This course in Wood Craft and Design is engineered to provide a comprehensive, foundational pathway into the modern woodworking and design sectors. The program enables learners to acquire critical technical knowledge, practical skills, and spatial competencies required to master timber manipulation and creative design. Designed to foster both collaborative teamwork under supervision and standalone artisan skills, the curriculum equips students to confidently transition into industry apprenticeships, direct employment, or independent craft entrepreneurship, while establishing a robust portfolio for progression to advanced higher education and technical training.

This module will equip the learner with the knowledge skill and competence to work in an organization or specific vocational context, carrying out vocationally related tasks over a period of time, independently, while under general supervision.

The BSc (Hons) Workplace and Facilities Management at Portobello Institute is designed for facilities management professionals who want to develop their expertise, enhance their impact within organisations and progress into more senior roles.

The programme combines facilities operations, workplace management, leadership, sustainability, risk management and digital innovation to prepare graduates for the evolving demands of the workplace and facilities management profession.

The BSc (Hons) Workplace and Facilities Management Top-Up at Portobello Institute is designed for experienced facilities management professionals who want to achieve an honours degree and progress into senior roles.

This one-year top-up programme builds on your existing qualifications and professional experience, developing advanced knowledge in leadership, workplace strategy, sustainability, energy management and digital transformation.

The BA World Languages is a four-year specialist language programme, including a year of study abroad and, in most of the languages offered, Computer-Assisted Language Learning to complement traditional teaching.

It aims to produce graduates with sought-after language skills, as well as an understanding of language as a system and of the cultures of the languages studied. 

This programme focuses on developing skills in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, cultural journalism and other forms. Coursework is anchored by a focus on the processes of creative and critical writing along with a detailed study of literature, drama and film. The programme is delivered through interactive workshops, seminars and field trips. Visiting lecturers include novelists, poets, screenwriters, playwrights, podcasters, journalists, editors, agents and publishers.

This full-time undergraduate degree programme in Writing and Literature* is delivered fully online, facilitating wider access to this creative programme. All lectures will be delivered live online and students will be able to fully participate in group work and project work by means of innovative online supports. There is no requirement to attend campus.

This innovative new programme focuses on developing writing skills over the course of three years. The students embark upon a range of writing covering fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, flash fiction, cultural journalism and other forms of writing.

Develop your voice as an art or design writer and discover new opportunities to publish your ideas.

The course has been developed for artists, designers and other creatives who wish to communicate their practice and their ideas in a variety of contexts including academic publishing as well as new experimental formats.

Learn how to develop, write and pitch an industry standard TV drama treatment.

TV drama has changed radically since the arrival of streaming platforms. Audiences are hungry for drama in hybrid genres, where the quality and richness of the writing is key to the success of the series. Writers have become the creative drivers of productions – the showrunners – the creative leaders of productions where in film the director is often that person.

Production companies, broadcasters and streamers are always looking for the next new idea that will capture audience. This course explores current trends and how to ensure ideas, regardless of genre, standout as authentic.

This program integrates professional yoga teacher training with outdoor wellbeing facilitation, emphasizing a holistic approach to health. It prepares graduates to lead nature-based practices, combining traditional yoga instruction with specialized skills in environmental wellness to promote physical and mental harmony.

The Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) Certification program at Dublin College Blackrock (formerly BFEI) is a comprehensive, year-long journey designed for individuals seeking to transform their personal practice into a professional qualification. Grounded in a deeply supportive and nurturing community, this course stands out for its emphasis on continuous mentorship, guiding students step-by-step from foundational practitioners to confident, emerging instructors.

This is a part-time foundation course tailored for individuals aspiring to build a dual career as a certified yoga teacher and complementary therapist. Delivered under the Back to Education Initiative (BTEI), this flexible schedule is specifically structured to allow learners to balance their professional qualifications with existing personal or work commitments.

The curriculum focuses on merging physical yoga practice with a broad suite of holistic and therapeutic modalities. Students dive deep into the technical execution of yoga postures while gaining a scientifically rigorous understanding of the human body through anatomy and physiology. By combining mindfulness, wellness principles, and complementary therapies, the course instills the practical skills and commercial confidence required to enter the rapidly growing health and wellbeing industry.

The Youth Work BTEI two-year part-time course is an innovative program designed to equip learners with the specialized training and confidence required to work effectively within youth services. The curriculum provides a deep dive into the history, policy, and theoretical frameworks of youth work in Ireland, while focusing heavily on the practical delivery of inclusive activities for diverse groups of young people. Students are encouraged to explore various engagement strategies, ranging from interest-based projects to outdoor education, to understand how targeted activities improve developmental outcomes. 

This one-year course is designed for those who would like to pursue a career in the youth and community sector. It is ideal for anyone who would enjoy working with young people in a range of community-based settings. The course content will focus on current challenges faced by young people, in particular, around sensitive issues such as, substance misuse, youth unemployment, homelessness and the impact of social media on the young people of today’s society.

This is a one-year, full-time programme designed to provide learners with the essential practical and theoretical skills of youthwork practice, the role of the youth worker and an insight into challenges facing our communities.

The aim of this programme is to prepare students to engage successfully in Youth Work and Community Development practice in an increasingly complex world. The programme will equip students with the knowledge, values, and skills necessary to assess and address a wide variety of challenges, using the best available evidence to guide practice and support communities meaningfully.

The aim of this programme is to enable the learner to acquire the knowledge skills and competence to work under supervision in a youth work context and or to progress to further and or higher education and training.

Are you considering a career as a Youth worker?

This programme is designed to facilitate the learner to explore Youth Work with a view to re-skilling/up-skilling and exploring concepts and subject areas that may interest the learner in future programmes or employment. It will afford the learner opportunities to enhance their confidence and ability to develop the skills to reach their full potential as well as to further develop their interpersonal, team working, problem solving and time management skills, as appropriate, so that the learner is enabled to take responsibility for his/her own learning and to support progression including future participation in education and employment.