25 new jobs at Hibernia College

Friday, 04 March 2011 11:52

Hibernia College, Ireland's leading online education provider, is creating 25 new jobs to meet growing international demand. With offices in Westport, Dublin and London, Hibernia College educates over 7,000 students per annum.
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny visited their centre in Dublin to announce the new positions.
Founded 11 years ago by Castlebar native Dr. Seán Rowland, Hibernia College is Ireland's leading provider of online learning with postgraduate programmes in primary teaching, financial management and pharmaceutical medicine, including a programme run for the pharmaceutical industry in 30 countries worldwide, and a suite of professional development courses.
More than 7,000 students in over 30 countries complete masters' degrees, higher diplomas and short-term professional development courses.

The largest provider of qualified primary school teachers in Ireland, Hibernia has also won awards in England for its successful initial teacher education programmes run with the Training and Development Agency for Schools. This programme addresses the shortage of secondary school teachers in mathematics, physics and chemistry, and facilitates professionals who want to move from industry to teaching.
The college has also developed partnerships with third level and government institutions in the UK, South Africa, the EU, Haiti and the USA.

Welcoming the new jobs, Deputy Kenny said: "The Hibernia College model fits perfectly with several of Fine Gael's campaign themes for the general election.
"It is supporting the highest standards of teacher quality and bringing qualified teachers to the profession. Secondly, the college is actively realising the huge potential for Ireland as an international education hub - an opportunity Fine Gael has specifically identified.
"Distance, location and time are no longer obstacles in education. Only quality matters, and that is what Hibernia College is all about.

"It is the future of what Ireland must become and is a perfect case study of how Ireland and technology can come together to provide jobs at home as we spread our global wings."
Dr. Rowland said Deputy Kenny had seen how their business model offers benefits to the Irish State and exchequer, the education and business communities in Ireland and countries worldwide with a rapidly growing global demand for teacher education.
"In Ireland, Hibernia College is offering exceptionally qualified teachers at no cost to the taxpayer to meet the growing numbers of young people in primary education," he said.