Where would you like to be today? London, Paris, Madrid, New York, Dubai, Moscow, Rio, Sydney, Hong Kong .

The EOP is Irelands most successful Graduate placement programme and is also the only programme open to applications from graduates of all disciplines. EOP enables candidates to gain a valuable introduction into the world of employment and offers them a unique opportunity to develop their skills in a practical work environment. The EOP is of twelve months duration, with a minimum of six months spent outside of Ireland. The programme encompasses all industry sectors and provides an unparalleled career start for graduates. The EOP is also the only Graduate Programme to offer internationally recognised accreditation at level 9 on the HETAC scale leading to a potential MSc in International Business Development.
For further information please see their website EOP. Applications are accepted from 05/01/09 - 05/03/09. The Careers Service strongly advises as many students as possible to attend this event. The EOP is an excellent programme which is offering 200 placements this year.

  Getting an interview means that your application was a success so well done. Now it's up to you to get that job. Come along to hear more. What questions will you be asked? How can you sell yourself? Find out how to prepare your business agenda. Seminar will include: types of interviews / interview questions / reflecting on the interview.

  Get Creative and show Stereotyping the Boot - The Irish Universities are holding an
Inter Varsity Creative competition with the theme of 'Challenging Stereotypes' full
details of the competition are available at DCU Equality

In the staff category there are two chances to win with a prize at Institution level: 1st
prize €150, 2nd prize €75 and at National level: 1st prize Sony Reader, 2nd Prize Flip
Mino HD. The entries can be original art, photography, poetry, prose or mixed media
and entries are welcome from individuals or groups. The closing date for receipt of
entries is Friday 20th of March.

If you would like further details please contact Paul Smith in the Equality Office CG67, Phone 6300.

  Want to travel the world? Gap year? Teach English and meet new people? Learn to become a professional English language teacher in Sunny Bulgaria! In a month you can have the qualification, which opens the door to teaching English around the world.

For the last 8 years AVO-Bell, Sofia has been the leading provider of Cambridge ESOL trainings in South East Europe at both CLETA/DELTA level. With a pass rate of 100% you can be assured of high quality training. For more information log onto AVO-Bell or email your interest to celta@avo-
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  Dublin Institute of Technology’s Postgraduate Open Day will take place on Wednesday 11th March, 2009 from 3pm until 7.30pm in DIT Aungier Street.

Further information can be found at DIT

  The Research Council of Norway is launching Yggdrasil, a new mobility programme for PhD students and young scientists to Norway. The YGGDRASIL mobility programme promotes the internationalisation of Norwegian research by offering grants to highly qualified, international PhD students and younger researchers in connection with research stays in Norway. The programme seeks to make Norway an attractive research destination for highly qualified international PhD students and younger researchers, thus strengthening the Norwegian research communities involved at the same time. This programme normally accepts grant applications from: PhD students admitted to an organised doctoral degree programme and younger researchers who completed a PhD degree not more than
six years prior to submission of the grant application. Applicants must be affiliated
with a higher education and/or research institution in Ireland. They must also be an
Irish citizen or a permanent resident in Ireland. These scholarships will be awarded
from the academic year 2009-2010. Candidates shall apply direct to the Research
Council. A letter of invitation from a Norwegian host institution must be included. The application deadline is 22nd April 2009. Contact Marie Mooney by email at marie_mooney@education.gov.ie for further information.

  This Scheme is run by Universities Ireland in collaboration with the IBEC-CBI Joint Business Council.The closing date for applications is Friday 15th May 2009, and the scholarships must be taken up for the academic year 2009-2010. These scholarships are worth €15,000 (approx. Stg£14,000) each. They are open to students undertaking a recognised Master's or the first year of a PhD programme in the other Irish jurisdiction. Two of them will be in areas of study of particular relevance to business and industry (co-sponsored by Dublin Port and RPS Group) and another will be in the area of arts and social science and will be funded by Universities Ireland alone.

This scheme is open to all students currently registered at an Irish or a Northern Irish university (or who have graduated within the past five years), and to Irish and Northern Irish students currently registered at a university in England, Scotland and Wales (or who have graduated in the past five years).

The aim of the scheme is to encourage outstanding students from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to cross the border to undertake postgraduate study and experience life in the other jurisdiction. It has been conceived both to support the continuing reconciliation process in Northern Ireland and to train highly skilled postgraduates to contribute to a new phase of economic and social development for the island as a whole. Universities Ireland

  Irish Language Awards 2009 - 2010 - Call For Applications. The Ireland Canada University Foundation offers an annual programme of scholarly exchange awards open to all academic disciplines, between the universities of Canada and Ireland. Founded in 1994 by Dr. Craig Dobbin of Newfoundland and Dr. Patrick Hillery, former President of Ireland, the Foundation is recognised also in Memorandum of Understanding that was signed in 2004 by the then Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern T.D. and then Canadian Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Paul Martin M.P. Starting in this coming academic year, with funding from the National Lottery and the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, the Foundation is providing a number of Irish language teaching assistantships and visiting lectureships which will be tenable at Canadian universities offering substantive courses in the Irish language.
There are 3 categories of awards available:
1) Irish Language Teaching Assistantships - to participate in the Irish language
instruction at a Canadian university for the ten month academic year while providing
current or future teachers with the opportunity to refine their teaching skills and
extend their knowledge of Canadian society and culture that they can draw upon
when they return to Ireland.
2) Lectureship Awards - to promote Irish language and culture in Canada by
providing opportunities for Irish language academics to lecture / research for 4 - 9
months in a recognised academic institution in Canada.
(3) Canadian Student Irish Language Award: - This award is tenable by a student
registered in a Canadian university to fund participation in an approved Irish
language course in a Gaeltacht environment.
Further information on the awards, the terms and conditions and application forms
are available on ICUF Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Friday 3rd April 2009 Email: info@icuf.ie

  WHO IS POSITIVE EQUITY? Positive Equity is a top proprietary trading group, established in January, 2009. It was a part of the Saxon Financial group until January 2009 when three leading entrepreneurs who have over 25 years experience in the business decided that this was their chance to take a step into creating their own personal work space for themselves and their employees. There are currently 25 full time traders in Positive Equity and 10 trainees. Their company trades futures on bonds, currencies, energy (oil and gas), and equity indexes across exchanges in Europe, Asia and the US. They would like to hire and train 6-8 trainee traders. They will teach you how to trade successfully in today’s fast-paced electronically traded global securities markets. Together, they will turn you into a successful trader. This is an incredible opportunity for anybody attracted to the challenges and rewards that are inherent to the securities markets and trading world. They are looking for confident, disciplined individuals who have studied subjects such as finance, maths or IT at university. They want people with drive who are enthusiastic about performing to the best of their abilities and have a strong sense of self-awareness to become part of their trading team. Final year finance with particular emphasis on MBS in Finance .