The Centre for Adult Continuing Education, UCC will present awards to
the 1,050 adult learners who have successfully completed Adult
Continuing Education Certificates and Diplomas at an award ceremony
which will take place on Saturday, 21 October and Sunday, 22 October at
UCC.
UCC and, in particular, the Centre for Adult Continuing Education has a
long and proud tradition of providing opportunities for lifelong
learning for adults in many diverse centres and settings. This
year over 3,100 students attended Certificate/Diploma/Higher
Diploma/Degree programmes in almost 127 learning centres throughout
Ireland. The awards being presented at four ceremonies to
lifelong learners include Diplomas in Credit Union Studies, Youth and
Community Work, Management Practice, Social Studies and Geology to
Certificates in Music, Disability Studies and Irish Archaeology and
Biodiversity Components of Forestry. This range of learning
opportunities is reflective of the many partnerships and contacts with
outside educational interests, both statutory and voluntary, in a
myriad of diverse geographical, professional, community, and personal
contexts.
The Centre for Adult Continuing Education is a bridge between the
resources of the University, its Departments and Faculties, and the
needs of the community. Changing social and economic structures
in Ireland, vast changes in our communities, the demands on families
and individuals, the empowerment and changing roles of women, the
increasingly complex area of continuing professional education require
us all to continue learning throughout our lives.
The awards cover a wide range of academic disciplines and interests: