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 Institute of Legal Executives (IILEX) is a professional body representing registered legal executives in Ireland.
Education
IILEX courses provide students with an academic grounding in core legal subjects. However, they also focus on the practical application of legal principles in the work environment.
The Institute, in conjunction with Griffith College, has developed a course specifically for the Legal Executive. Therefore, the Diploma in Legal Studies & Practice gives legal executives the necessary academic and practical skills for the legal office.
Past graduates, members of the IILEX legal academic team and employers in legal practice in addition to the Irish Institute of Legal Executives helped to design this diploma programme.
The majority of students complete the Diploma in Legal Studies and Practice in one academic year. Graduates may also enter the second year of the LLB (Hons) in Irish Law degree in Griffith College Cork or Dublin.
Recognition of Education Bodies
The Irish Institute of Legal Executives recognises the following educational bodies:
- Griffith College Dublin
- Trinity College Dublin
- UCD - University College Dublin
- UCC - University College Cork
- UCG - University College Galway
- University of Limerick
- Letterkenny Institute of Technology
- Dublin Institute of Technology
- Waterford Institute of Technology
- Dublin Business School
In addition, IILEX recognises other bodies running courses approved by their Educational Committee.
