A broad range of further education opportunities
CRUMLIN College of Further Education has been offering educa- tional services in South Dublin for over 60 years. Located on Crumlin Road, its close proximity to Dublin Bus and Luas services makes it an ideal location for students. A range of QQI courses are offered at Level 5 and Level 6 in the schools of…
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The Edmund Rice International Heritage Centre in Waterford
The Edmund Rice International Heritage Centre in Waterford, Ireland, is the resting place of Edmund Rice, founder of the Christian and Presentation Brothers. It is also the site of an impressive visitor centre, thriving community centre and beautiful chapel. Admission is free, and all are welcome. As well as being a visitor attraction and place…
Explore, Learn, Discover at Castlecomer Discovery Park
With over 80 acres of beautiful woodland, two lakes, a river and imaginative indoor spaces Castlecomer Discovery Park has all you need for the perfect school trip! Home to Ireland’s longest Ziplines, we have a wide range of exciting adventure activities – perfect for class bonding and team building. How about testing your balance and…
Education to bring net gains for Irish seafood sector
Equipping the Irish seafood sector with the proper and relevant skills in business, financial management, marketing, law and innovation is essential to its sustainability and growth in a post-Brexit era. This is according to international fisheries and aquaculture expert Dr. Sigurdur Grétar Bogason who has more than 30 years of industry and academic research experience…
Leading PLC provision in Ireland
For many years Further Education, and in particular Post Leaving Cert. (PLC) provision has been the “Cinderalla” of the Irish education system. Even with over 30,000 participants annually, PLC Colleges and Further Education Institutes fall between the two stools of Post Primary and Third Level. With the restructuring and reimagining of Further Education and Training…
The best student accommodation in Sligo
Situated near the wooded surroundings of Lough Gill, Ardnua Village is within 600m of Sligo City Centre and the Instiotute of Technology Sligo. The bus for St.Angela’s College stops at the gate twice daily. Ardnua provides high quality 3 Star Bord Failte approved accommodation. The apartments and townhouses are within striking distance of all the…
A practical pathway to accountancy for school-leavers
Earn a minimum of €19,000 per annum and a professional qualification in as little as two years Accounting Technicians Ireland’s (ATI) apprenticeship programme, expanding nationwide, leads to a QQI Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Accounting and is proving to be a popular option for Leaving Cert students, and mature students looking to change their career…
Stairlift solutions for educational institutions
Able Plus have been providing stairlift solutions to the private consumer for over 20 years.
Robert Chambers Academy
Providing professional training for Irish and international students Founded in 1982, The Robert Chambers Academy is the foremost hairdressing Academy in Ireland. Robert Chambers is himself an icon of Irish Hairdressing fame. He established the first formal teaching Academy to provide professional training for Irish and international students, paving the way for many talented hairdressers…
An action-packed day out – Redhill Adventure
Redhills Adventure is one of Ireland’s most exciting adventure centres located very close to Kildare Village Outlet on a re-purposed farm. Opened in 2014, it is operated by brothers Paul and Owen Murphy, who both left careers in Tourism and Engineering respectively and converted the old family farm to offer great value activities for primary…
TU Dublin is up and running
The brand new Technological University Dublin (shortened to TU Dublin) formally came into being on January 1st 2019. An amalgamation of DIT, Blanchardstown IT and IT Tallaght, the new university will have 28,500 students and over 3,000 staff. It will maintain its existing campuses while the focus in the coming years will move to its…
RCSI in line for university status
The Government has approved a move seeking to advance university designation for the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI). An approved status for the RCSI would mean the institution could finally be recognised both in Ireland as well as abroad as a university. Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor said: “The RCSI has for over 200 years,…
‘Dramatic’ shortage of engineers in building
The supply of third-level engineering graduates and professional engineering apprentices must dramatically increase to meet the country’s current and future needs, a new report by Engineers Ireland has stated. The report found that the 55% decrease in civil and building engineering graduates over the last five years was ‘a particular cause of concern’, although it…
New teacher sharing scheme for post-primary schools
The Government has announced a new scheme to allow post-primary schools to share teachers in priority subjects. The scheme will start from the beginning of the 2019/20 school year and will be reviewed after the first year of operation. Education Minister Joe McHugh said that the aim of this scheme is to alleviate some of…