WHILE there have been strong calls for the development of a third level institute in Ennis, one establishment is already successfully operating a centre in the county capital providing third level education to the county’s mature students.
Five years since its establishment the LIT Ennis Learning Centre continues to go from strength to strength. The centre from its campus in the heart of the county capital has been running the Higher Certificate in Business in Business Computing from Limerick Institute of Technology.
September 2013 saw the fifth intake of students to the LIT Higher Certificate in Business in Business Computing and LIT Ennis Learning Centre is now recruiting for September 2014. This is a direct entry course and is available to mature students and those obtaining a minimum of 220 points in the Leaving Certificate or a full FETAC level 5 award, with equivalent points.
The aim of the LIT Ennis Learning Centre is to widen participation in higher education. As an outreach centre, it hopes to bring third level education closer to those who traditionally do not travel to the existing Institutes of Technology and Universities or those who in these stringent economic times simply cannot afford to travel.
For more information visit http://www.lit.ie/ennis or phone 065-6866844 for further details, including programme information and entry requirements or come along to LIT Ennis Campus, Clare Museum building, Arthur’s Row, Ennis, Clare. Application forms are also available online at http://www.lit.ie/ennis.