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| Coláiste Uí Ghríofa, Corcaigh | |
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| Established: | 2005(Drinan St. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point ), 1884(Skerrys) |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Diarmuid Hegarty |
| Location: | Cork, Ireland |
| Affiliations: | HETAC, HECA |
| Website: | http://www.gcc.ie |
Griffith College Cork is an independent education institution based in the former Skerry’s College Cork which it merged with Griffith College in 2005, where it runs courses in Business, Law, Secretarial, Media & Journalism, Design as well as evening courses in Psychology, Office Skills, Computing and development and training Courses. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Cork (Corcaigh is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland 's third most populous city after Dublin and Belfast Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Higher Education and Training Awards Council ( ( HETAC) the legal successor to the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA grants Higher education Cairo International Airport (Arabic مطار القاهرة الدولي is the busiest airport in Egypt and the primary hub for Star Alliance member A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Skerry's College (also known as Skerrys Academy Skerrys Cork Business College or Skerrys Business College is a college in Cork History and General Information Griffith College in Dublin ( GCD) (Coláiste Uí Ghríofa is a Private college located on the former Griffith
Most of the undergraduate degree courses are validate by HETAC and a number of them require application via the Irish CAO system. The Higher Education and Training Awards Council ( ( HETAC) the legal successor to the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA grants Higher education The Central Applications Office ( CAO) (An LárOifig Iontrála is the organisation responsible for overseeing most Undergraduate applications in the Republic
The Journalism & Media postgraduate course is validated by HETAC and the Graduate Business School programmes are validated by HETAC & Nottingham Trent University. Nottingham Trent University ( NTU) is a University in Nottingham, England.
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Courses
Accountancy
Since 2000 there is also a division of the college which provides Professional Accountancy training in Drinan St. , Cork [1] for the ACCA, CIMA, IATI and CPA accountancy bodies. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ( ACCA) is a British chartered accountancy body with a global presence that offers the Chartered Certified Griffith College has been appointed as a registered CPD/CPE provider.
Business
The college runs a variety of HETAC validated Degrees in Business Studies, Marketing and Accountancy & Finance as well as Certificates in Business Studies, Intercultural Studies and Travel & Tourism. The Graduate Business School runs a number of programmes in International Business Management.
Law
The LLB(Hons) in Irish law is jointly accredited by HETAC and Nottingham Trent University, England and this is recognised by the King's Inns for entry to its Degree of Barrister-at-Law which is a professional qualification for practice at the bar, it also enables graduates who wish to qualify as solicitors to sit the Law Society of Ireland’s entrance examinations. The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law Nottingham Trent University ( NTU) is a University in Nottingham, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The King's Inns (Óstaí an Rí formally known as the Honorable Society of King's Inns ( HSKI) is the institution which controls the entry of barristers-at-law A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction The Professional Law school runs the highly successful Preparatory Course for the Law Society Final Entrance Examinations(FE1) in Cork delivered via Video Link. A Law Society in current and former Commonwealth jurisdictions is an association of solicitors (effectively the trade organisation for solicitors which has a regulatory role Last year the 8 out of 9 of the Law Society prizes were won by Griffith College students two of these had done the FE1 course in Griffith College Cork. In Summer 2008 he college will run the Preparatory Course for the Entrance Examination for the King's Inns which will be taught at the St. Patrick's Hill Campus in Cork. The College also runs the IILEX Diploma in Legal Studies. Background & Aims The Irish Institute of Legal Executives was formed in 1987 incorporated in 1992
Media & Journalism
The College runs an undergraduate BA in Journalism(HETAC) and a postgraduate in Higher Diploma in Journalism & Media Communications(HETAC). Higher Diploma and 2nd year Journalism students get onair experience of radio running the Student Radio station Griff FM 106.7Mhz. Also available are a short evening courses in Creative Music Technology and Writing Drama for Radio.
Design
The college runs a BTEC Higher National Diploma in Interior Architecture & Design and a Limperts Diploma in Interior Design & Decoration. The Business & Technician Education Council (BTEC was a subdegree-conferring council in the United Kingdom until 1996 when its functions were transferred to Edexcel
Secretarial School
The Diploma in Administration and Office Skills, trains administration and secretarial staff for employment as the college has done as Skerrys for over Sixty years.
Evening Courses
Some 700 students last year participated in evening programmes run in Griffith College Cork. There are a number of professional courses in business as well as psychology offered which are validated by ICM, SAGE, ECDL/EUCIP, JEB/EDI courses, and a number of evening Law and Media courses in Creative Music Technology and Writing Drama for Radio. SAGE is an independent for-profit academic Publisher of books more than 500 Journals, and databases in the humanities social sciences and scientific Also the ACCA Certified Accounting Technician(CAT)
Short Courses
There are also a number of Short Term Day courses run at GCC. The Certified Accounting Technician (CAT qualification is offered by the Association of
Facilities and Services
Library
The College Library holds an extensive range of set course texts and background reading material for all college programmes GCC has access to a number of on-line databases including Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw and BSP. LexisNexis (sometimes simply called "Lexis" or "Nexis" among users is a popular searchable Archive of content from Newspapers Magazines Westlaw is one of the primary online Legal research services for Lawyers and legal professionals in the United States and is a part of West and Also the online elearning platform moodle is used by the college, for providing course material to students. Moodle is a Free and open source E-learning Software platform (also known as a Course Management System (CMS or Learning Management Systems (
Computing
The College’s four computer laboratories contain 70 fully networked workstations. Printing and photocopying facilities are available to students in the Openlab.
Studio & Student Radio Station
The college has a fully equipped radio station and studio, for use by the Journalism and Media students. In students from the media faculty will broadcast a radio station for a week in March. Griffith College Cork's Student radion station Griff FM 106. 7 broadcasts on a Temporary Licence from from the BCI on 106. 7MHz FM on 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2008, it is also relayed online Griff FM 106.7Mhz.
Placement
GCC offers a Career Placement Service, as the college did as Skerrys in the past, for its students throughout the Cork and Munster area.
Graduation
Graduation ceremony has taken place for the past number of years, in St. Fin Barres Cathedral in Cork, for the academic programmes each November, these ceremonies have been attended by family and friends of graduates as well as representatives of the validation bodies (HETAC, NTU, IILEX, ICM, Limpert's Academy and ACCA) and local elected representatives. The Higher Education and Training Awards Council ( ( HETAC) the legal successor to the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA grants Higher education Background & Aims The Irish Institute of Legal Executives was formed in 1987 incorporated in 1992 The College also presents prizes for Evening Student of the Year and HETAC Student of the Year at this ceremony. For some of the other Professional programmes such as IATI separate ceremonies take place.
External links
- Griffith College Cork - official website
- Griffith College Cork (Drinan Street) - official website
- Griffith College Limerick - official website
- Griffith College Dublin - official website
- Griffith College in Moscow - official website
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