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MU FUTURE READY
MU Future Ready is a HEA funded initiative, established to empower Maynooth University students to enhance their skills and competencies for work, life and engaged citizenship. It presents an enhanced portfolio of curricular and co-curricular experiences that promote the personal and professional development of Maynooth University students. These include:
A BLENDED E-LEARNING OFFERING
The expansion of critical skills and employability programmes which are accessible in a flexible format to a wider range of students.
CRITICAL SKILLS
A subject dedicated to helping students succeed academically and build transferable skills.
PROJECT LIVE
This initiative provides our students with the opportunity to integrate theory and practice and have a real-world work experience in the classroom, as they engage in high impact experiential learning experiences with our industry, community, voluntary and public sector stakeholders.
ALUMNI MENTORING
This programme enables students from underrepresented backgrounds to access a professional network and supports them to become more aware of their career interests and opportunities. It also includes an optional work-shadowing opportunity.
MICRO INTERNSHIPS
This initiative presents a range of short, flexible work experience opportunities, available to Maynooth University students to complement their academic learning and enable them to get an insight into the world of work, whilst they develop a repertoire of professional skills.
CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY PORTAL
MU Future Connect is Maynooth University’s online careers and employability portal enabling students to access relevant advice, programmes, events, work-related opportunities and insights, in addition to valuable resources such as CV review and interview simulation tools.
Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning (EDTL) is a cross-institutional project bringing together all seven of Ireland’s universities. By promoting best practice in the use of digital technologies for learning, the project aims to enhance the digital attributes and educational experiences of Irish University Students, and a range of staff- and student-facing activities have been initiated at Maynooth in respect of this aim. The student voice is central to the initiative, with our Maynooth EDTL Student Interns working in collaboration with the Maynooth Students’ Union to ensure that the project is informed by our students’ needs and perspectives. You can access some of the supports and resources developed by the team to assist students with remote and blended learning, and to help them to develop their digital graduate attributes, including online resources, live events and targeted Instagram campaigns.
