CFA | NCAD | Professional Certificate in Creative Learning | ESF+ 2025

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THIS PROGRAMME IS CO FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND AND THE EUROPEAN UNION (EUFUNDS.IE)


A collaboration between Cultural & Creative Industry Skillnet and CFA-NCAD, this programme is offered to creative professionals at a special CCIS partnership rate of €350 (normally the fee for this course would be €600 in 2025).

Overview

NCAD’s Professional Certificate in Creative Learning co-delivered with Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre is a practical course that explores the transformative potential of creative teaching across diverse educational and community settings. Developed for practitioners in creative fields, it enhances collaborative learning environments that value experience-led, practice-based knowledge.

Aims & Objectives

This programme will provide learners with the tools too;

• Explore models of facilitative collaborative and experiential learning
• Develop tools for sharing creative processes, Practises and ideas
• Expand your understanding of teaching as a creative, critical practise examine the reach and impact of creative learning across diverse contexts
• Make informed judgments about different models of learning and teaching
• Investigate how creative practises can shape and transform learning environments
• Reflect on the role of creative pedagogy in your own professional practise

Participant profile/Who can apply/Eligibility

This programme is aimed at creative practitioners, educators and facilitators. It has been developed in response to a specific industry need to align creative practise with facilitative interactive learning methodologies for alternative community based and expanded learning environments.

All applicants are expected to present with an approved Bachelors Degree at minimum level of 2nd Class Honours.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) will be considered.

CCIS Membership Support

To qualify for Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet membership support, applicants must be RESIDENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND and not in receipt of a BURSARY, SCHOLARSHIP OR GRANT AID toward fees from another government agency or programme for this course.

Applicants may not be currently

• PARTICIPATING IN A CE SCHEME
• CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT

All programmes are provided without discrimination. This includes discrimination based on gender, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation. An inclusive environment that welcomes participants from diverse communities is promoted.

Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet is required to collect Special Category Data from those who wish to avail of supports for this programme. As part of your application process, you will be asked to fill out a special category data questionnaire which is accessed at the bottom of this page. Further data will be collected at the following milestones.

• course completion date
• 6 months post certification

Location

Rua Red
South Dublin Arts Centre
Plas Parthalan
Tallaght D24 KV8N

Costs/fee

The fee for this course is €350 per person (normally €600)
Payment will be due in full before the course commences
Refunds cannot be issued once the course has commenced.

Application steps

This is a 3 x step application

1. Complete the Special Category Data Participant Questionnaire below (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the QR Code or Link)
2. Fill out the Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet membership application form below (Green ‘Apply’ button)
3. If your CCIS Membership application is successful, you will be notified and given access to the CFA/NCAD Course application link if you have not already applied via the CFA/NCAD website.
   
   
   If your NCAD Course Application is successful you will be notified by NCAD and given access to a CCIS Registration/Payment Link.

CCIS membership application deadline

CCIS Membership Application Deadline: Rolling until 1 week prior to course commencement date.

If you experience any difficulties with your CCIS membership application please contact susantalbot@furthr.ie with a Subject Heading of NCAD | CCIS Application | [Course Name]

Important: All Course Applications To Be Made Separately via CFA/NCA. NCAD Deadline: TBC

Dates and times of the course

Start date: Dec 18th
End date: 7th March
See more dates under Duration & Format

This course is part funded by ESF+

ESF+ stands for European Social Fund Plus. It is a European fund that focuses on lifelong learning through improving employment and education opportunities.

In addition to the CCIS support application, Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet is required by Government to collect ‘Special Category Data‘ from those who wish to avail of ESF+ supports for this programme. Given the sensitive nature of this data, strict controls over access have been implemented.

Your Rights and Choices
The mandatory form will ask for general and special category data about you. You can choose if you want to share the special category information in questions 13 to 18. If you do answer these questions, we will handle answers with utmost care.

You have the right to access your data, get us to correct it if we get your details wrong, and ask us to delete your data. You can also choose to opt out or withdraw at any time (*I Do Not Consent). However, if you withdraw, we will not be able to provide you with access to the Creative Learning course until you reapply.

At the end of this questionnaire, we will also ask you to declare that the information you have provided is true. If you would like to take part in the ESF+ course, you must answer all the questions even if they do not apply. 

Further data will be collected at the following milestones.

• certification date
• 6 months post certification

If you wish to use your rights to access or change your information, or are concerned about anything on your participant form, please email dpo@skillnetireland.ie. 

For more information on ESF+ data processing and your rights, please see the ESF+ Data Privacy Notice.  You can find this on the Skillnet Ireland website or email your postal address and we will post it to you. 

Special Category Data Questionnaire

PLEASE FILL OUT THIS FORM OR ACCESS VIA THE QR CODE BELOW.