Social, Personal and Health Education / Relationships and Sexuality Education
Dublin City University (DCU) · Dublin, Ireland
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Dublin City University (DCU) · Dublin, Ireland
Social, Personal and Health Education / Relationships and Sexuality Education
Postgraduate · Social
About this programme
Download our SPHE factsheet (PDF) The Graduate Diploma in Social, Personal and Health Education and Relationships and Sexuality Education SPHE/RSE, the first of its kind in an Irish context, is funded by the Department of Education (DE) under an initiative to provide pathways for progression for post-primary teachers and to build capacity and leadership within the teaching profession in relation to the teaching of SPHE/RSE. This innovative, one-year, part-time NFQ Level 9 post-graduate programme of continuing teacher professional development is specifically designed to upskill and enable registered post-primary teachers to acquire, develop and advance their core competencies in the teaching of SPHE/RSE at Junior and Senior Cycle levels. The programme purposely incorporates three areas of professional learning, namely; personal development, skills and knowledge. Alongside the development of specialist subject knowledge, a focus on teachers’ own personal development and on the developmen
- Level
- Postgraduate
- Field
- Social
- Duration
- 1 year
- Study mode
- Part-time
- Intake
- September
Visa
- Visa required
- Student Visa (Stamp 2)
- Application fee
- EUR 60
- Processing time
- 8 weeks
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all — confirm your own case on the official visa page.
Scholarships available (3)
- Government of Ireland International Education ScholarshipsFully funded · Deadline March each year
- Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship ProgrammeFully funded · Annual: October
- DCU International Student ScholarshipsPartial funding · Standard admission deadlines