Blackrock Further Education Institute

Blackrock Further Education Institute
Established 1982
Principal Deirdre Hanamy
Students 1,000
Address Main Street
Blackrock
Co. Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
53°18′03″N 6°10′33″W / 53.3009°N 6.1757°W / 53.3009; -6.1757Coordinates: 53°18′03″N 6°10′33″W / 53.3009°N 6.1757°W / 53.3009; -6.1757
Website http://www.bfei.ie

Blackrock Further Education Institute (BFEI; formerly Senior College Dun Laoghaire) is a college of further education in Dublin which was established in 1982. In 2015 it moved to Blackrock in a redeveloped Town Hall, Technical College and Carnegie Library.[1] It provides both higher educational qualifications (BTEC Higher National Diploma) as well as technical/vocational education and training in areas including Beauty Therapy, Creative Multimedia, Marketing, Auctioneering and Estate Agency Practice, Accountancy and Design.[2] Blackrock Further Education Institute is located in Blackrock, 7 kilometres from Dublin City Centre.

Since its foundation the Institute developed rapidly and was soon providing Accounting, Marketing, Business, Beautician, Creative Multimedia and Interior Design courses for full-time and part-time students. The Institute is now one of the largest educational providers in the Further Education sector and offers full-time, mornings only as well as night courses. The Institute provides awards at QQI Levels 5 and 6 as well as the more advanced BTEC/Edexcel Higher National Diploma. Many students who successfully complete the Higher National Diploma in Business progress onto the third (and final) year of a related degree in Swansea Metropolitan University or IADT Dun Laoghaire.

References

  1. ↑ New Beginning campus for Blackrock Further Education Institute Unveiled Irish Times, September 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ Blackrock Further Education Institute www.plccourses.ie
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