As part of Theme I of the Higher Education 4.0 Project, the MyCareerPath online platform has been developed to support career and learning pathways for prospective students and employers. This initiative aligns with the project’s goal to provide clear guidance on upskilling, retraining, and returning to education while fostering employability and career advancement.
Key features of MyCareerPath:
- Guidance for Individuals: Helps candidates explore learning pathways, achieve career objectives, and prepare for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
- Support for Employers: Provides a cost-effective way to enhance employee skills, improve engagement, and promote internal career development.
- Collaborative Efforts: Works with national and international companies like Forward Emphasis International and Dornan Engineering Limited Group to support employee skill development and career clarity.
Complemented by one-to-one mentoring, the platform has proven valuable for HR and L&D departments to enhance employee development while nurturing engagement and retention.
Additionally, the ‘Progression Pathways: Further Education to Higher Education’ programme—another initiative under the Higher Education 4.0 Project funded by the Human Capital Initiative—focuses on removing barriers for students transitioning from Further Education (FE) to Higher Education (HE).
By addressing these challenges, the programme promotes equality of access and creates more opportunities for learners.
This comprehensive approach underscores the project’s commitment to lifelong learning, employability, and equitable access to education.
The Career and Learning Pathways team help employers engage with staff and motivate them to upskill. They also work with those wishing to return to education by helping them understand their strengths and find the education path that best suits them, through initiatives like Recognition of Prior Learning and MyCareerPath.
Multiple pathways into & through higher education & employment
Our podcast series
The Higher Education 4.0 Project has produced a four-part podcast series exploring career choices and upskilling and reskilling in the workplace.
Titled The Learning Journey, the four episodes boast a variety of special guests in life coach and former Galway senior hurler Tony Óg Regan; successful Galway lawyer Caoimhe Heery; JP McGonigle of Forward Emphasis International; and ATU President Orla Flynn. All four have very different stories to tell about their own career paths.
Following each chat with the podcast’s special guest, a panel discussion takes place. Some of the panellists include Bridie Killoran, Project Manager of ATU’s MyCareerPath programme, a flexible online career guidance service; Eamonn Walsh, Head of Department of Online, Flexible & Professional Development at ATU Galway-Mayo; Gavin Clinch, OFPD Head of Innovation at Atlantic Technological University.
Supported by ATU’s Higher Education 4.0 Project, which uses innovation and technology to provide pathways into and through higher education and employment, the host for the opening three episodes is Joseph Murray while Peter Cleary is the facilitator on the final episode.
The Learning Journey Episode 1
The Learning Journey Episode 2
The Learning Journey Episode 3
The Learning Journey Episode 4
