Learner Information

Want to use Moodle or Adobe connect? Check out our Moodle and Adobe Connect Learner Guide.

Want to have your views aired and your learner voice heard? Check out our Learner Voice Group.

Interested in ordering a Student Card for yourself? You can get €6 off with the discount code CORKFET   Click on this link to apply for one here.

Would you like to save on bus or commuter train costs? Sort out a Leap Card for yourself here.

In challenging times it is always important to mind your mental health. It might be helpful to have a look at our Bishopstown Campus Well-being document.

You can also have a quick look a this Bishopstown Campus Well-being video.

You also might want to have a look at these procedures :

Reasonable Accommodations Procedure

Complaints and Appeals Procedure

Communications Strategy

Training Allowance Amounts
CATEGORY

AGE

ALLOWANCE

Job Seekers Allowance

U26

€198 pw * ǂ

26+

Rate as per DSP (Form F103)
Job Seekers Benefit

18+

Rate as per DSP (Form F103)
Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA)

U26

€160 pw * ǂ

26+

Rate as per DSP (Form F103)
One Parent Family Payment

N/A

Travel & Meal Allowance only
Deserted Wife Benefit

N/A

Travel & Meal Allowance only
Widows/Widowers Pension

18+

Travel & Meal Allowance only
Illness Benefit & Invalidity Pension

N/A

Travel & Meal Allowance only
Disability Allowance or Blind Pension

18+

Rate as per DSP (Form DA103)
Farm Assist

N/A

Travel & Meal Allowance only
Fish Assist

N/A

Travel & Meal Allowance only
Dependant on Partner’s Claim

18+

Travel & Meal Allowance only
Occupational Injuries Benefit

N/A

Rate as per DSP (Form F103)
Credits Only

18+

Travel & Meal Allowance only
Disability Allowance

16

€76.65 pw – Full-time *

17

€95.75 pw – Full-time *
Young person with no SW Entitlement

16-17

€40 pw – Full-time

Canteen

In Bishopstown, we have an onsite canteen that provides hot meals for breakfast & lunch as well as hot/cold beverages, sandwiches and snacks.

The canteen provides seating for approximately 250 people.

The canteen in Carrigaline provides hot/cold beverages, sandwiches and snacks and can accommodate 45 people.

Car Park

There is ample Car Parking for all learners.

Learner Information Pack

The Induction Booklet will give you all the details you need regarding our policies and procedures and answers the most frequently asked questions.

Useful Websites

Moodle
Find your local Department of Social Welfare

eCollege – For local access to eCollege
Cork Education and Training Board
City and Guilds
FETCH (Further Education & Training Course Hub)
QQI (Quality & Qualifications Ireland)

Buses which stop outside our Bishopstown centre are the 201, 205 and 219.

The bus which stops outside our Carrigaline centre is number 220.

Share Your Success And Help Us Help Others.

If you got a job or a course after you have finished with us at Cork Training Centre please tell us. It is very useful information which can be used to secure further training for more learners.

Simply let us know the course you did with us, the job or subsequent course you secured, the name or the employer or college and the date you started. It might help the people who come after you to Cork Training Centre.

Email your success story to: info@bishopstowncampus.ie