Motivational Quotes
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Career Profile – Priesthood
Fr Jerry Carey Priest (www.killaloediocese.ie) I am a Priest of the Diocese of Killaloe, which covers mainly Co Clare and parts of Tipperary and South Offaly. If I was…
Case Study 1
Deirdre Lynch, a student of Commerce at NUI Galway, is currently enjoying a once-in-a-lifetime experience on a one-year exchange programme in Hong Kong. Her desire to travel combined with the…
Case Study 2
Stephen Tully, also studying Commerce at NUI Galway is currently on an exchange in Hong Kong. He chose to do the exchange programme largely due to the positive impact it…
Case Study 2
Cecilia Clifford spent a year in Sweden at the Mittuniversitetet (Mid Sweden University) for her ERASMUS while studying for her BA in English and Media and had the time of…
Case Study 3
Lucy Jago is a final year student studying for a BA (International) in Arts – specialising in Anthropology and Philosophy – at NUI Maynooth and has just returned from an…
Employment & Lifelong Learning
A central tenet of Lifelong Learning is that traditional patterns of education, e. g. school » college » career, are no longer as dominant. Further and higher education is increasingly…
Case Study 1
Clíodhna Fannin is studying International Commerce with Italian at NUI Galway. She spent 2006/2007 in Trento, Italy, on the ERASMUS programme and describes it as ‘the best decision I have…
The Higher Education and Training Awards Council
The Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC) is the qualifications awarding body for 3rd level educational and training institutions outside the university sector up to PhD level. It makes…
Certification
There are a multitude of reasons why people decide to gain official qualifications – not least the fact that they improve your employability and can help fast-track you into the…
National Framework for Qualifications
The National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) was introduced in 2003 to provide a flexible, standardised and integrated system of qualifications in Ireland. Its aim was to meet the needs of…
Awarding Bodies
There are various awarding bodies from which the awards are granted depending on the level of the award and the award type. The awarding bodies are listed below:The State Examinations…
The Further Education and Training Awards Council
The Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC) is a great way of furthering your education if you don’t get the points you need to get into college or university.…
