Expand+(Optional Year 2 QQI Level 6 now available)

This one-year course will aim to prepare participants for work with young children in the rapidly expanding world of childcare, and crèche supervision/management. The childcare worker needs the social, c...

Hide-(Optional Year 2 QQI Level 6 now available)

This one-year course will aim to prepare participants for work with young children in the rapidly expanding world of childcare, and crèche supervision/management. The childcare worker needs the social, communication and caring skills to work with individuals and groups. Childcare will lay a foundation for these skills and provide the work experience to put learning into practice. This course will serve as training for crèche/community care/healthcare industries or as a link to childcare or early childhood education courses in many IT colleges throughout the country. This programme is ideal for both school leavers and experienced mature persons seeking a formal education. There is now a FETAC Level 6 Certificate available in Dunboyne College of further education which will run subject to availability and demand.

Expand+The college welcomes adults over 23 who wish to return to education and who wish to retrain in new skills and technologies. A meeting is arranged before the academic year starts, this gives the student an opportunity to meet other mature students and...

Hide-The college welcomes adults over 23 who wish to return to education and who wish to retrain in new skills and technologies. A meeting is arranged before the academic year starts, this gives the student an opportunity to meet other mature students and to become familiar with the college.

We also organise lunchtime meetings and refreshments for mature students on a regular basis.
A special study skills seminar is run for mature students in the first few weeks of college. Mature students are encouraged to attend these once-off meetings even if it means missing class as they will help students to adjust to college life. Students are encouraged to visit the student support office regularly.

Expand+Maintenance Grants
Students who are entering an approved full-time Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) course for the first time in 2017/2018 or who are already attending approved PLC courses are eligible to apply for a maintenance grant. This grant does...

Hide-Maintenance Grants
Students who are entering an approved full-time Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) course for the first time in 2017/2018 or who are already attending approved PLC courses are eligible to apply for a maintenance grant. This grant does not cover the cost of registration or examination fees. It is a maintenance grant paid each month directly into the student’s bank account.

Students apply for the PLC Maintenance Grant at www.susi.ie. It is not necessary for students to know the exact course they will be attending in September in order to apply for a PLC Maintenance Grant. The initial decision regarding the grant is based solely on income. The PLC Maintenance Grant is a means tested grant. This involves an assessment of the earnings in the family (parents and candidate). Students over 23 years of age in the year of entry to the course who are living outside the family home will be assessed on their income and that of their spouse (if applicable).

Please check with the following web addresses for the final dates for grant applications.
All information on www.studentfinance.ie or on www.susi.ie

Expand+Career Opportunities
Graduates may pursue a certificate or degree course in many of the IT colleges or universities around the country or alternatively may seek immediate employment in a range of Community Care, Health Care, and Community Developme...

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Graduates may pursue a certificate or degree course in many of the IT colleges or universities around the country or alternatively may seek immediate employment in a range of Community Care, Health Care, and Community Development centres/initiatives. There are now a large range of Social Studies or Community Care certificate and degree courses available to graduates on the newly expanded QQI links programme. For example there are 10 places in Maynooth University through Social Science and 83 through First Arts as well as five places in UCD and a large quota in other third level colleges like IT Blanchardstown, DIT and IT Dundalk.