Schools Liaison

Open Day 2013

The Trinity Open Day is open to all second level pupils and parents/guardians. For students seeking admission to Trinity in 2013 the Open Day will be held on Saturday 7 December 2013. A series of presentations will cover most of Trinity's courses, while prospective students will have an opportunity to meet with teaching staff and current students for all courses at the individual course stands. Tours of College will also be provided. The Event Guide will be available to download from this webpage in November.

Nationwide Careers Fairs

Trinity College is represented at all of the major nationwide IGC careers fairs and at many other regional careers fairs each year. At these events prospective students can obtain copies of the prospectus and can find out about Trinity College’s courses, specific entry requirements and student life at Trinity College. For details of careers fairs in your area contact the Guidance Counsellor in your school, your local adult education college, or see www.qualifax.ie

School Visits

Staff from Trinity College are available to visit a limited number of schools to provide a presentation about Trinity College and our range of courses. If you would like to request a visit to your school please contact the Admissions Liaison Officer by telephone at +353 1 896 3992 or by e-mail: schools.liaison@tcd.ie.

Specific visits from our Schools of Computer science and Statistics, Nursing & Midwifery, Engineering, and Religions, Theology and Ecumenics are also available (where visits may be impractical due to geographic location, visits can be organised for small groups of prospective students to meet the academic staff in Trinity College). To request a visit please contact:

The School of Computer Science and Statistics: E-mail: enquiries@scss.tcd.ie, Tel: +353 1 896 3665

The School of Engineering: E-mail: engineering@tcd.ie, Tel: +353 1 896 1142

The School of Nursing and Midwifery (Jeni Ryan): E-mail: ryanjen@tcd.ie, Tel: +353 1 896 3860

The School of Religions, Theology and Ecumenics, Department of Religions and Theology: E-mail: jwelch@tcd.ie Tel. +353 1 896 1297

The School of Religions, Theology and Ecumenics, Loyola Institute: Email: lindsaye@tcd.ie Tel. +353 1 896 3477

Visiting Trinity College & Campus Tours

Guidance counsellors may request an on-campus presentation and a campus tour (for visiting school groups). On-campus tours and presentations are limited so please book in early! If you would like to book a campus tour please contact the Admissions Liaison Officer by e-mail: schools.liaison@tcd.ie or by telephone at +353 1 896 3992.

The Admissions Office is located in the Academic Registry and is open daily, Monday-Friday from 9.30-5.00. Potential applicants are more than welcome to drop in to discuss Trinity College’s application procedures.

In addition, the School of Computer Science and Statistics also offer small groups of students the opportunity to meet members of their teaching staff on-campus. For further information please contact the School of Computer Science and Statistics directly by e-mail: enquiries@scss.tcd.ie or by telephone: +353 1 896 3665.

The Trinity College campus is an open campus and visitors are welcome at all times. The Book of Kells is on display in the Old Library and second-level students may visit the Book of Kells and library exhibition free of charge. It is advised that groups book in advance – please contact +353 1 896 2320.

The Science Gallery also holds regular exhibitions and events, see www.sciencegallery.com

You may also take a Virtual Tour of Trinity's campus.

Mature Students’ Information Seminar

A seminar providing advice and information on making an application to TCD for prospective mature students will take place on Thursday 9 January 2014 from 5 pm to 6 pm. This seminar will be repeated from 6 pm to 7 pm. Please visit the mature students website in December 2013 for more information: www.tcd.ie/maturestudents.

Mathematics/Physics Open Day

The Schools of Mathematics and Physics will hold a specific Mathematics/Physics open day on Saturday 9 November 2013. The day will include:

• Presentations by our professors and lecturers on topics like particle physics, string theory, nanophysics, astrophysics.
• Presentations about our degrees in maths and physics.
• Information about career opportunities for maths and physics graduates.
• A tour of the laboratories and other facilities.
• The opportunity to chat to the lecturers, and to students currently studying in Trinity College.

Nursing open evening

A specific Intellectual disability nursing, and Mental health nursing open evening will be held in January 2014. Students, parents and teachers are very welcome to attend.

There will be presentations, nursing skills demonstrations and an opportunity to talk to our professors, lecturers, clinical tutors and current students about the courses. Light refreshments will be provided. See www.nursing-midwifery.tcd.ie for more details in December.

Transition year programmes

Biochemistry and Immunology

The School of Biochemistry and Immunology runs two separate work-experience weeks for transition year students each year, taking 16 students each week. Students are selected from a range of schools around the country to maximise school participation. The students spend half their week in a research laboratory, where they interact with students and senior researchers, learning about and participating in the laboratory’s research. The rest of the week involves group activities with talks, quizzes and visits to scientifically relevant sites on campus. Application forms available on the School website: www.tcd.ie/Biochemistry

Botany

The Department of Botany hosts transition year students for a week-long structured work experience programme that covers the range of activities of the Department. Students have the chance to experience what happens behind the scenes in an active research environment, working alongside technical staff, PhD students and professional scientific researchers. In addition to working at the Trinity Botanic Gardens, students have the chance to extract DNA in the molecular laboratory, to examine plant/animal interactions, to examine seed germination and storage using the Irish endangered plant seed-bank, to measure, in the field, critical environmental parameters and to work in the internationally important Herbarium. In addition, transition year students will meet with staff and attend presentations. Students seeking further information should contact the Department directly via e-mail: botany@tcd.ie. More information about the Department can be found at www.tcd.ie/Botany

Chemistry

The School of Chemistry hosts a week long programme aimed at transition-year students. The programme involves a series of lectures, practical work and interactive tours of the facilities. This course offers a unique opportunity for interaction with students from different schools and for hands-on exposure to advanced methodology in world-class laboratories. Dates for the 2013-14 TY programme will be announced on the School of Chemistry website in autumn:www.tcd.ie/Chemistry

CRANN (Nanoscience)

CRANN is Ireland’s leading nano and materials science institute and hosts two “Experience Nano” weeks for TY students yearly, one in spring and one in autumn. We take 15 students in each week from different schools around the country. Students learn about the basics of nanoscience through lectures and lab workshops with postgraduate students. They get to see advanced electron microscopes which we use to understand tiny materials like transistors in computer chips and medical devices. Students also learn about how CRANN works with industry partners, e.g. Intel, and about the commercialisation of research. Application forms available at http://crann.tcd.ie/Education-Outreach/School-s-Programme/Experience-Nano.aspx

Medicine

The School of Medicine runs a one week Transition Year Programme during the academic year. There are a limited number of places available and students are selected from different schools in order to maximise school participation and geographical spread. In order to provide an insight for TY students into the life of a medical student/clinical practitioner, they spend 1 day in teaching activities with 1st and 2nd year medical students in TCD, 1 day in clinical skills tutorials, and the remainder of the week assigned to a clinical team in the teaching hospitals. Application procedures are available on the School website:www.medicine.tcd.ie/education/THTYP

Nursing

The School of Nursing and Midwifery will run a transition year programme in early 2014. Exact dates and further details for the programme will be announced on the School of Nursing and Midwifery website in autumn 2013: www.nursing-midwifery.tcd.ie

Pharmacy

The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences hosts structured week-long work experiences for transition year students from October to March each academic year. This includes a range of activities such as a tour of the facilities, attending lectures, seminars, workshops and practicals with our Pharmacy students. See www.pharmacy.tcd.ie/info/transitionyear for further details.

Physics

The School of Physics hosts a number of outreach events during the academic year. The popular Transition Year Physics Experience (TYPE) is held in November of each academic year. It lasts a full week and introduces students to nanophysics and astrophysics. The School also hosts two one-day events in February each year which focus on nanophysics or astrophysics. Information on all TYPE activities is sent to all secondary schools inviting them to submit applications for selected students. Public lectures for secondary school students are also held during Science Week. The details are posted on the Science Week website (www.scienceweek.ie). Details on the various events can also be found on the School of Physics website: www.tcd.ie/Physics/Outreach

Science Gallery

The Science Gallery runs week long mentoring programmes for up to 20 transition year students at a time, from different schools nationwide – in February/March and October/November. Each programme is developed for students to participate in workshops and experiments, lab visits and exhibition tours, presentations, talks, quizzes and an opportunity to potentially develop project ideas for upcoming exhibitions. For application details and other enquiries related to the mentoring programme please e-mail typrojects@sciencegallery.com

Zoology

The Department of Zoology offers a Transition Year Programme to introduce secondary school students to the exciting world of scientific research and teaching in our department. During your week with us you will get to meet our staff, students and post-graduates in a friendly and structured week of laboratory and related activities.
See www.tcd.ie/Zoology/TY/index.php for further details.