BLACKROCK FURTHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE Prospectus & Career Guide 2019-2020 BUSINESS AND LAW Find the right pathway for you DESIGN COMPUTING, NETWORKS AND DIGITAL DESIGN COMMUNITY, EMERGENCY BEAUTY AND HEALTH THERAPY, CARE HOLISTIC THERAPIES AND MAKE-UP ARTISTRY Principal’s Welcome Blackrock Further Education Institute - Mission The Importance of the College Experience Statement Welcome to Blackrock Further Education Institute’s prospectus for the 2019/2020 academic year. You are invited The Institute is dedicated to browse our wide selection of Level 5 and Level 6 accredited to the development of the full potential of learners, courses. Our courses are your pathway to employment or intellectually, emotionally progression to 3rd Level Education in the disciplines of and vocationally, while also Beauty, Make-Up, Emergency Services, Community enhancing their independence, Health Care, Computing, Design, Business and Law. constructive criticism, co-operation and care As well as excellent teaching and learning, We are actively participating in Erasmus+ for others, in a supportive we emphasise the importance of your programmes throughout Europe. Selected environment. personal development and helping you students in our Beauty and Computing achieve your full potential. Whether you are Departments have completed work a recent school leaver or a mature student, placement programmes in Tenerife and we want to provide you with the best Ütrecht (The Netherlands). Even more education, training and student experience. exchange opportunities are planned for 2019/2020. Participation in these At Blackrock Further Education Institute, programmes adds an extra dimension to you will study in an award winning campus, the learning experience and will help realise Open Days arguably one of the best in Ireland. your full career potential and expand However, it is the range of activities, both your horizons. 2019/2020 educational and extra-curricular, that contribute most to a positive college If studying in Blackrock Further Education experience and will be remembered fondly Institute is of interest to you or someone you by learners. BFEI believes it is important to know, simply visit our website and apply Wednesday 22 May 2019 encourage events and activities that present online at www.bfei.ie. 2pm to 4pm opportunities to make new friends, bond teams and collaborate. In this prospectus Tom Taylor Wednesday 28 August 2019 you will gain an insight into some of the Principal 12pm to 5pm many social, cultural and charity activities at BFEI that are both enjoyable and fulfilling. Wednesday 15 January 2020 10am to 4pm Principal BFEI is a constituent College Tom Taylor of the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education & Deputy Principals Training Board (DDLETB). Breda Lillis, Lucy Tierney DDLETB CEO Paddy Lavelle Principal’s Welcome Contents What BFEI Can Offer You 2 Professional Qualifications and Progression to Higher Education 3 A New Beginning 4 Don’t Mind The GAP! 5 Award Winning State-of-the-Art Campus 6 The Social Side 8 Celebrating Achievement - Graduation & Achievement Awards Ceremony 2018 10 Course Charges and Funding Information 11 Application Procedure 11 BUSINESS Accounting Technician Mornings Option Available 12 Accounting Technician Apprenticeship 13 Auctioneering, Estate Agency and Valuation 14 Pre-University Law Business 15 Pre-University Arts and Social Science 16 Business Studies Business 17 Business and Management NEW Business 18 Business Marketing, Innovation and Technology Business 19 DESIGN Pre-University Architecture NEW 20 Interior Architecture and Design Mornings Option Available Design 21 Landscape Architecture 22 Design Garden Design NEW 23 Product Design NEW Design 24 Graphic Design DesignDesign 25 Arts Administration 26 COMMUNITY, EMERGENCY AND HEALTH CARE Community Emergency Pre-Paramedic Fire and Ambulance Service Community Emergency27 Applied Psychology Mornings Option Available 28 Community Emergency Community Emergency Psychology with Special Needs Assisting (SNA) Mornings Option Available Community Emergency29 Retail Pharmacy Assistant 30 Nutrition, Health and Wellbeing 31 Sports Injuries and Soft Tissue Massage Therapy 32 Beauty Pherapy BEAUTY THERAPY, MAKE-UP AND HOLISTIC THERAPIES Holistic Therapies Mornings Option Available Beauty Pherapy 33 Beauty and Body Therapy BeautyBeauty Pherapy Pherapy 34 Nail Technology with Eyelash and Eyebrow Treatments Beauty Pherapy 35 Theatrical, Media and Fashion Make-Up Artistry 36 COMPUTING, NETWORKS AND DIGITAL DESIGN Computing Essential Office IT Skills Mornings Option Available 37 Computing Computer Science 38 Computing Computer Networks and Cyber Security Computing 39 Computing Data Analytics NEW 40 Digital Publishing and Creative Writing Mornings Option Available 41 Games Design and Development 42 Web Design and Digital Media Mornings Option Available 43 EVENING COURSES 44 PROSPECTUS AND CAREER GUIDE The information herein is up-to-date at the time of publication. Any offer of a place is conditional on the Institute receiving approval and funding, which is subject to review at all times, from the Department of Education and Skills, SOLAS and DDLETB. Course content is also reviewed on an on-going basis and this coupled with changes in resourcing and changes in Awards, may result in course modification. Where changes occur after the publication of this prospectus, these changes will be reflected on the Institute website (www.bfei.ie). In the event of conflicting information, please contact the Institute Admissions Office at [email protected]. © 2019 Blackrock Further Education Institute 1 What BFEI Can Offer You A CHOICE OF COURSES WITH FLEXIBLE ENTRY • A variety of courses leading to recognised qualifications are offered in a broad range of disciplines. • BFEI is not part of the CAO points system, and offers flexible entry to those who want to gain professional qualifications or alternative pathways to degree courses. • BFEI courses are suited to a broad student profile including school leavers, and those who wish to Career Guidance and Counselling return to education to re-train or upskill. If you do not hold the Leaving Certificate, and are looking We endeavour to support you during your time at BFEI and to ensure that you for a new career, and a fresh start, then BFEI offers realise your full potential. An outline of the supports we offer is provided here. you that second chance opportunity. If you do not meet the stated entry requirements, you should GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT Further Study make direct contact with the Institute to explore We provide a free and confidential Guidance, Having completed a course at BFEI, you may want your application on an individual basis. Counselling and Career Service which includes: to progress to higher level education. Our courses • Advice and supports if you are making that lead to QQI Awards offer this opportunity. the transition back to education. Third Level Colleges reserve places on many courses • Personal Counselling with any personal for students who have successfully completed a full difficulties you may encounter during your Level 5 or Level 6 QQI Award. We will offer you advice time at BFEI including referral to specialised and guidance on further study options including counselling services as relevant. CAO and UCAS applications. • Study Skills Workshops including Learning SUPPORTS FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, Styles, Time Management, Research HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SPECIFIC Skills and Report Writing. LEARNING DIFFICULTIES • Support if you have a disability or a specific learning difficulty as outlined below. If you have a disability, health condition and/or a specific learning difficulty, we will endeavour EVERYDAY IS FULL OF POSSIBILITY! to provide you with appropriate supports within TEACHING AND LEARNING the limits of available resources. You may be entitled We will support and facilitate you to explore the to supports under the Higher Education Authority • BFEI staff are chosen for their qualifications, range of possibilities open to you whether it be (HEA) Fund for Students with Disabilities. Supports experience, enthusiasm and commitment progression to further study or direct entry to the available may be limited and depend on the funding to continuous professional development. workplace. We will support you at whatever your granted by the HEA. Examples include the purchase Courses are delivered in small teaching groups stage in life, to explore the options open to you. • of assistive technology, provision of a personal which facilitates more contact with Subject assistant, and additional learning support either one Teachers. Career Advice BFEI has strong links with industry and places an to one or small groups. This fund applies if you have Each class is assigned a Course Co-ordinator who • emphasis on preparing graduates for employment. sensory, physical and/or communicative disabilities. will focus attention on each individual student. As Guidance Counsellors, we provide assistance If you have a specific learning difficulty, such as • A broad range of methodologies are used with CV writing, job search techniques, and dyslexia, you will need to provide an assessment by including instructor-led tuition, practical classes, interview skills to help you make the transition an educational psychologist to apply for this fund. field trips and tutorials. to work. Career focused events designed to In order to apply for supports, you will need to Continuous assessment is an integral expose you to the different types of career • complete the
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