DFEi students compete in Irelands Skills Live Event
This event allowed apprentices from all over Ireland to compete in a number of categories. Gerard Curran (above) competed in the carpentry and joinery section.
26th Mar 19
21st Mar 19
DFEi supports the ‘Be Media Smart’ campaig
DFEi is delighted to be a supporting partner of Media Literacy Ireland and the ‘Be Media Smart’ campaign. Media literacy Ireland is a network of members interested in empowering all Irish people with the skills and confidence to be able to critically evaluate media content. The network is facilitated by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The ‘Be Media Smart’ campaign coincides with European Media Literacy Week and is asking all of us to Stop, Think, Check when we come across information on any media platform. The campaign is particularly concerned with helping us identify sources of information that may be unreliable, as well as deliberately false or misleading. For more information on ‘Be Media Smart’ go to www.bemediasmart.ie
18th Mar 19
DFEi teachers visit Estonia as part of Erasmus programme
A group of teachers from various DDLETB colleges, including DFEi, visited Estonia recently to find out about Vocational Education & Training arrangements in that country. The group were guests of the Haapsalu Vocational Education and Training Centre where they met teachers and student groups working in the areas of Business, IT, Woodwork, Construction and Catering.
13th Mar 19
HND Music Production gig in Sin E Thursday March 7th 2019
Final-year students on the Higher National Diploma in Music Production celebrated the launch of this year’s releases on the DFEi record label with a packed-out gig in Dublin city centre last week.
11th Mar 19
DFEi & Carlow IT Announce New Degree Course Links
We are delighted to announce that our QQI Level 5 Business Studies (Law & Marketing) Pre-University courses are now linked to the New Bachelor of Science Digital Marketing with Analytics programmes at the Institute of Technology Carlow.
06th Mar 19
DFEi Interclass Football Tournament
Congratulations to the footballers from FS5, Food Science students, winners of today's 5 aside tournament.
04th Mar 19
DFEi Music Student Take To The Stage
Come along this Thursday to Sin E and enjoy some live music acts. Admission FREE
01st Mar 19
DFEi brings Frank Warren’s Post Secret U to Ireland Via Partnership with Active Minds
Dún Laoghaire Further Education Institute (DFEi) the first college to bring Frank Warren’s PostSecretU to Ireland via partnership with Active Minds
27th Feb 19
Health care teachers Eunice Clarke and Janet Kelly on a recent Erasmus plus trip to Norway.
Cooperating with our Norwegian colleagues, students from Dfei will go on work experience placements in nursing homes and care facilities in Norway. This is a unique opportunity for Dfei students to experience firsthand great practice in an excellent health care system.
25th Feb 19
DFEi students visit to the Dublin Google HQ
Software development, film and television students were given a fantastic opportunity to see the operation the international technology company Google. The group heard about the kinds of opportunities within the company that students like themselves could aspire to and they got an up-close glimpse of the casual and innovative business culture in vast Dublin Google campus. Included in the tour was lunch in one of the many themed hip Google on-site restaurants and cafes. DFEi are appreciative of the close relation that has developed between DFEi and Google over the past number of years.