Courses That Award: Special Purpose Award / Certificate
A Special Purpose Award or Certificate relates to a very specific area of study which might address a gap in someone’s learning. These qualifications may be made up of several modules that are grouped together for up-skilling or reskilling purposes. Special purpose or minor awards can be on any level of the NFQ, but do not equate to full (major) qualifications. There are a number of different types of awards which would fall into this category: minor award-types provide recognition for learners who achieve a range of learning outcomes, but not that of a major award; special-purpose award-types are made for specific, narrow, purposes so may only equate to one or two modules of learning; supplemental award-types are for learning which is additional to a previous award.
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Return to Learning (Access Programme)
Classroom Based, Adult and Community Education Course by Maynooth University - Maynooth, Co. Kildare
The Department of Adult and Community Education in Maynooth University takes a very different approach to teaching and learning than a lot of people will have encountered through their previous educational experiences. We value the knowledge that people bring with them from their everyday life and work with the student to bring them through the…