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Entrepreneurship Course – Start Your Own Business (part-time) (Kilbarrack Campus)

Dublin
1 year
For those not in receipt of a social welfare payment there will be a course charge of €100.

Course Content

Enterprise Hub

City of Dublin FET College, Dhúlaigh, Northeast Campus has developed an Entrepreneurship (Start Your Own Business) one year course in our Kilbarrack Campus Enterprise Hub.

The purpose the course is to give individuals the opportunity to develop their business idea, skill, product or service and to equip them with knowledge, skills and confidence start their own small business.

Previous Business Ideas have included the areas of:

  • Media – TV & Film, Animation, Journalism, Content Creator, Photography, Creative Writing, Illustrations, Publishing, Advertising, Marketing
  • Sport, Fitness, Leisure, Lifestyle Coaching & Well-being including Yoga Studios, Pilates and Sound Baths
  • Design – Product, Graphic, Fashion, Interior, Architectural,
  • Crafts – ALL, Cottage Industry, Craft Marker,
  • IT Science – Services, Software Developers
  • Tourism – Tour Guides, Ecotourism, Sport, Leisure, Hospitality and Hosting
  • Outdoor Education & Leisure

Individuals will have the opportunity to work together in a shared office hub with facilities available to help them develop their business and Marketing plan to allow them to prepare their business for market.

The course will be delivered through a combination of lectures in Start Your Own Business and Digital Marketing, as well as mentoring to help learners create their own business ideas.

Course Content

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Marketing Practices – Develop Website and Social Media Platforms
  • Start your own business – SYOB
  • Sustainability Practice
  • Studio/Work Practice.

(*course content subject to change depending on needs of Entrepreneurs)

All participants will have the opportunity, whilst being supported by Industry experienced mentors, to design and create a business plan that will allow them to identify the goals and objectives for their business alongside a clear marketing and operational strategy as to how to achieve these goals.

Workshops are an important element of this course. They will be facilitated by successful entrepreneurs and experts from different industries.

Duration

Course runs over one year, part time, 3 days per week.

One year – October to May – part time

Limited spaces are available.

All applicants will be contacted to discuss their experience and business idea.

Course Charges

BTEI means Back to Education Initiative. BTEI gives those in receipt of social welfare the opportunity of returning to part time education, while retaining their benefits.
For those not in receipt of a social welfare payment there will be a course charge of €100.

To be BTEI eligible applicants must be in receipt of, or a dependent of a Social Protection payment before starting the course will be eligible to have the *tuition wavered through the European Social Fund.

Participants signing on for credits, on CE schemes or Tús may apply also.

For those not in receipt of a social welfare payment there will be a course charge of €100.

All applicants who present for this course will be given individual guidance by qualified tutors who are able to make recommendations as to what courses may suit their learning needs.

How to Apply

Click ‘Apply Now’ at the top of this page

Apply by selecting ‘Department Choice 1’ → ‘BTEI Courses’ and ‘Course Choice 1’ → ‘Entrepreneurship (BTEI part time course)’

BTEI Coordinator: jonathan.pigott@cdcfe.cdetb.ie

Entrepreneurship course coordinator: sharon.mcilvenna@cdcfe.cdetb.ie

Course Details

CollegeCity of Dublin FET College, Dhúlaigh, Northeast Campus
Course ID191790
Course LocationCoolock, Dublin
Location PostcodeDublin 17
Course Duration1 year
Course FeeFor those not in receipt of a social welfare payment there will be a course charge of €100.

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City of Dublin FET College, Dhúlaigh, Northeast Campus

Barryscourt Road, Coolock, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Eircode: D17 T227

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