Course Summary
This programme is designed as a pathway into primary teaching that combines further education study with a clear transition into higher education.
The programme hopes to welcome students from a range of backgrounds and encourages participation from students who:
- Come from one or more of the National Access Plan (2022 – 2028) priority groups.
- Come from communities that experience disadvantage.
- Have experienced educational disadvantage.
The programme starts with Year 1 in EITHER Tipperary Education and Training Board (TETB) OR Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB) and aims to build academic skills, confidence and readiness for progression to a Bachelor of Education – Primary Teaching with Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, where students will complete the remainder of their teaching studies. Students who successfully complete year 1 will be awarded, subject to validation, an NFQ Level 5 QQI Major Award in Education Studies – Primary Pathway.
Provider Locations:
Year 1
Apply to Tipperary FET College Nenagh OR
Apply to College of FET Mulgrave St. Campus
Years 2 to 5: At Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
Entry Requirements and Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for this programme applicants must hold:
Leaving Certificate with a minimum grade of H6/O3 in Gaeilge and a minimum grade of H7/O5 in both English and Mathematics.
OR
QQI Level 5 Major Award with a minimum Merit grade.
All applicants applying through this route must also hold a minimum of:
Leaving Certificate Gaeilge at grade H6/O3 or Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge (TEG) with minimum of a Pass (50%) at Level A2 in the full examination
AND
QQI Level 4 Mathematics with a Merit grade or Leaving Certificate Mathematics with a grade H7/O5
Accreditation and Embedded Awards
This is a comprehensive five-year tertiary pathway. The programme is designed to support academic success despite challenges that may arise. If a student has to leave the programme before completing the final year, tertiary pathways include embedded awards.
Embedded awards formally recognise learning achieved during time in the programme. For this programme, they are:
- After successfully completing Year 1, subject to validation:
NFQ Level 5 Certificate in Education Studies – Primary Pathway from QQI.
- The final NFQ Level 8 Bachelor of Education
Primary Teaching is awarded by the University of Limerick. Mary Immaculate College is a linked provider of the University of Limerick.
About Tertiary Education Programmes
Launched in 2023, Tertiary Education Programmes are a new pathway to a bachelor’s degree. A joint further and higher education degree programme, tertiary education programmes begin in a local Education and Training Board Centre (College of Further Education and Training) and finish in a University. All tertiary education programmes lead to an NFQ level 7 or 8 degree.
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Career Sectors
This course prepares you for working in the Career Sectors below. Follow the links to get a fuller understanding of the sectors you are preparing for.
Language Options
* Time abroad utilising this language
Disclaimer: Details subject to change - always check with the college.
Note: It may also be possible to do an Erasmus+ Programme allowing you to study abroad for a
period of at least 2 months to 12 months. This study can be through English or through your
language of choice � please check with your course coordinator to see if this is possible
for this course.
Entry Requirements
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The Student
Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests. If these interests do not describe you, this course may prepare you for work you may not find satisfying.
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
Linguistic
The Linguistic's interests are usually focused on ideas and information exchange. They tend to like reading a lot, and enjoy discussion about what has been said. Some will want to write about their own ideas and may follow a path towards journalism, story writing or editing. Others will develop skills in other languages, perhaps finding work as a translator or interpreter. Most Linguistic types will enjoy the opportunity to teach or instruct people in a topic they are interested in.
Career Progression
Upon successful completion of the degree programme, applicants are eligible to register as a primary teacher with the Irish Teaching Council. Successful graduates of the programme may also be eligible for Level 9 and 10 postgraduate programmes within MIC and/or elsewhere.
Further Research
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