Thurles Education Centre Part Time Drawing Course

Thurles Education Centre, Kickham St, Thurles are offering a part time  drawing course. This course will lead to a FETAC Level 4 certificate in Drawing. The course will begin on Wednesday the 31st of August and will run for two hours every Wednesday and Friday morning for 6 weeks. Any enquiries please ring (086) 3600103 […]

June 2011 News from Thurles Education Centre

Thurles Education Centre Summer Programme The summer programme in Thurles Education Centre has kicked off with a range of activities. A visit to the famine museum in St Mary’s Church proved to be very interesting as we listened to many anecdotes from our guide, George Willoughby about the famine in Thurles and the affect it […]

News from Thurles Education Centre May 2011

This month Thurles Education Centre teamed up with Tipperary Libraries to take part in a number of Bealtainne events. Our students learned the craft of glass painting from Jane Carragher and were treated to a dance workshop led by Rosalie Butler as part of this annual festival. We were honoured to attend a talk by […]

News from Thurles Education Centre

This month saw our students visiting some of Thurles’ cultural attractions. They visited an exhibition by Tipperary based Artist, Thomas Barron, in The Source Arts Centre entitled “Coming Home”.  The exhibition comprised of large scale, expressive, abstract paintings which generated a lot of discussion from the students. They also visited a display of sculptural works […]

Thurles Education Centre News, September 2010

Thurles Education Centre (North Tipperary Senior Traveller Training Centre) has resumed its courses in Kickham Street, Thurles.  As well as FETAC Levels 1, 2 and 3, we are now offering FETAC Level 4 certification and the Junior Certificate.  We are also offering part time BTEI courses which will commence in October. These courses will run […]

News from Thurles Education Centre (North Tipperary VEC Senior Traveller Training Centre)

We are drawing closer to the end of our term year and our Learners are completing and preparing their FETAC folders for assessment. An opportunity to progress is the right of every individual. With that in mind, we have been turning our learner’s awareness towards possible paths of educational progression. We recently visited St Sheelan’s College, […]