Launch your beauty career at Blackrock Further Education Institute

Launch your beauty career

WITH graduates including Suzanne Jackson, Rose Connolly, Lyndsey Cavanagh, Michelle Regazzoli (Mrs Make Up) and Jennifer Rock (The Skin Nerd), to name but a few, Blackrock Further Education Institute (BFEI) is justifiable proud of the success of its beauty and make up graduates.

International awarding bodies, ITEC and CIDESCO, certify BFEI’s full time, one and two year courses, in a wide range of skill areas including Beauty Therapy, Nail Technician with Eyelash and Eyebrow Treatments, Holistic Therapies and Theatrical, Media and Fashion Make Up Artistry.

Excellent working knowledge

Using professional product ranges and state-of-the-art equipment, students studying at BFEI will gain an excellent working knowledge of a range of treatments, and will learn the professional skills required for a successful career in this thriving industry.

We are proud of our long association with professional skin care company, Dermalogica, and honoured to have been selected as Ireland’s first Dermalogica School of Excellence, in 2019, receiving recognition for training our students in a simulated Salon environment to the highest standard using a wide range of Dermalogica products.

Students are also trained to use the Matis skincare range and are provided with an opportunity to compete in the Matis Student of the Year competition each year to win the opportunity to travel on an allexpenses paid trip to the exclusive Matis headquarters in Paris.

Holistic and Sports Massage

Students on our Holistic and Sports Massage courses study for qualifications in Anatomy and Physiology, Holistic Body Massage, Reflexology, Nutrition, Sports

"Students studying at BFEI will gain an excellent working knowledge of a range of treatments, and will learn the professional skills required for a successful career in this thriving industry"

"This new initiative seeks to address the current recruitment crisis in the Beauty Therapy industry and will enable BFEI graduates to avail of the many employment opportunities currently available in the Spa industry"

Massage, Aromatherapy, Stone and On-Site Massage.

Our Theatrical, Media and Fashion Make Up Artistry course is well established, and we have over time, developed excellent relationships with employers including Inglot, Monroe Recruitment and Benefit Cosmetics. These companies recruit directly from BFEI assured of the quality of graduates who have undertaken a one year full time course.

The additional industry standard training provided to students on the course including training in Tanning, Advanced Special SFX, Drag training and hair styling including Up Styling, enhances graduates employment prospects.

Management roles

In 2019, we launched a new one year, full time, course in Salon Management. This course is aimed at students who aspire to management roles within the beauty industry.

Course content includes managing clients, scheduling and managing staff, marketing and promotion and health and safety. This course will provide graduates with the necessary skills and confidence to avail of a range of management employment opportunities in the industry.

Erasmus opportunities

BFEI has been involved in Erasmus+ mobility projects since 2018. Students from our beauty therapy courses are provided with an opportunity to undertake a 3 week work experience placement in 4 and 5 star spas and salons in Tenerife, Spain, in March each year.

This year, for the first time, our Make Up students spent three weeks working with a designer in Tenerife to prepare for the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, one of the largest carnivals in the word.

Funding is provided to students to cover the cost of flights, accommodation and living expenses, under Erasmus+, the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe and is coordinated by Ireland’s national agency Léargas. Students who have participated have improved both their technical and personal skills and have described it “the experience of a lifetime!”

Internship programme

Exciting plans are currently underway to develop an internship programme for Beauty Therapy students in partnership with the Irish Spa Association. Second year beauty therapy students attending BFEI will be provided with an opportunity to work in a luxury Spa one day per week while continuing to attend College for the remaining four days to add to the portfolio of qualifications gained in first year.

This new initiative seeks to address the current recruitment crisis in the Beauty Therapy industry and will enable BFEI graduates to avail of the many employment opportunities currently available in the Spa industry.

There are many benefits to participating in an internship programme including providing students with valuable hands on experience that cannot be obtained in a classroom, increasing their confidence and providing an opportunity to develop and refine both practical and soft skills while networking with professionals in the beauty industry.

BFEI is delighted to be involved in this new initiative and we look forward to working with the Irish Spa Association and its partners to offer students the opportunity to participate in this new internship from September 2021.

A Socio-Economy of Ireland's Third Level students

New HEA Data provides in-depth insight into the socio-economic profile of our universities and Institutes of Technology - Data covering 94% of all enrolments in 2018/2019 creates a socio-economic profile of Irish higher education students.

THE Higher Education Authority (HEA) has published detailed data which offers an insight into the Spatial and Socio-Economic profile of the Higher Education Population.

The data is based on Deprivation Index Scores (DIS) which measure the relative affluence or disadvantage of a particular geographical area based on data compiled from the census.

Using this information, the HEA has analysed the socio-economic profile of nearly all (94%) of the student population on an individual institutional level. The HEA says that the quality of this data gives an comprehensive understanding of the student population and it underpins the importance of addressing inclusion at all levels of education.

This is the second year that the HEA has collated this data and now includes all publicly funded higher education institutions (HEIs) for the first time.

Comprehensive dataset

HEA CEO Dr Alan Wall acknowledged that it signals more work to be done in the future.

“The higher education student population does not yet reflect the diversity found in the rest of the population in Ireland. This detailed dataset provides policy makers and institutions with a comprehensive knowledge of patterns of access and disadvantage that will assist them in developing and implementing targeted approaches to advancing equity of access.”

Education minister, Simon Harris said: “I have made it clear that it is my ambition to ensure third level education is accessible to everyone, regardless of age, race, geography or gender.

“In order to achieve that aim, we must ensure that our policies strengthen the participation of students in higher education and to do that, we need accurate data and evidence.

HEA’s Head of Access Policy, Caitríona Ryan said the compilation of such complex data is necessary for evidence-based policy making – both at national level and at individual HEI level. But she added that it is not useful to compare HEIs with each other based on DIS, as context is very important.

“Each HEI serves a unique region and offers its own range of programmes with varying levels of student demands. We know that all HEIs have access infrastructures in place that are working at both the pre-entry and post-entry stages with all the national access target groups – students who are socio-economically disadvantaged, students from the Travelling community, students with disabilities and first-time mature students."

Supporting students

These access infrastructures are complemented by a range of programmes and initiatives to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds such as the SUSI grants scheme, Student Assistance Fund (SAF), Programme for Access to Higher Education (PATH), including the 1916 Bursary Fund, and recently announced COVID-19-related supports such as the ICT Grant for disadvantaged students.

"We know that all HEIs have access infrastructures in place that are working at both the prepost-entry stages with students who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, students from the Travelling community, students with disabilities and first-time mature students

Approximately €42 million within the HEA core funding was allocated to HEIs in 2020 on the basis of their

entry and

access metrics. This supports HEIs to have an access infrastructure in place that provides for the pre-entry and post-entry work required to support students from target groups access and successfully participate in higher education.

HEAR & DARE

The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) Scheme also supports students who have a socio-economic disadvantage enter higher education on reduced points. Latest data shows that of about 4,000 eligible HEAR applicants in 2019, there were just over 2,500 acceptances of a HEAR place.

The Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) is a third level alternative admissions scheme for school leavers whose disabilities have had a negative impact on their second level education. Latest data shows that of about 4,000 eligible DARE applicants in 2019, there were just over 2,600 acceptances of a DARE place.

During 2021, work will commence on the development of the next National Access Plan including new participation targets. DIS will have a key role to play here and will be vital over the lifetime of the Plan in demonstrating progress and setting our ambitions for the future.

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This is an edited version of the full article which is available at www.hea.ie (tinyurl.com/y3fqrflp) along with all of the data charts and maps.

The key findings include:

■ In terms of ratios, there are

4.9 students from disadvantaged areas to every 10 students from affluent areas, but this varies across institutions.

■ TCD has the highest

proportion of students from affluent areas (36%) in its student body while TCD, UCD and RCSI (all at 5%) have the lowest proportion from disadvantaged areas. Letterkenny Institute of Technology has the highest proportion of students from disadvantaged areas (25%).

■ 10% of all students are

classed as ‘disadvantaged’ while 20% are classed as ‘affluent’, based on their home Census small area.

■ Based on Electoral Division

level area income profiles, the overall average household income of students, based on their home ED, in higher education is €49,603 and ranges from €35,853 in Letterkenny IT to €56,822 in IADT Dún Laoghaire.

■ Male students have a higher

DIS than female students (2.3 versus 1.9), which suggests lower enrolment rates from males in disadvantaged areas than from females in disadvantaged areas.

■ In terms of fields or area of study, courses such as finance, banking and medicine have a high DIS (5.3 and 6), i.e. they have more affluent students. Just 4% of medical enrolments are from disadvantaged areas.

■ Courses in the area of

childcare have a lower DIS (-2.2) with 19% of students attending those courses coming from disadvantaged areas.

■ TCD is included in this

dataset for the first time this year. Its score of 5.7 means that it has the most affluent student population. 5% of its students are from disadvantaged areas.

University Learning in the North West

ST. ANGELA’S COLLEGE continues to adapt in using a concept of learning never before experienced on such scale. The academic year 20202021 began with a hybrid model of on-site practicals and virtual lectures, following national guidelines, the College has put in place the measures required to ensure the safety of students and staff on campus at all times. As semester two commences, the College plans to bring full groups of students back on a phased basis when safe to do so.

College President, Amanda McCloat explains: "These challenging times have put additional strain on students and parents/guardians alike and we want to assure everyone that our COVID-19 Steering Group continue to meet and assess developments as they happen".

She continues: "our students this year will have a very different College experience but supports and help is available, from an academic as well as a health and wellbeing perspective, we pride ourselves in our close sense of community and will continue to promote this virtually or otherwise".

CAO preferences

As students consider their CAO preferences ahead of the first closing date (1st February 2021) we remind everyone of the undergraduate options available at St. Angela’s College, a safe environment to learn in with high employment opportunities upon Graduation. Courses range from Nursing (General/Intellectual Disability); Home Economics Teacher Education; Home Economics; and Nutrition, Food and Business Management.

Nursing Science

Bachelor of Nursing Science (General/Intellectual Disability)

students contribute not only to the campus but to the local community with many placements at Sligo University Hospital as well as other HSE clinical settings here in the North West. BNSc students enjoy Clinical Placement each year of the course and gain valuable experience in a variety of settings. In just four years, BNSc students can register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland and become fully recognised nurses.

The College continues to be the sole provider of Home Economics study at third level in the country.

With Home Economics Teacher Education as popular as ever, the College strives to meet this demand on a national level. This five-year course will see graduates complete a BA which is then followed by a Professional Master of Education (PME). Graduates will also be qualified to teach in a second elective subject (Biology, Religious Education or Irish).

Home Economics

In September 2019, the College launched a BA in Home Economics focusing on the three core disciples of Home Economics; Food Studies; Textiles, Fashion and Design; Family Resource Management.

Graduates of this new BA will become Home Economists and will acquire the skills and knowledge to work in the Community (advocating sustainable health and wellbeing of individuals, families and community groups) as well as the Food/ Beverage Sectors (food advisors,

"We pride ourselves in our close sense of community and will continue to promote this virtually or otherwise"

The College will host a Virtual Open Day on Friday 15th January 2021, from 12-4pm, links will be available on the College website for those who can’t attend on the day.

product development).

Graduates of the BA in Home Economics may also explore teaching, through further postgraduate studies at NUI Galway.

Careers in the food industry

With an emphasis on food and nutrition, combined with business management, the Bachelor of Applied Science in Nutrition, Food and Business Management continues to produce graduates who gain employment in Ireland’s many food and beverage companies, as well as overseas employment opportunities.

The four-year course seeks to prepare individuals for the challenges of producing foods safe for human consumption and developing more nutritious, healthier food options for dynamic, ever-changing markets.

Students can also consider the alternative pathways to the Undergraduate courses including Mature Applicants, APT Project, QQI, Access Programme, HEAR and DARE. The College will host a Virtual Open Day on Friday 15th January 2021, from 12-4pm, links will be available on the College website for those who can’t attend on the day.

To pre-register for Virtual Open Day and more course details, see www.stangelas.nuigalway.ie.

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