The Honours Bachelor Degree and the Higher Diploma are at Level 8 on the NFQ. An Honours Bachelor Degree takes three to four years to complete. It normally takes one year’s study to achieve a Higher Diploma. Most students need an Honours Bachelor Degrees to do a Higher Diploma study. However, holders of Ordinary Bachelor Degrees may also do a Higher Diploma. The Higher Diploma is typically in a different field than the initial award. Institutes of Technology, QQI and Universities award Level 8 Certificates.
Courses that award a Level 8 Certificate
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Adult and Community Education
Classroom Based, Adult & Community Education Course by Maynooth University - Kildare
Adult education is a transformative and powerful tool for change. Impacting positively on the lives of those who participate, their wider communities and society as a whole, adult education provides a platform for radical and progressive thinking. The Certificate in […]
Certificate Adult Guidance, Theory and Practice
Classroom Based, Adult & Community Education Course by Maynooth University - KildareThe course had been developed by the Department of Adult and Community Education, Maynooth University in collaboration with stakeholders in the field of Adult Guidance. The course will begin to address the needs of those working in a guidance capacity […]
This 14-week part-time course aims support nurses to increase their existing knowledge, skills and attitudes in leadership, management and quality initiatives in Intellectual Disability Services. This will contribute to graduates’ competence in enhancing service delivery for people with an intellectual […]
Certificate in Psychosocial Interventions
Classroom Based, Counselling & Psychotherapy Course by Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) - Dundalk, Co. LouthThis 14-week part-time Certificate in Psychosocial Interventions course is designed to enable and support psychiatric/mental health nurses to become skilled and confident to incorporate psychosocial interventions into their practice
Certificate in the Fundamentals of Understanding and Responding to Domestic Abuse
Classroom Based, Social Care Course by Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) - Dundalk, Co. LouthThis 14-week specialist course is the first of its kind to be offered in Ireland and aims to support learners in the development of an appropriate level of knowledge, skill and understanding to enable them to appropriately recognise and respond […]
Certificate in Universal Design
Classroom Based, UI Design Course by Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) - Dundalk, Co. LouthUniversal design is a design process that creates products and environments to be as usable as possible by as many people as possible. This 1-year part-time course will provide students with the knowledge, skills and competencies to develop an application […]
Environmental Sustainability (Specialist Diploma)
Blended - Mix of Classroom & Online, Environmental Science Course by NUI Galway – Centre for Adult Learning & Professional Development - Galway
The specialist diploma awards are particularly suitable for students requiring medium-term upskilling for career advancement or for those interested in focused study in this subject area for personal or topical interest. This course runs again in 2020
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Classroom Based, Six Sigma Course by SQT Training Ltd - Dublin
This Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is a publicly taught and in-house training course. Lean Six Sigma is a comprehensive and highly effective strategy for achieving and sustaining business success. Lean Six Sigma delivers bottom line savings, project by project, […]
NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety
Classroom Based, Occupational Health & Safety Course by SQT Training Ltd - DublinThe NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety is a structured programme that provides the core knowledge required by today’s health and safety practitioner. All occupational health and safety practitioners need to have a common core of knowledge in […]
