Rathmines College is excited to be busy preparing for when all well-established and new QQI Level 5 & 6 Courses, as well as the cost effective one-year Repeat Leaving Certificate course, will kick start the much anticipated 2020-21 academic year in late September.
The Rathmines College website www.rathminescollege.ie is the starting point to enroll for all QQI Level 5 and 6 courses in Business, Computer Programming, Administration, Media, Professional Accounting and Liberal Arts. The college is also delighted to offer new 2020-21 courses that link effectively to education and employment progression in:
· Aviation Finance
· Environmental Studies with Business
· Social Media and Public Relations
· Payroll and Accounting
· Pre-University Arts and Social Science
· Pre-University News and Media
Courses that are particularly popular for the academic year ahead are Pre-University Law, Digital News and Media alongside the choice of Business and IT courses. The academic future of Rathmines College students who complete the QQI Level 5 is bright as many will progress from QQI Level 5 to CAO place offers or the well-established QQI Level 6 Advanced Courses in the college in the areas of:
· Business
· Business Administration
· Software Development
· News and Media
Rathmines College offers excellent CAO progression options to colleges like TCD, UCD, DCU, DIT, TU Dublin and Maynooth with many any students who graduated in June ’20 now starting exciting higher education courses in these universities. Our Careers Guidance Team is on hand to help students in finding the right course to match their interests and the availability of SUSI grants is another reason to enrol and study with Rathmines College.
The CDETB college also offer a selection of well-established QQI Advanced Level 6 courses in Business, Office Administration, News and Media and Software Development. Again, these are one-year full-time courses and are an excellent way to progress to 2nd year in may third level colleges, for example TU Dublin, IADT and NCI.
Martin Keating, now a business teacher in Rathmines College, is a great example of the success of a further education course. Martin completed a QQI Level 5 & 6 in Business, progressed to a Marketing degree in IT Tallaght and then a teaching degree. Keating says ‘’I loved my learning experience in Rathmines College, further education is a great stepping stone into higher education and in doing my degree and masters course I felt confident from the skills and learning I had gained through studying at Rathmines College.
Repeat Leaving Certificate:
For the Repeat Leaving Cert class of June ’21 the college can offer academic and pastoral attention to students while being excellent value for money. With the repeat course, established over 40 years ago, fee just €300, or €173 for students with a Medical Card, students and parents can rest assured they are getting the best value for money alongside excellent teaching knowledge and experience and college resources to secure high success rates for the Leaving Certificate in June 2021.The college are offering repeat students the option of sitting the Leaving Cert ’20 written papers in November to combine with calculated grades or to re-sit the full Leaving Cert in June ’21.
Rathmines College can offer the repeat student experienced teachers, small class sizes and a subject range of over 20 Leaving Cert subjects at Higher Level. Repeat students enjoy the mature learning environment in the college.
Benefits
The benefits to studying at Rathmines College whether on a QQI course or Repeat Leaving Cert include:
· low registration fees for QQI and Repeat Leaving Cert courses
· low CAO points requirements for all QQI courses
· a vibrant learning environment in the heart of Rathmines
· SUSI, VTOS and Back to Education grants available to students.
· excellent university access opportunities on completion of QQI Level 5.
· small class sizes and supportive teachers
· good employment prospects upon course completion
· online learning options
For all Rathmines College information and to learn more about courses, student life and progression routes click + enrol on www.rathminescollege.ie
