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Career Guidance Resources and Stakeholder Collaboration
Action 3.A.1
20k+ Searches on Languages Connect Careers Portal Course Finder
Overview:
PPLI assists Guidance Counsellors through the provision of relevant resources and supports to help them
encourage their students to choose and retain modern foreign language subjects, as well as to support them
in the conversation around the promotion of modern foreign language uptake on entry, and at transition
points, within their schools.
Main Aims:
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Increase awareness among Guidance Counsellors of the importance of language learning to encourage
the wider use of foreign languages
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Assist Guidance Counsellors to provide relevant information to students and parents around language
subject options and methods of provision
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Work with relevant stakeholders to disseminate information and supports to Guidance Counsellors and in
turn, students, parents, and the wider school community
Activity:
PPLI continued to promote and disseminate the suite of Languages Connect Guidance resources across
various digital platforms, stakeholder collaborations and in schools nationwide throughout 2022. PPLI
worked with the Institute of Guidance Counsellors and delivered a presentation as part of the webinar series
in March 2022.
The partnership with Careersportal.ie, Ireland’s leading career guidance website, also continued. Languages
Connect articles are included in each monthly newsletter which is circulated to over 4,000 guidance
professionals. A languages tile is featured on all 33 career sectors on the site and are featured regularly on
Careers Portal social media posts. The Languages Connect Course Finder on Careersportal.ie is continuously
updated to include all third level courses available that include a language at Major, Minor or Elective level.
This filter was used over 20,000 times in 2022. We are also continuously improving and updating the content
with new videos, content, and resources.
PPLI collaborated with Guidance provider Synergy Careers on a presentation, in December 2022, to raise
awareness amongst students, parents and Guidance Counsellors as to the importance of languages for future
study and career options.
In 2022, we collaborated with Business in the Community Ireland for a series of interactive webinars
promoting the benefits of languages.
Speakers from a variety of industries and Third Level discussed their experiences with languages. The series
included a webinar aimed at TY students and a second for 6th class primary school pupils.
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