled. They apologise for any inconvenience caused and woyld like all prospective students to know there will be an opportunity to attend talks and meet with staff from the BA Course at the UCD Open Day. The UCD Open Day will take place on Saturday, 7 November from 10am until 4pm. Visit www.ucd.ie/openday for further information.

Coding opportunity for all students

Google's Call to Code is open for registration. See here for details 

UCD Open days and evenings

Please see the list here for all upcoming open days and subject specific evenings at UCD

6th year parents' Careers Talk

Please find a link to last night's 6th yr parents Career Options talk by Ms. O'Connor here
It would be useful for 6th years to take a look also :)

IADT midterm workshops

Dun Laoghaire IADT are holding several workshops for some of their Honours degree courses over midterm for prospective students on Wednesday 28th October. The workshops are aimed at 6th years but are also open to 5th yr and TY students. See details below for specific workshops and email elena.somoza@iadt.ie before Thursday 22nd October this week or talk to Ms. O'Connor.

Programme	Workshops	Time	Room
DL825 - BSc (Hons) in Applied Psychology	Introduction to Psychology Usability	​11am - 12.30pm 12.30pm - 2pm	A012 A012
DL836 - BSc (Hons) in Creative Computing	Programming  Web Design	1pm - 2.15pm 1pm - 2.15pm	A127 A117
DL835 - BSc (Hons) in Creative Media Technologies	Building and Making	2.45pm - 4pm	A217

UCD Business Open Evening

UCD Quinn School of Business are hosting an open evening this coming Monday 19th October from 6-8 for all prospective students. Please see here for details

Engineering - Graduate Shortages

Please see this article for an interesting read on graduate shortages in Civil Engineering

Leaving Cert RE Revision - Maynooth Uni

Attention all 6th yr RE students - Maynooth University are hosting a RE Revision day on Saturday 17th October from 9.30-3.30. See details here

DIT - School of Creative Arts Open Day and Portfolio Clinic

Any students thinking of applying to any of DIT's Creative Arts courses (Fine Art, Photography, Visual Communication Design, Interior Design, Visual Merchandising and Display) please see here for details of their Open Day and Portfolio Clinic on Thursday 26th November.

UCD Law evening

Attention 5th and 6th years - UCD are hosting their Law information evening next Tuesday 13th October from 6-8pm. Students must register to attend and can bring up to 2 guest (usually parents/guardians or an older sibling). Please see this link to register

TY Work Experience Opportunities

!!Three Unique Opportunities!!

1. Several TY Work Experience opportunities are available in Trinity mainly in the Science and Computer Science faculties. Please see this link for further info and how to apply.
2. For anyone with an interest in Business there is also an opportunity to gain experience in marketing and sales and social media with Stein Study. Please see here
3. Also anyone with an interest in taking part in work experience with RTE should give their name to Ms. O'Connor or Mr. Ferguson. This programme is run on a lottery based system so not everyone who applies is guaranteed a place

UCD - National Maths Week Event

UCD are hosting an evening of Maths talks and lectures on Tuesday 13th October from 6-8pm. All students welcome but would probably be very beneficial to any 6th years with an interest in studying Maths or Statistics at 3rd level. Please see this link for further info