Further education training opportunities for your business

Staff and business development: further education courses

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Further education (FE) colleges and universities in Northern Ireland offer a range of accredited and bespoke courses that can be tailored to the specific needs of your staff and business.

Further education courses can be delivered at a time and place to meet the demands of your business in order to assist your company with staff development. Further education courses can help your employees learn new skills or enhance existing skills that can lead to innovation and business growth.

Further education courses

Courses on offer at each of the further education colleges include:

Higher Education Degrees
Foundation Degrees
Higher National Diplomas and Certificates
Higher Level Apprenticeships
BTEC Diplomas at Level 1 and 2 and Level 3 Extended Diplomas
Apprenticeships and Training programmes
Professional and technical training
Bespoke training for businesses
Essential Skills - numeracy, literacy, ICT
ESOL - English for Speakers of Other Languages

To find out more about the achievements of the six further education colleges, download the leaflet on Northern Ireland further education colleges (PDF, 424K).

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