Evening Courses

Evening Courses

Evening Courses and Part Time Learning in Ireland

Albert Einstein once said "It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education". Many people look on education and learning with distaste, recollecting their past experiences of homework filled evenings and exam pressures. Luckily though once the teenage years are over and progression begins into further education learning becomes much more bearablet, studying now relates more to subjects and topics of interest. A career path will have been more or less chosen and education becomes a means of furthering life aspirations.

Education can be used on a part time basis to further progress a chosen career or to change direction into a new area or speciality. If unhappy in a current position, evening courses can be a great way of maintaining your financial situation while taking opportunity to gain new skills which will help in taking a new direction. Part time learning can also be a great way of pursuing a hobby or leisure activity. There are many Arts and Crafts courses, music courses, fitness courses and other leisure/hobby courses which can help improve skills in these areas whilst meeting other people with similar interests and having an enjoyable social evening.

In Ireland there are many institutes that offer evening courses and night courses, these are listed in more details below.

FAS Training Centres
These courses are designed to meet the specific skills needs of those who require training and certification to assist them to re-enter the labour market.
Centres are located around the coutry in the following areas.
* Dublin
* Midlands (Kildare, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath)
* Mid West (Clare, Limerick, Tipperary North)
* North East (Cavan, Louth, Meath, Monaghan)
* North West (Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo)
* South East (Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary South, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow)
* South West (Cork, Kerry)
* West (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon)

VEC Colleges
Ireland's VECs organise adult, community and second-chance education and a variety of EU-funded training programmes. These courses are offered at a in VEC centres and also in local schools and PLC colleges.

View VEC centre locations & information

Third Level Colleges
Most of Ireland's third level colleges have Adult Education depoartments which offer quality evening and part time programmes. For more information contact the colleges adult education department for a brochure.

View third level colleges offering part time learning on www.colleges.ie

• NUIG Adult Learning and evening classes

Private Colleges
Many of Irelands private colleges offer courses at weekends and evenings and may be suitable for more specialised areas of study.

View Private Colleges offering Part Time learning on www.colleges.ie
For more information on Evening courses and Part time learning options in Ireland, why not have a look at the Part Time learning feature on Findacourse.ie.