Access Award Programme
(Volunteer Programme for CIT Students)
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Do you want to make a real difference? Learn a new skill? Be part of your community? Boost your career prospects? Have new experiences? Meet diverse groups of people? Then you might consider the CIT Access Award Programme. The CIT Access Service is looking to recruit Volunteers for a new Access Award Programme. |
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The programme is a special volunteer initiative for CIT Students. The CIT Access Service recruits 15 high calibre volunteer students to work on CIT Access initiatives. Each student is given training prior to commencing on the programme. The training would involve an overview of CIT Access, child protection issues, working in teams, public speaking, etc.
The Access Award Programme requires each student to commit to 10 hours of project work over the course of one semester. This work includes school visits, role model sessions, student shadowing sessions, home-work clubs, etc. At the end of the academic year and on completion of the 10 hours, the Access Award student is invited to attend a lunch with the CIT Registrar and Head of Academic Affairs in the Training Restaurant and is presented with an Access Award Parchment. All Access Award student volunteers will appear in the CIT Learning City Magazine. Student volunteers need to be enthusiastic, friendly, committed and reliable.
CIT Access Service
The CIT Access Service aims to ensure wider participation and equality of outcome in higher education by promoting access to CIT and third level and facilitating participation and progression for under-represented groups.
The Access Service works with four under-represented groups
- Socio-economically disadvantaged groups
- Students with disabilities
- Mature students
- Ethnic Minorities
If you are interested in being involved please complete the application form and hand it into the Access Service, Student Centre, Cork Institute of Technology.
For information please contact Deirdre Tel: 021 433 5140.
