Tell me about Independent Colleges:
About 8,000 full and part-time students, including students taking professional courses pass through the door every year. The college campus has 25 lecture rooms across 2,600sq m (28,000sq ft) of teaching space with library, computer lab, and restaurant facilities.
Why change to Independent Colleges?
– The building, on Dawson St, just two minutes from Stephen's Green, is smack bang in a buzzing part of Dublin city.
– Lower class sizes and good engagement with well
qualified lecturers on a wide range of FETAC-accredited courses.
– CAO points are relatively low.
Why not change to Independent Colleges?
– The social side – clubs, societies, Students' Union – is quite poor. You'll need to make your own fun with your classmates.
– As one of the newer private colleges on the block, Independent Colleges hasn't got quite the same reputation among employers as more established rivals.
What's changed since February?
– Two new HETAC accredited courses in the business faculty: a BA in Marketing and a BA in Accounting.
– The BA in Journalism is now a BA in Journalism and Digital Media, offering internships in the affiliated Independent Newspapers group.
What's the advice from the college?
– If students don't know what to study – courses offered include arts and psychotherapy, business, law, journalism and media – The college offers consultations with their admissions team.
Most popular CAO course 2012?
BA in Business Studies.
What courses have declined in popularity?
- Some arts courses have seen a marginal decline.
Independent colleges in three words: New, determined, strong
