Mobility Guidance Counselling CPD module launched

 

A free online Mobility Guidance Counselling course for Irish guidance counsellors was launched by Betty McLaughlin, President of the Institute of  Guidance Counsellors, at the 2016 Annual IGC Conference held at the University of Limerick on Saturday, 27th February. Hosted by the National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE) and Euroguidance, this module offers a new area of continuing professional development (CPD) for guidance counsellors in this country.


Hilary Lynch, Euroguidance Co-ordinator in NCGE, liaised with Euroguidance Sweden to translate, develop and adapt the CPD module for the Mobility Guidance Counselling process. Mobility Guidance Counselling is a relatively new area of study and the field is continually developing as we learn about how to best support our students in their quest to study, work or intern abroad. Guidance counsellors from post-primary to third level will be given the skills they need to support students before, during and after an overseas stay. The process is based on a model developed by Soren Kristensen Phd, an expert in Youth Mobility. IT Teaching and Learning contractor Charlene Hurtubise supported NCGE in developing the module.


The online Mobility Guidance Counselling CPD module can be completed at the convenience of the individual counsellor. Interested Guidance Counsellors can enrol for the CPD by contacting ncgeinfo@ncge.ie, marking the query ‘Mobility CPD’.


For further information, contact: shivaun.gallagher@ncge.ie. Phone: + 353 1 8690715/6

Irish Reference Group for EU Initiatives in Education and Skills

The Irish Reference Group for EU Initiatives in Education and Skills launched their first publication, Education and Skills: Working Together to bring Opportunities across Europe Home to You, at the Department of Education and Skills in July 2015. The publication was launched by Mary Doyle, Deputy Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills who commented, “The publication will help us to collaborate and connect with each other to understand what's in place to disseminate information". Europass, in collaboration with the Irish ENIC-NARIC centre Qualifications Recognition, the European Qualifications Framework National Contact Point (EQFNCP), Léargas, the National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE), Euroguidance and the Higher Education Authority (HEA), launched the Irish Reference Group for EU Initiatives in Education and Skills in July 2014. For further information, please visit the Europass website.

European Day of Languages Competition

 

To celebrate the European Day of Languages on 26 September 2017, NCGE/ Euroguidance and Léargas are holding a competition to encourage learners and teachers to engage with languages in different ways. The 2017 Competition is entitled: ‘My Dream Job in…’

Euroguidance Insight Newsletter

The Spring 2016 edition of the Euroguidance Insight newsletter is now available to download. Insight is published twice yearly and features informative articles from all areas of the Euroguidance community.

Articles are always welcome and should be sent to the following email address: Dora.stefansdottir@rannis.ie.

Featured in this issue are articles on:

    Shaping a future for newly arrived migrants
    The benefit of EPALE for guidance practitioners
    Career guidance in an unfair world
    Lifelong guidance in France
    How a new digital tool helps Danish youngsters choose an education
    Initiatives to improve the access and quality of lifelong guidance in Estonia
    The path of sociodynamic counselling in Poland
    Libraries as entrepreneurs for adult learning and inclusion
    Paths to professionalising career guidance
    Presenting the Euroguidance centre to the wider public, from the Republic of Macedonia
    The way to establishing a guidance window, from the Slovene community in Italy
    Professionalisation of guidance and counselling in Romania.

Euroguidance Insight Newsletter

 

The Winter 2016 edition of the EUROGUIDANCE INSIGHT newsletter is now available to download. Just click on the title link in this text for access. Insight is published twice yearly and features informative articles from all areas of the Euroguidance community.

 

Euroguidance Country Board Videos - Now available!

NCGE and Euroguidance Ireland hosted the International Euroguidance Network meeting in Dublin on 25th- 26th February, 2013 in association with the Irish Presidency of the EU Council. Euroguidance Ireland organised for each Centre to develop an illustrated representation of their own country’s experience of Evidence Based Guidance in advance of the meeting.  These were displayed throughout the week of events in association with the Irish Presidency, including the ELGPN meeting and the National Conference on Guidance. NCGE organised for these to be professionally filmed. Examples include footage of the Danish Country Board, the Austrian contribution, the Italian EG Centre and the Irish submission.

Euroguidance Blog Project

 

The Euroguidance Ireland Centre embarked on Phase 1 a Pilot Blog Project from August- December 2013 in order to illustrate what it’s really like to study abroad- warts and all! Two students, Claire and Seán travelled to Paderborn, Germany and Montpellier, France respectively, in order to study for a year as part of the undergraduate programmes in DCU, Dublin. From there they reported back to us on all aspects of studying abroad from homesickness, to meeting new friends and how precious Irish tea bags become! CHECK IT OUT! http://blog.euroguidance.ie/nggallery/page/2/#sthash.e1dAJ47r.dpuf

Claire: ‘Settling into Paderborn has been an unbelievable experience. As I have said this is a small city in Germany but one I love to be part of! I am here now two months and it really feels like home. College began two weeks ago and so it isn’t too stressful yet. One thing I will…..’ READ BLOG

Seán: ‘Settling in here in Montpellier has been a tough but very rewarding challenge over the past 8 weeks. While I’m loving every second of being here, France is endlessly different to Ireland!! Life both in and outside of college is a massive change from home. Firstly, college life……’ READ BLOG

 

Development of Cloud- based solution for interconnection of National datasources

This is a Tender request for the development of cloud based solution for interconnection of National datasources.
To read our tender request document please click here.

CPD Online Mobility Guidance Counselling Module

 

***Apply now for the IGC recognised online course in Mobility Guidance Counselling.*** NCGE/Euroguidance Ireland is once again running our free online course in Mobility Guidance Counselling. The module in Mobility Guidance Counselling (MGC) will be available online from 18th April to 23rd May, 2017. To apply please visit: vle.ncge.ie Below are testimonials from guidance counsellors who completed the course: ‘’An excellent overview of a systematic approach to supporting a student before, during and after a foreign learning experience." "I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of exploration at each stage of the module and the wide range of related resources." For further information please visit the Resources section on this website.