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OTC Online Application Centre – Open
The OTC Online Application Centre is currently accepting applications for the following QQI validated programmes that are scheduled to commence October/November 2020. These programmes are validated by QQI, are student-centred, practical and will enhance the career prospects of participants who…
Read MoreCOVID-19: OTC Contingency Arrangements
OTC is fully open with business ongoing and taking in Applications This notice provides details of the OTC response plan for the COVID-19 event and a proposed contingency plan to maintain delivery of programmes. Rationale: To minimise infection spread, protecting…
Read MoreCOVID-19: Letter to OTC Students 25th March
Letter to Students 25th March 2020 Dear Open Training College students, I hope that you and your families are keeping safe and well at this time. We appreciate that this is a worrying and difficult time for you…
Read MoreCOVID-19: Information for OTC Students and Associates
If you are an OTC Student If you are a student on any OTC course, you will receive updated information by email regularly. This information is informed by the public health information provided by the HSE and the Department of…
Read MoreWell done OTC! Shortlisted for a prestigious Education Award 2020
Celebrating over 27 years of delivering education and training to the health and social care sector, the Open Training College (OTC) is honoured to be a finalist in the upcoming Education Awards 2020! The Education Awards recognise, encourage and…
Read MoreA Student View: the Certificate in Applied Management
Lauren Bacon graduated from the Open Training College (OTC) with the Certificate in Applied Management in 2018 and is currently the Head of Unit at a disability day service in Dublin. Lauren believes that these two facts are very much…
Read MoreEarn As You Learn – OTC/SMH Work Study Scheme
Note: This Course is now closed for applications. Are you interested in working in intellectual disability services while you study for a social care degree? Apply now by sending an email and your CV to recruitment@smh.ie or request further information…
Read MoreQuality is about Passion and Pride.
On Saturday 3rd March 2018 Sir Roger Bannister died peacefully at the age of 88 surrounded by his loving family in Oxford. When he was 25 years of age, apart from being known as a renowned neurologist, Sir Roger, made…
Read MoreOTC Hiring: Programme Coordinator Contract
The Open Training College (OTC) is quality approved nationwide provider of further and third level education to staff working in services for people with a disability, the health sector and in human services/non-profit sectors. We are currently seeking a Programme…
Read MoreOTC Graduation Day: the first group to achieve the QQI Certificate in Patient Safety Complaints Advocacy have graduated!
The annual Open Training College (OTC) conferring ceremony in November in the RDS Dublin is always a special occasion to celebrate and acknowledge the graduates of the College. Something new is always welcomed by the OTC and this year saw…
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