The Awarding Bodies - Irish Computer Society

Awarding Bodies are organisations that are authorised to make postgraduate awards, certification, or award qualifications.

Listing Awarding Bodies

Postgrad.ie lists all of the awarding bodies in Ireland, the UK and abroad. Most major postgraduate awards are made by bodies with statutory powers, but there are also many professional organisations that make their own awards in relation to postgraduate study. While courses and educational programmes in Ireland lead to qualifications from Irish awarding bodies, it sometimes be the case that courses lead to non-Irish awards, for example awards from international bodies, or national awards from other countries.

Certain Irish institutions are both providers of courses and programmes and also awarding bodies for postgraduate certification in their own right: these are the Irish universities and the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).

An award is an academic qualification (degree, diploma or certificate) conferred in recognition of the successful completion of a higher education programme of study, either at undergraduate or postgraduate level, and issued by a designated awarding body. The National Framework of Qualifications sets out the criteria for major and non-major awards. Non-major awards include, minor awards, special purpose awards
and supplemental awards.

Major awards are the principal class of awards made at a given NFQ level and reflect a significant volume of learning, e.g. Honours Bachelor Degree (NFQ, Level 8), Master Degree (NFQ, Level 9), Doctorate Degree (NFQ Level 10).

In Ireland, following the changes in the qualifications system as a result recent legislation, the number of statutory bodies has been reduced as the new awards councils FETAC and HETAC have assumed the the awarding functions previously fulfilled by several other Irish organisations such as the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA), National Council for Vocational Awards (NCVA), Solas, Teagasc, the National Tourism Certification Board (CERT) and Bord Iascaigh Mhara.

Postgrad.ie lists all of the awarding bodies giving postgraduate certification in Ireland and the UK below.

The Irish Computer Society (ICS) advances, promotes and represents the interests of ICT professionals in Ireland. The ICS provides its members with:

An independent representative voice
Independent means of keeping up-to-date
Resources for professional development
A network of contacts in the ICT sector
Europe-wide professional recognition
Guidance on professional standards

The Irish Computer Society also works to advance and promote computer literacy throughout the Irish population by:

Providing a means for current and potential computer users to achieve certified qualifications
Encouraging the continuous development and availability of ICT curricula, and the use of appropriate ICT throughout the education system
Furthering Ireland's economic, educational and cultural participation in the worldwide Information Society

Educational and Social Initiatives from ICS

The ICS operates and supports a range of initiatives designed to support Ireland's economic and social development through IT.

Their focus is on community-based social inclusion. They also aim to spark the innovative and creative spirits of students. Their programmes include ChooseIT and CLISTE as well as the Computing Curriculum.

ChooseIT shows second-level students some of the good things about a career in Information Technology. CLISTE is a digital skills programme designed specifically for the Irish primary classroom. The ICS Skills Computing Curriculum for second-level students.

In addition, the ICS offers Continuous Professional Development for ICT professionals to progress in their careers.

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