our validating partners Griffith College works in partnership with a number of validating bodies in Ireland and the UK. This ensures that all programmes are recognised nationally and internationally.
HETAC
Nottingham Trent University
The Higher Education and Training Awards Council
A range of our programmes are validated by Nottingham
(HETAC) was established by the Irish Government on
Trent University in the UK and delivered on campus in
11 June 2001, under the Qualifications (Education and
Griffith College. This collaborative arrangement ensures
Training) Act 1999, as the awarding body for third-level
that students benefit from the combined experience of
education and training institutions outside the university
both institutions. On completion of these programmes
sector. It is the successor in this role to the National
you will be conferred with an internationally recognised
Council for Educational Awards (NCEA) which played
academic award of the Nottingham Trent University.
its part in the economic development of the country
Nottingham Trent is one of the largest universities in the
for more than a quarter of a century. The international
UK and currently has in excess of 26,000 students. Of the
status and value of HETAC qualifications is assured as the
11 most recent subject reviews, Nottingham Law School
demand for graduates continues to grow at home and
has been awarded ten ‘excellent’ ratings by the advanced
abroad. www.hetac.ie
management and legal training body for lawyers. Nottingham Business School is noted for its excellence in teaching among UK business schools, having recently achieved a placing in the top ten of the Guardian League Table for Business Management Studies. www.ntu. ac.uk
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