OCTOBER 2006

Carndonagh Community School hosts careers exhibition

On Thursday 26th October, for the second year running, Carndonagh Community School hosted a major Career Information Exhibition called 'Inishowen Future Options' in the school gym.

The event was set up last year to reduce the travel Inishowen students would have to undertake to attend open days and career exhibitions in Dublin, Belfast and other centres. The event was an unqualified success, with hundreds of fifth year, sixth year and PLC students from Carndonagh, Community School, Crana College, Moville Community College and Scoil Mhuire attending. Students from the Youthreach programme in the Buncrana Adult Education Centre and Glengad Training Centre also attended.

Almost 40 colleges, training organisations and employers from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland were in attendance and admissions officers/student liaison officers were kept busy distributing CD Roms, copies of prospectuses and other career and course information to the eager students, as well as answering any detailed questions that students had. Parents, guardians and members of the public were also attracted to the event and availed of the opportunity to meet with college personnel.

Mr. Paul Fiorentini, Principal of Carndonagh Community School, thanked the Institutes for taking the time to come to Inishowen for the event, reminding them that they now would have some idea of the effort and time it takes our students to attend their college Open Days.

The following institutions participated in the event were: An Garda Siochana, Athlone IT, Ballyhaise Agricultural College, Cavan, Carndonagh Community School, (PLC Courses), DIT Dublin City University, Fás, Letterkenny, Galway-Mayo IT, Letterkenny IT, Letterkenny Vocational School (PLC Courses) Irish Army, Limavady College, Mater Dei Institute, National College of Art and Design Dublin, National College of Ireland, Dublin, National Fishery School, Greencastle, North West Institute, Derry, NUI Galway, NUI Maynooth, Nursing Profiles Health and Fitness Centre, Letterkenny (sports and fitness courses), Queens University Belfast, Shannon College of Hotel Management, St. Angela's College, Sligo, Sligo IT, St. Patrick's College Drumcondra (Primary Teaching), Teagasc, Tipperary Institute, Tourism College, Killybegs, Trinity College Dublin, University of Ulster.

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