Description
The programme, entitled ‘Postgraduate Diploma in Further, Adult & Community Education(PFACE)’, is now at Full Planning Proposal (FPP) stage (stage 6 of 7). For the first time in the history of the School of Education UCC, a truly Lifelong and Life wide curriculum provision can soon be offered to prospective students i.e. those learning practitioners who teach adult learners across QQI levels 1-6. The research collaboration and professional network spinoffs are enormous and the programme itself will generate 630,000 euros over its first four-year cycle, which accounting for costs and a 40% central overhead figure, will deliver a healthy surplus which in turn can be enhanced into the future. In addition, and in close collaboration with the Centre for Adult Continuing Education UCC (specifically DrSéamus Ó Tuama, Lyndsey El Amoud and FET practitioner Finola McCarthy), we are developing a complementary level 8 stand-alone programme (with entry routes to the level 9offering). Opportunities for international programme, apprenticeship and other programmatic, as well as new international research project collaborations are enormous. CPD opportunities at local, regional and international levels are likewise made possible (with the use of micro-credentials, for example). We already have a strong network of partners (at statutory and non-statutory levels) who have indicated their firm support for our ambitious, transformative plans.| Period | 2017 → 2025 |
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