We have four new courses starting in September 2020:
Social Media Influencer
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Occupational Health & Safety
Speech & Language Therapy Assistant
Click on the courses above to go to the course page and apply here
Traineeship Information Session
An Information Session for our Traineeship in Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Customer Service Logistics starting January 27th will take place in Speedpak, Clonshaugh Ind. Park on Monday 20th at 11am.
The course is run with leading local industries including IKEA, Butlers Chocoloates, Bewleys, RealTime Technologies and Allergan Pharmaceuticals.
The Traineeship has been very successful for many graduates who secure full time jobs.
New Course in Social Media Influencer
Apply here
Social Media Influencer – QQI Award in Multimedia Production (Level 5 5M2146)
A Social Media Influencer is a user of social media who has established credibility in a specific industry. They have access to a large audience and can persuade others by virtue of their authenticity.
On this course you will learn the fundamentals of influencer marketing through Instagram and Youtube platforms. The course will focus on content creation, attracting followers, building a base, sponsorship, creating short videos and developing a Youtube channel.
On completion of this course a student can progress to Journalism HND, Visual Communications HND, Marketing or develop an online Influencer/Youtube profile.
Course Content
Multimedia Authoring, Multimedia Project Development, Marketing Practice, Media Analysis, Design Skills, Communications, Work Experience, Web Authoring.
Entry Criteria
Leaving Certificate (minimum of 5 O6’s / 5 H7’s) or Leaving Certificate Applied (minimum of a Merit profile) and interview. Mature students are welcome.
Duration
One year
Certification
QQI level 5
Progression
On completion of this course a student can progress to Journalism HND, Visual Communications HND, Marketing or develop an online Influencer/Youtube profile.
Course Charges
€748*
*includes €200 Govt. charge
Information Evening Thursday 16th January
We are hosting Information Evening on Thursday 16th January from 4.30 – 7pm in our Coolock campus. This will give prospective students and their parents/guardians the opportunity to talk to staff and students about all our courses.
We will also be running Interview Preparation Seminars at 5.00pm, 5.30pm and 6.00pm which will cover all the detail of our interview process.
Our interviews will take place on Friday January 24th.
Interviews taking place on Friday 24th January
Interviews for courses starting September 2020 are taking place on Friday 24th January.
You can apply here.
We are hosting an Information Evening on Thursday 16th January from 4.30 – 7pm in our Coolock campus. Staff and students will be available to talk to on the evening to help you find the course that is right for you.
Applications for Courses Starting September 2020 Now Open
Applications for courses starting September 2020 are now open.
You can apply here
Our Information Evening on Thursday 14th November in our Coolock campus from 4.30-7pm will give prospective students the ideal opportunity to speak to current students and our staff about finding a course that is right for them.
Information Evening November 14th
We are hosting an Information Evening on Thursday 14th November from 4.30 -7pm in our Coolock campus. Staff and students will be available to talk to you about our courses and how to use our courses for progression to third level colleges and universities.
With over 30 courses to choose from start your route to success with CDCFE.
PLSS
Free Courses in Pottery and Cafe & Deli Service Skills
We are now accepting applications for Pottery for Beginners and Cafe and Deli Service Skills. These courses will start in early November and run until May 2020.
See the Pottery for Beginners course here
See the Cafe and Deli Service course here
These courses are run under the Back to Education Initiative (BTEI). BTEI gives unemployed adults the opportunity of returning to part time education, while retaining their benefit.
It’s not to late to sign up
It is not to late to sign up for your perfect college course with us. We are still accepting applications for over 30 PLC courses. Apply here or call into us in any campus this week from 16th -20th September between 10am and 2pm to discuss the course that is right for you. Courses starting soon.
Free Hairdressing Taster Course
Next Interviews August 26th
Applications for our courses starting September 2019 are now open. Apply here.
Interviews are being held all this week. Apply soon as some courses are filling up fast.
To help prepare for interview see our FAQ’s section of the website here.
Advice Available for Leaving Cert Students
We will have a member of our Guidance Team available from Tuesday 13th August until Monday 19th August from 10am to 2pm in our Coolock campus to offer advice on your next step after Leaving Certificate results.
There is no appointment needed and this is a free service, just call in.
New 2020 Prospectus Now Available
Our new Prospectus for the 2019 / 2020 year is now available to download. With more than 30 Post Leaving Cert courses available you can find your route to success with Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education.
Download CDCFE Prospectus 2020
Greendale Co-Working Spaces Open Pop-Up shop in Powerscourt Centre
Eight businesses that have been part of a new project in Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education (CDCFE) have taken residency in The Powerscourt Centre for the next two weeks.
The “Greendale Co-working Space” will display work from all eight new businesses that all started as part of the project last September. The businesses include Ceramics, Watercolour paintings, Healing, Music Event Specialist, Fashion and Animation.
The Official Opening to Thursday 6th June at 6pm. All are welcome to celebrate this wonderful event.
The companies involved are
Irene Hoysted Ceramics
David Fitzgerald – Irish Art Watercolors
Corey Joe Humphreys – Animation
Healing From Within – Grainne Nolan
Tanya Elliott Nyegaard
Gosha Creations
Lynda Gelston Ceramics
Suzanne Carla – Music Event Specialist
CDCFE Graduate Exhibition
CDCFE GRADUATE EXHIBITION 2019 on 23rd May @ 6-8 in The Chocolate Factory, Kings Inn Street, Dublin 1.
We would like to cordially invite you to the CDCFE Graduate Exhibition 2019 opening night on 23rd May 2019, in association with CDCFE Art + Design and Media Departments.
Come along and meet our graduates and view exciting new talent and innovative developments in this expanding and exciting creative sector.
Our graduates will showcase their work in Graphic Design, Interior Design, Fashion Design, Architecture Design and Technology, Craft, Journalism, Media Production, Sound and Photography.
All are welcome and admission is free. Please register at here
Imagine. Innovate. Inspire.
On Monday 20th May our Fashion students will host their end of year Fashion Show at 7pm. No registration needed for the Fashion Show.
Free Summer Course in Pottery and Jewellery
Limited places are available for our free course in Pottery and Jewellery Making from 4th – 27th June. The course will take place in our Raheny Campus.
Classes will run from 10am – 2pm each day and will include guest lecturers. Yoga will be offered as an option on the course and mats will be provided.
Call Suzanne on 01 8481400 to book a place.
New Courses in Technical Helpdesk Support and 3D Modelling, Product and Printing
We are happy to announce our newest courses on offer.
Technical Helpdesk Support is a level 6 course which specialises in IT areas such as Networking, Virtualisation and Technical Support Skills and will also focus on the skills required for Helpdesk Support with modules in Contact Centre Support Skills, Customer Service and Front Office Skills.
3D Modelling, Product and Printing will focus on 3D Product Design and Visualisation. Students will work with three dimensional materials, developing their design skills, detailing and prototyping methods. They will learn valuable technical and 3D visualisation skills and produce digital representations and 3D printed prototypes for manufacturing, patenting and marketing purposes.
Career Fair
End of Year Career Fair 2019
This event facilitates:
- (i) Face to face engagement between CDCFE students graduating in May and local employers
- (ii) The development of strong connections and establish link’s between local SMEs and employers
Over 300 students graduating from CDCFE will attend the event throughout the day. CDCFE Alumni and students from other local ETB colleges will also be invited to attend.
The CDCFE students will have completed their studies in the following sectors Business, Finance, Marketing, Administration, Tourism, Sport, ICT, Childcare, Healthcare, Social Care, and Engineering Technology.
Employers will be permitted to the hall area from 8.00 am to set up and a light breakfast will be available. Employers can bring along pop-ups, flyers, etc. and will be given a space with a table.
We start the event at 9 AM sharp with an opening presentation from Mary Hickie – CDCFE Principal, followed by meet/greet between course coordinators/employers prior to the students attend the event.
A light lunch will be available between 11.45 – 12.30. We expect to finish by 3 PM.
Any employer who wishes to participate in this event, please express you interest to Áine Daly at acddaly@cdcfe.com as there is a limit on number of available stands.
If you have any future queries please do not hesitate to contact Áine Daly at acddaly@cdcfe.com
8 SMedia Nominations for CDCFE
Congratulations to our students who have been nominated for a total of 8 SMedia awards. Our students have been shortlisted among other institutions such as UCD, TCD and DIT. Best of Luck with the awards. The students are…
Short Story of the Year
Jason Kenneally – CDCFE – The Favourite
Short Animation of the Year
Dave Cooney – CDCFE – On the radio
Gareth Gowran – CDCFE – Sound holds the distance travelled
Marek Winnicki – CDCFE – Dobroger
TV Production of the Year
Carla Andreucetti, Darren Deehan, Patrick Wodhams – CDCFE – Downsizing
Isaac Hassah, Niamh Carey, Shane Derwin, Sylvia Moore, Tara Wright – CDCFE – Behind the black stuff
RSA Award for Journalism in Road Safety
Lydia Perry – CDCFE (Media Production – Sound)
News Photographer of the Year
Kevin Newcomen – CDCFE (Photography Level 6)
Kevin Newcomen – CDCFE (Photography Level 6)
CDCFE winners at the International Student Animation Awards
CDCFE winners at the International Student Animation Awards, Dingle 22nd/23rd of March 2019
Students from the BA top degree in animation had four films selected for the “Official Selection” at Animation Dingle 2019. This is a big achievement given that the event welcomes student applications from throughout Ireland but also from international colleges and Universities. It is the biggest animation event in the country and takes place on an annual basis.
The student films selected were Mamma’s Little Monster by Director/Writer Kelly Herbert, “Sound Holds the Distance Travelled” by Director/Writer/Producer Gareth Gowran/Sadhbh Lawlor,” Dobrogor” by Director/Writer/Producer Marek Winnicki and “On The Radio” by Director/Writer Dave Cooney.
Of these, two of our college films were nominated for the International Student Animation Awards Marek Winniki’s “Dobrogor” for the Best Art Direction/Design category and Gareth Gowran’s “Sound Holds the Distance Travelled” for the best Director Award. Marek Winniki’s film won his category. This is an enormous achievement for a student from CDCFE given the strength of the competition.
On another note Aidan McAteer who is currently a student on our BA Top Degree won the “Best Director of an Animated Series” award at the industry based Irish Animation Awards for his role as director of the hit CBBC TV series “Danger Mouse.”
40 students and staff from the college attended events in Dingle which included speakers such as Bob Peterson (Toy Story, Up, Monsters Inc) Richie Baneham (Oscar Winner for Avatar, Lord Of the Rings) and so on.
It was a brilliant experience for all of the students and staff and we are looking forward to further successes in the future at the event.
CDCFM Live all this week
This week our first year Media Production students are presenting CDCFM and are broadcasting live from our radio studio every day from 12-2pm.
Breakfast Briefing February 2019
Up to 30 representatives gathered this morning (28th February) in Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education (CDCFE) to discuss the CDCFE Traineeship in Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Customer Service Logistics.
Liam O’Halloran, on behalf of North Dublin Chamber opened the event welcoming all representative from North Dublin Charmer and local SMEs in attendance. Liam identified the location of Dublin Airport as being the 14th busiest airport in the world, and fast growing pace of industry and SMEs in the area. He also identified the workforce needed in Logistics, and how the CDCFE Traineeship bridges the gap in recruitment.
Speaking at the event as host, Mary Hickie, Principal of Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education (CDCFE) discussed the success of the CDCFE Traineeship ran by the college in association with Speedpak Group. Audrey Manning, CDCFE Traineeship Programme Coordinator discussed the programme schedule, content and thanked the industry partners including Allergan, Butlers, Ikea, Bewley’s, Real Technologies and Speedpak Group, that provided the trainees with valuable work placement making the last programme such a success, and she looks forward to continuing the working relationships in the future programmes.
John Murphy, CEO, Speekpak Group as a partner and host employer on the CDCFE Traineeship, emphasised the shortage of skilled workforce in the Manufacturing area and that recruitment is a challenge. He went on to identify that individuals do not need diplomas or degrees to access the industry, as the industry needs people with the right attitude and willingness to be trained and learn the job. John also identified the benefit to businesses with cooperate responsibility mind-set engaging with work experience.
Natasha Kinsella, Regional Skill Forum Manage Dublin identified the EXPLORE Initiative. She discussed how the initiative is designed focusing on digital skills in Manufacturing, and to encourage long-term employees or employers to engage with lifelong learning and to assist them to future proof their businesses by upskilling the existing workforce. Natasha outlined that the initiative is fully funded by the Department of Education and Skills, and participants will be only have 2 days in the training environment. Natasha shared a testimonial from one of the participants “A Life Saver For My Companies Online Capability” noting the benefits of engaging in the initiative.
Mary Hickie closed the event discussing the SKILLS to Advance. She discussed how CDCFE as Education and Training Board provider could meet the training and upskilling needs local employers and employees through this initiative, and if any employer would like to discuss this further to contact Áine Daly, CDCFE Assistant Principal – Employer Engagement directly (acddaly@cdcfe.com).
Margaret Corbett, CDETB Employer Engagement Coordinator explained in details how employees could access upskilling and reskilling opportunities by one of three routes as follows
Route 1: Delivered directly to employees, helping grow and evolve skills to advance their work options.
Route 2: Through business engagement, developed in consultation with individual small and medium sized businesses to address the particular needs of their workforce.
Route 3: As part of regional development to help get ahead of vulnerabilities and strong emerging opportunities in regions and industries across Ireland
The event was well received by all businesses in attendance and they noted how beneficial events such as these are to companies in North Dublin.
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Keyframe 6
Keyframe is an event run by the Media and Animation Courses at Coláiste Dhúlaigh CFE in Coolock. Each year they welcome industry professionals, many of whom are ex-students of the Media and Animation Courses, to hear them talk about their work and how they found their way into a career in Media.
This year we have people from the world of Stop Motion, Film Directing, Foley Sound Design, Photography, News Presentation, Commissioning and Comedy.
The talks start each day at 9.30 in the Coolock Campus and will run until approximately 12.30. All are welcome and the event is free, although places will be on a first come first served basis.
Day One
Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education (CDCFE) hosted their annual Keyframe event this week. Keyframe 6 welcomed speakers from the animation and media industries to the college Coolock campus.
The event, which is in its sixth year, gave students the opportunity to engage with and gain knowledge and advice from professionals who are working in their chosen fields, many of whom are graduates from the college.
Speakers throughout the weeklong event included Jamie Teehan from Bafta winning Sixteen South Studios, creators of the Disney Junior show Claude. He spoke about his experiences of working with the American market on the new show Pinkalicious and Peterrific among others.
Animator Kieron Arkins spoke about his work with Kilkenny based Cartoon Saloon, creators of the Oscar winning film Song of the Sea. Followed by Irish Animator Eimhin McNamara who gave demonstrations to students from his work with Paper Panther Studios.
Other speakers from Ireland’s thriving animation industry included Kirsten Shiel and Carmine Pucci from Brown Bag films as well as Gingerbread Animation’s Eoghan Dalton and and Sarah Jane Kelly who are currently working on Space Chicken’s in Space for Disney XD channel.
Kevin Lynch, head of the Animation course at Colaiste Dhulaigh said “Keyframe is a brilliant opportunity for students to get an insight into the industry and how to break in to it”.
Four short films from Colaiste Dhulaigh’s Animation Degree course have been nominated for “Special Selection” at Animation Dingle 2019. The films nominated are Mamma’s Little Monster by Kelly Herbert, Sound Holds the Distance Travelled produced by Gareth Gowran and Sadhbh Lawlor, Dobrogor by Marek Winnicki and On The Radio written by Dave Cooney.
Applications are now open for places on courses starting in September. For more information see www.cdcfe.ie.
Four CDCFE Animations Nominated for Animation Dingle 2019
Animation at Coláiste Dhúlaigh CFE are delighted to announce that four of our BA graduate films have made
“The Special Selection” at Animation Dingle 2019.
Mamma’s Little Monster // Ireland // Director/Writer Kelly Herbert
Sound Holds the Distance Travelled // Ireland // Director/Writer/Producer Gareth Gowran/Sadhbh Lawlor
Dobrogor // Ireland // Director/Writer/Producer Marek Winnicki
On The Radio // Ireland // Director/Writer Dave Cooney
Congratulations to all involved. See the full listing of nominations at https://2019.animationdingle.
See our Animation page here
Information Evening January 17th
Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education is hosting an Information Evening on Thursday 17th January from 4.30 to 7pm in our Coolock campus. The evening will give prospective students the opportunity to talk to staff and students about our courses.
We will be holding PLC Interview Preparation Seminars throughout the evening. These seminars cover all aspects of our interview process. Interviews will be held on Friday 25th January in our Coolock campus.
Interview Preparation Seminars will be held at 5.00pm, 5.30pm, 6.00pm and 6.30pm.
To apply for our courses click here
Information Evening Thursday 29th November
Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education is hosting an Information Evening on Thursday 29th August from 4.30 – 7.30pm in our Coolock Campus. The evening will give potential students and their parents/guardians the opportunity to talk to staff and students about our courses and progression routes to Universities and I.T.’s, including DIT and DCU.
Applications for our courses starting September 2019 are now open. Apply here
Applications for September 2019 Now Open
Applications for our courses starting September 2019 are now open. Apply here.
Once we receive your application you will receive an email with details of an interview date.
To help prepare for interview see our FAQ’s section of the website here.
Free Childcare and Healthcare courses
Join us for our next events in the college.
Join us for our next events in the college.
Further Education & Training Expo
On Tuesday November 20th we will be hosting the City Of Dublin ETB Further Education & Training Expo in our Coolock campus. All 20 of the CDETB colleges will be exhibiting on the day and you will get a chance to talk to students and staff on the day. For schools to register please contact coolock@cdcfe.cdetb.ie
Information Evening
On Thursday 29th November form 4.30-7.30pm we will be hosting the first of our Information Evenings in our Coolock campus. This will give parents and students the opportunity to talk to staff and students about all our courses on offer.
Applications Opening for September 2019
Applications will open for September 2019 in mid November and our first round of interviews will be held in late January. Please keep checking the website for further details.