CSSI is delighted to announce our 2017 Professional Development Event.

Title of Event: Promoting Services through Social Media 

Date:  Wednesday, 15th February and repeated on Thursday, 16th February. This is to facilitate as many members as possible. Maximum number per workshop: 24.

Times:  10.00 a.m.- 4.30 p.m.  Teas/Coffees will be available upon arrival as will lunch at 1.00 p.m.

Venue:  The Glucksman Library, University of Limerick.

Directions to the campus and parking facilities are available on the Buildings and Estates webpage (click here for details).  Those attending are advised to use the Pay Car Park across from the main bus stop (drive in main gates with Flag Poles, drive straight through roundabout, main bus stop ahead on the left, pay car park across on the right).  The training room in the Glucksman Library is a short walk from the car park with clear sign posts.

Tickets for the Event can now be booked at the following:

UPDATE: We are now completely sold out – looking forward to seeing you on the 15th and 16th.

4^th Transatlantic Dialogue

Creating human bonds through Cultural Diplomacy

When: May 24^th -26^th / 27^th, 2017

Where: Campus Esch Belval & Neumünster Abbey, Luxembourg

The Transatlantic Dialogue conference series on global citizens, held in Luxembourg since 2008, explore the significance of culture / liberal education for fostering global citizenship from both US and European perspectives.

Please check out the Conference Homepage for any further information

Transitions in Education: Special One-Day Conference

on

Students’ Transitions from Second Level to Third Level and

from Primary School to Second Level Education

Friday, 23^rd September 2016.

Mary Immaculate College, South Circular Road, Limerick.

Venue: Room G10 (Ground Floor), Foundation Building.

Agenda: MIC Transitions in Education Conference Flyer

This month over 50,000 students will take a very significant step in the transition from second-level to third-level education, with a similar number progressing from primary to post-primary education.  These transitions are among the most important milestones in the lives of children and young people, and it is important that they be enabled and empowered to get the most out of the move from one education setting to another.  Many of the conversations about such transitions to date have focused on curricular aspects, and have highlighted the need for a holistic approach that is student-centred.  This conference builds on work done by the DES, educators and academic experts, among others, and focuses on the student as a person with unique needs and tremendous potential.  The conference specifically incorporates the voices and experiences of students and parents.

The conference is open to all, and will be of particular interest to students, parents, teachers, school managers, professional bodies and researchers.  It is anticipated that the conference deliberations and recommendations will be published and presented to policy-makers.

The Initiative for Transparency in Educational Grants (ItS – Initiative für transparente Studienförderung), is a non-profit organisation which has established a new scholarship programme, the “Dream NEW” Scholarship.

Trinity College Dublin are recruiting for a Head of Service within the Academic Registry. This is to Head up the student facing customer service desk and is the first line of enquiry (via face to face, telephone or email) for most students.

Details of the post are available here: TCD Head of Service (Academic Registry)

For more information, please contact Leona Coady at lcoady@tcd.ie or tel +353 1 896 4557 [Direct Dial].

ECStA, European Council for Student Affairs, is looking for engaging workshop proposals for our next workshop. We’re looking for session proposals that explore student and staff exchange between Student affairs organisations and engage a conversation around experiences on welcoming international students. The workshop takes place in Venice, Italy on 16 September 2016.

Please consider proposing a session, or distribute this to colleagues who may be interested. Please submit your session proposal by midday GMT on Friday 8 July 2016, to Sabrina Pawlak at Sabrina.Pawlak@cnous.fr.

A draft of the schedule for the workshop can be downloaded here: ECStA-Workshop_16092016_draft

Each year CSSI holds a national conference, and on Thursday 23rd June 2016, this will take place in DIT Grangegorman Campus. Tickets are now available; please click on the link below to book yours.

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cssi-conference-2016-tickets-25505054304

The brochure for the conference is available to download from here: CSSI-Conference-Schedule-2016

Information on how to get to Grangegorman, bus routes and parking is available here: http://www.dit.ie/grangegorman-campus/howtogettograngegorman/

A map of the DIT Grangegorman Campus, including bus routes and parking can be downloaded from here: DIT Grangegorman Campus Map 2016

The theme for the conference is Enhancing Student Engagement and Success in Higher Education. The event aims to inspire Student Services professionals to explore new approaches, develop current success, consider international perspectives, and discover new potential.

Registration will begin at 8.30 a.m. with the conference commencing at 9.00 a.m. and will finish at 4.30 p.m.

We look forward to seeing you at the Conference.

Judith Mulcahy is a Research Assistant working on the REACT (Responding to Excessive Alcohol Consumption in Third-level) project.

The REACT project is an exciting, and potentially transformational programme involving collaboration between the Department of Health, HSE Health Promotion and Improvement, the Union of Students in Ireland, UCC Health Matters and the Irish Student Health Association. The goal of this project is to deliver an Award Accreditation Scheme in the third-level sector that will recognise and reward an institution’s efforts to reduce alcohol-related harm amongst its students. Within this the project aims to establish a scheme that would require an institution to achieve/deliver 8 mandatory and a number of optional action points.

As part of the project were are holding a forum in the Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Building in Athlone Institute of Technology on Tuesday the 28th of June between 11am and 3pm. The forum’s primary focus will be to give representatives from colleges/universities/institutes of technology an opportunity to meet and discuss their concerns, problems and facilitators to their involvement in REACT with each other.

REACT would be delighted if you could join us to discuss our progress to date. If you are able to attend this event, please RSVP to judith.mulcahy@reactalcohol.ie.

You are invited!

Student Volunteering Symposium #studentvolunteer16

You are most welcome to join us at NUI Galway on the 5th of July 2016 at 10.30 for a Symposium on Student Volunteering at the Institute for Lifecourse and Society.

Why Student Volunteering Research?

The recent expansion of Irish HEI community engagement initiatives supporting student volunteering raises important questions and the Symposium will be a critical, safe place to build a scholarly layer of enquiry.

Listen, Share, Engage

As a symposium we welcome contributions from you to enhance student volunteering with all our stakeholders: students, higher education, alumni, non-profits, employers and community partners.

You are invited to present on your work and in particular you might like to take a focus on the one or more of the following themes:

• build understanding on the scale of student volunteering
• how to begin researching your student volunteering practice and supportive research tips
• recognising the scholarship dimensions of student learning through extra-curricular engagement
• raising awareness of contemporary research into student volunteering at higher education through practice and policy levels

Keynote Speaker Clare Holdsworth

Clare Holdsworth (Professor of Social Geography, Keele University , UK) is the most prolific writer in the UK on student volunteering and really pushes the boundaries of our thinking. Her keynote will address the mobilisation of employability skills as an outcome of volunteering, valuing and nurturing voluntary activity as an end in itself and critiquing graduate attributes discourses.

Symposium Website Links

About the Symposium: www.nuigalway.ie/community-engagement/studentvolunteering

To SPEAK on the day and share your work: http://www.nuigalway.ie/community-engagement/studentvolunteering/presentatsymposium/

To REGISTER to attend: http://www.nuigalway.ie/community-engagement/studentvolunteering/attendthesymposium/

The Symposium event will be of interest to:

• Students
• Staff of Higher Education
• Researchers and Academics
• Practitioners
• Community or Non-profit Organisations
• Social Enterprises
• General Public

College Awareness Week 2016 – Save The Date: 21-27 November 2016

www.collegeaware.ie

How to get involved in College Awareness Week

– Host an event in your organisation
– Visit schools in your local area
– Download activity ideas and resources from www.collegeaware.ie

Benefits of College Awareness Week

– Celebrates the importance of going to college
– Showcases local role models who have gone to college
– Creates a college-going culture in your community
– Helps students to become college ready
– Supports an increase in the number of students who progress to college

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Download our flyer here: College Awareness Week 2016 – Save The Date