About Higher Options
This year's Higher Options Conference on entry procedures to third level colleges in Ireland and the UK. will take place in the RDS, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Now in its twenty fourth year, the conference has become the definitive and centralised forum for third level choices for Irish students. It also has the official sanction of the Irish Department of Education & Science.
The format of the conference is the same for each of the three days, to cater for the thousands of final year students who travel from all over Ireland to attend.
Bookings from schools are not completed until mid-September, but we anticipate in the region of 25,000 students, guidance counsellors, and parents over the three-day period.
The format of the conference is as follows:-
THE EXHIBITION CENTRE IS OPEN FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM EACH DAY
THERE WILL BE LECTURE SESSIONS EACH DAY...
covering topics such as the options on offer in Irish and UK third level education, the CAO and UCAS admissions systems, alternative routes to third level through FE, how to choose a career and how to cope with college life.
SEPARATE CAREER TALKS WILL BE HELD...
Provisionally these will cover careers in art and design, information technology, engineering, the law, business and finance, beauty therapies and fashion, social services, journalism and communications and the hospitality industry.
WHERE & WHEN?
The conference takes place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 14th to 16th September inclusive, in the:
RDS Exhibition Centre
Merrion Road
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4.
For further information email
higheroptions@irishtimes.com
Now in its twenty fourth year, the conference has become the definitive and centralised forum for third level choices for Irish students. It also has the official sanction of the Irish Department of Education & Science.
The format of the conference is the same for each of the three days, to cater for the thousands of final year students who travel from all over Ireland to attend.
Bookings from schools are not completed until mid-September, but we anticipate in the region of 25,000 students, guidance counsellors, and parents over the three-day period.The format of the conference is as follows:-
THE EXHIBITION CENTRE IS OPEN FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM EACH DAY
THERE WILL BE LECTURE SESSIONS EACH DAY...
covering topics such as the options on offer in Irish and UK third level education, the CAO and UCAS admissions systems, alternative routes to third level through FE, how to choose a career and how to cope with college life.
SEPARATE CAREER TALKS WILL BE HELD...
Provisionally these will cover careers in art and design, information technology, engineering, the law, business and finance, beauty therapies and fashion, social services, journalism and communications and the hospitality industry.
WHERE & WHEN?
The conference takes place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 14th to 16th September inclusive, in the:
RDS Exhibition Centre
Merrion Road
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4.
For further information email
higheroptions@irishtimes.com
