TY Student Opportunites

The following opportunities may be of interest to you during TY - please see Ms. O'Connor  or Mrs. Sweeney for any queries, parents can email cbcmonkstownguidance@outlook.com

Work Experience/Careers:

• Barrister Work Exp – applied for via school/teacher www.lawlibrary.ie/TYProgramme 
• Solicitor work exp – applied for via school/teacher www.lawsociety.ie/futuresolicitors
• Stein Study TY Media Marketing Academy - https://www.steinstudy.com/ty-work-experience
• RCSI School of Physiotherapy "Exercise, Health and Well being" for Transition Year students – details for this year yet to be announced
• RCSI MiniMed http://www.rcsi.ie/dublinty – applied for via school, registration opens 11th Sept
• Slingshot Academy – STEM http://www.slingshot.ie/academy.html
• Junior Doctors - https://juniordoctors.ie/
• Walk in My shoes - http://www.walkinmyshoes.ie/secondary-school/transition-year/ for students interested in a career in the health sector, including medicine, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, occupational therapy and social work
• Trinity TY programmes - https://www.tcd.ie/study/eu/undergraduate/transition-year-programmes/
• UNICEF - https://www.unicef.ie/get-involved/youth-engagement/transition-year-programme/
• Sealife Bray – ring Annie on 0128669393 
• Abbey Theatre TY Programme - details yet to be released, see https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/get-involved/work-with-us/ for more info and contact details 
• National Gallery of Ireland Education Department https://www.nationalgallery.ie/programmes-young-people-16 

• Hugh Lane Art History Courses http://www.hughlane.ie/art-history-courses

• Hugh Lane Portfolio Courses http://www.hughlane.ie/portfolio-courses/forthcoming
• Intel Secondary School Programs - week-long interactive program with opportunity to experience workshops which will provide an insight into the world of engineering and science as well as some of the business functions evident at Intel. https://www.intel.ie/content/www/ie/en/education/secondary-school-program.html
• DCU Compute TY, introduces students to computer programming and encouraging them to study computer science at third level - http://www.computing.dcu.ie/event/computety
• Tallaght Hospital – A Teaching Hospital of Trinity College Dublin: Transition Year & Work Experience http://www.tallaghthospital.ie/Departments/Centre-for-Learning-Development/Transition-Year-Work-Experience.html
• UCC School of BEES Transition Year Programme – students get the opportunity to study and work alongside BEES staff and students for a week and get a feel for areas like Plant Science, Zoology, Environmental Science and Geology. https://www.ucc.ie/en/bees/outreach/typ/
• Irish Architecture Foundation My Architecture Design Journal http://www.mydesignjournal.ie/students/
  
  

Gaisce: 

Roddy Doyle's Fighting Words Write Club – meets the Personal Skills requirement of a Gaisce award and is offered in Dublin, Dún Laoghaire and Enniskerry. For more details, click here.

Competition:

TY Art & Photo Competition – applied for via school/teacher http://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/school_project/2016-17-art-photo-competition-open-entries/