| Griffith College Limerick | |
|---|---|
| An Coláiste Uí Ghríofa, Luimnigh | |
| Established | 2006 (MWBI 1988) |
| President | Diarmuid Hegarty |
| Students | 800 |
| Location | Limerick, Ireland |
| Affiliations | HETAC, HECA |
| Website | http://www.gcl.ie |
Griffith College Limerick (GCL) is a private college in Limerick city, Ireland. The college was established in 2006 when the Mid West Business Institute was acquired by Griffith College. The college runs full time and part time courses in accountancy, business, law, engineering, computing & IT and has a range of part time courses available.
Originally located on Old Town Hall, Rutland Street, Limerick, it is moving to a newer and larger premises on 31 / 32 Upper William Street, Limerick, in December 2008.[1] The new building was officially opened by the Minister of Defence Willie O'Dea T.D. on the 23rd of January 2009.[2]
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The college offers professional accountancy full and part time programmes for ACCA, and the Accounting Technicians of Ireland(IATI) as well as the ACCA Diploma in Financial Management. Griffith College Dublin - School of Professional Accountancy runs the ACA course in Limerick with lectures at Mary Immaculate College.[3] In 2009 ACCA part time programmes are conducted by the lecturers from Professional Accountancy Department at Griffith College Cork in Limerick, these are papers F4 to F9, P1 to P3, P6 and P7.[4] Similarly, Certified Public Accountants (CPA) programmes Formation 2, Professional 1 and Professional 2 are also available in Limerick.[5]
The college runs a number of full time courses in Business validated by HETAC as well as full and part time ICM and BTEC courses, in Marketing, Human Resources Management, Travel and Tourism, Sports Management and Office Administration. Also Griffith Colleges' BA(Hons) in Accounting and Finance(HETAC), Higher Certificate in Business and Business Administration, and will be on the CAO system in 2011. In 2009 a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management(NCCEducation) which is part of a programme leading to an MBA awarded by the University of Gloucestershire commenced. Also commencing in 2009 is the Executive Masters programme which will lead to an MSc in Supply Chain Management from National Institute of Transport and Logistics (NITL) in Dublin Institute of Technology(DIT).
Griffith Colleges The Professional Law School runs courses for the examinations for entry to the Law Society of Ireland in Limerick. These lectures had been delivered in the Castleroy Hotel prior to the college moving to new premises, when the Hotel closed due to financial problems in early 2009[6] the course was moved to the new college building.The college also runs a number of ICM validated diploma courses in Legal studies.
There are a number of day and evening courses in Computing & IT at GCL. In line with the computing courses in Griffith College Dublin, 2010 sees the commencement of the Higher Certificate in Computing and the BSc in Computing, both validated by HETAC. Other courses include the Diploma in Business Computing(ICM), Advanced Diploma in Personal Computing, Certificate/Diploma in Web & Internet Technologies (ICM) and International Diploma in Computer Studies (IDCS). There is a Postgraduate Diploma(awarded by NCC Education)[7] and MSc in Strategic Business Information Technology (awarded by University of Portsmouth).
In 1998 the first engineering course commenced at the Mid West Business Institute and GCL remains the only private third level college in Ireland providing engineering courses. Griffith College Limerick offers part time and full time courses in Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Griffith College Limerick also provides a number of training courses in Engineering, Business, Computing, Law, Media, Psychology, Operations & Training and Production & Inventory.[8]
In the past the Mid West Business Institute provided MBA programmes awarded by University of Surrey in the UK, other programmes awarded by Oxford Brookes University in the UK also some business degree programmes were run in conjunction with the Limerick Institute of Technology(LIT). The BSc (Hons) in Computing and Internet Systems was also awarded by University of Huddersfield.
The College has four comfortable lecture halls with ceiling mounted overhead projectors seat over four hundred students. A large quiet area beside the library for study is available to students. There is a canteen / recreation room available to students to meet and relax. Tea, coffee and vending machines provide light snacks.
The college has two modern CAT 5 networked computer rooms with internet access via broadband, printers, wireless routers for use with laptops, e-mail and all software required for the various IT and Engineering courses that are delivered at the college. The main computer room is equipped with a ceiling mounted projector.
The college has two Engineering Labs with electronic test equipment, pneumatic boards and equipment / components for experiments associated for the engineering programmes.
Course related books and journals are available from our library. On-line research facilities are available for students as well as the facility to access course material and lecture notes.
Academic and pastoral counseling is available to students of Griffith College Limerick. Assistance with professional course based work placement and casual employment is available through the college. For international students the college provides assistance with visa extensions, opening bank accounts, medical insurance, accommodation, travel etc.
As in the MWBI days, a number of full time programmes are entitled to tax relief such as the HETAC Higher Certificate in Business.[9]
Graduation ceremony took place each November, the 2010 ceremony took place on Monday the 8th of November as it has done in recent years the graduation ceremony was hosted in St. Marys Cathedral in Limerick, in attendance were Deputy Mayor of Limerick Cllr. Diarmuid Scully, Mr. Willie O’Dea TD, Mr. Gearóid Ó’Conluain – Chief Executive, Higher Education & Training Awards Council (HETAC) and Mr. Diarmuid Hegarty – President, Griffith College.[10]
The 2009 ceremony took place on November the 5th[11] with students graduation from the colleges HETAC, BTEC/EDEXCEL, NCC Education and ICM programmes.[12][13] The 2008 Ceremony attended by family and friends of graduates as well as representatives of the validation bodies such as HETAC, BTEC Edexcel, ICM and NCC, as well as other local elected representatives such as Councilor Kathleen Leddin, Deputy Mayor of Limerick City who assisted in the presentation of awards. The 2007 ceremony[14] was addressed by the then Deputy Mayor of Limerick, Councillor John Gilligan, who helped present the awards to the graduates and the 2006 ceremony was attended by Mayor of Limerick City Joe Leddin.
A number of additional College awards are presented such as the GCL - HETAC Student of the Year, GCL - BTEC Student of the Year and Overall Griffith College Limerick Student of the Year.
Separate awards ceremonies take place for ACCA, IATI and IPICS students with their awarding bodies.