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! ! ! AN ÓIGE - IRELAND APPS4GAPS BUS ÉIREANN “GO PLACES” CAREERS PORTAL If you’re looking to travel around Ireland on a budget, An Óige is here to help! We have 24 irish youth hostels located in prime locations throughout Ireland. Our budget youth hostels offer good quality, safe and comfortable accommodation for families, groups and individuals of all ages. You can choose from budget hostels in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Wicklow with all types of rooms and locations – everybody is welcome! All-Ireland competition run by the CSO and aimed at encouraging young people to create concepts and applications utilising freely available Open Data. ‘Go Places’ is Bus Éireann's exciting new TY competition. Students are asked to submit proposals on how Bus Éireann’s public bus transport and school transport can best continue to support schools and wider society into the future. Top prize is €3,000 in prize money and a class trip to Tayto Park. More information at An on-line career guidance resource that gives advice, helps students carry out self assessments, explore careers, consider courses and a whole lot more. IRISH COMMUNITY AIR AMBULANCE ! The Irish Community Air Ambulance TY Student Programme aims to train TY students across the country to carry out Cardio- pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and to use a defibrillator. ! The programme furthermore offers TY students an opportunity to be involved in this community funded initiative, and the programme offers discounts for training in participating schools. Participants: • Work in teams • learn or improve computer science skills • Utilise opportunities presented by Open Data ! ! Careers portal is hosting the “Career Zone” at the TY EXPO. Join them there and they’ll show you how to make the most of this valuable (and free) resource. • Be challenged in creating technologies such as mobile apps w w w. b u s e i r e a n n . i e / goplaces CSO OPEN DATA AWARD DELPHI RESORT DEVELOP ME Every year over 200 schools choose Delphi for their school tours. We inspire pupils to aim higher and achieve more through our multi-activity programmes. Located on a 300 acre site in the breathtaking Delphi Valley, Delphi Resort’s stimulating environment helps to change perspectives and broaden the horizons of young pupils. www.delphiresort.com Develop Me specialises in bringing the highest quality experiential learning training into the secondary school classroom. ! This award for the use of CSO Data is aimed at encouraging young people to use Open Data. This award is for the most innovative use (or potential use) of CSO Data. The award is open to all categories and age-groups and entries can be in any format ! T Y UPDATE MAY 2017 ! Through experiential learning we currently focus on two critical areas for today’s students: • Project Management • Understanding Effective Teamwork.