Expand+BACK TO EDUCATION INITIATIVE (BTEI)

The BTEI provides part-time Further Education programmes for young people and adults. It aims to give participants an opportunity to combine a return to learning with family, work and other responsibilities. Pro...

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The BTEI provides part-time Further Education programmes for young people and adults. It aims to give participants an opportunity to combine a return to learning with family, work and other responsibilities. Programmes are offered in partnership with a number of agencies throughout the country on a flexible part-time basis. Classes are offered throughout the year in the morning, afternoons, evenings or weekends. Courses lead to a range of accreditation at levels 1-6 on the NFQ.

Expand+Education: These Level 3 programmes are all targeted at adults and young adults who may 1) be progressing from Level 2 programmes, have few or no previous qualifications 2) want to develop the skills and capacity to progress further in education and...

Hide-Education: These Level 3 programmes are all targeted at adults and young adults who may 1) be progressing from Level 2 programmes, have few or no previous qualifications 2) want to develop the skills and capacity to progress further in education and training 3) have qualifications at this level but need to re-enter education to re-establish confidence and 4) consolidate core skills. It is expected that learners will come from a wide variety of social and cultural backgrounds and with a range of learning needs.

Aptitude: Ideally learners will have at least NFQ Level 2 qualifications. Where this is not the case pre-entry assessment will be offered to learners enrolling on a full time programme. It is expected that in order to participate successfully. Learners will need to be able to demonstrate 1) Adequate reading, writing and numeracy skills 2) Ability to participate in group work 3) Some autonomy when it comes to performing simple work/learning related tasks 4) In relation to some of the standalone IT courses it may be advantageous for learners to have basic internet and email skills and/or basic keyboard or word processing skills

Previous Experience: Ideally learners will have at least NFQ Level 2 qualifications. Where this is not the case pre-entry assessment will be offered to learners enrolling on a full time programme

Expand+Start Date 18/09/2017
End Date 29/05/2018
Duration 29 Weeks

ICT has been identified as a key future skill requirement as well as a potential area of employment. One of the aims of this programme is to develop the interest learners have in ICT...

Hide-Start Date 18/09/2017
End Date 29/05/2018
Duration 29 Weeks

ICT has been identified as a key future skill requirement as well as a potential area of employment. One of the aims of this programme is to develop the interest learners have in ICT by giving them the opportunity to develop both their digital competence and core skills. Learners will build their basic skills for learning while acquiring the knowledge about a range of practical uses of computers and other everyday technologies.

Title Award Awarding Body

Communications L3Lc Communications (3N0880) QQI
Digital Media L3Lc Digital Media (3N0552) QQI
Internet Skills L3Lc Internet Skills (3N0931) QQI
Mathematicsl3Lc Mathematics (3N0929) QQI
Personal Effectivenessl3Lc Personal Effectiveness (3N0565) QQI
Spreadsheetsl3Lc Spreadsheets (3N0542) QQI
Word Processingl3Lc Word Processing (3N0588) QQI
Computer Literacyl3Lc Computer Literacy (3N0881) QQI

Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes are outlined in individual module descriptors