But not surprising. I have been browsing possible part time education options as my job offers to pay for it and after having a look at them, it seems a lot of DBS programs are basically worthless and not recognized by Irish Education and standards bodies.
People would need to be very careful about which course they do there because some do have QQI accreditation but other similar ones dont.
In general and not just for college a good rule to live by is you never buy anything on the promise of future upgrades or changes. If something isnt what you want the day you have to put money down then be aware that anything promised later might never come.
Just be a businessman doing business. Snake oil.
Education is a business and politics are heavily involved in. I imagine another institution may have stepped in to prevent DBS from securing CORU recognition.
>The course was established by DBS back in 2018 and received QQI validation, but has been in the process of being approved by CORU
I’ve sympathy for those who feel they were misled, but it is hugely risky to do a course that is not yet accredited. There’s no guarantee that it will be, it’s down to the approving authority and how much you trust the university to be able to reach the standards. With somewhere like DBS I’d have no confidence at all.
Depending on how definitive DBS were in claiming the course would be accredited I’d hope the students could get refunded – but I would be surprised if they were stupid enough to put something like that in writing.
I’ve worked for over ten years in third level education in Ireland. If you’re not going to one of the universities you need to ask about accreditation when you apply.
When going to one of the private institutions, Griffith, DBS etc, don’t do any of their programmes that are running less than ten years. And if you do study with them, use their qualifications as stepping stones to further study in the universities.
If a course doesn’t have QQI accreditation or they tell you some part of the accreditation is pending, save your money.
I’ve sat in QQI accreditation meetings and gone through the course tender process and seen QQI say no. It isn’t worth your money studying a course that isn’t well established.
does anyone go to dublin business school other than foreigners
Time for a class action suit in the courts…
Not the first time something like this happened, and it won’t be the last.
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The degree was always useless
That sucks.
But not surprising. I have been browsing possible part time education options as my job offers to pay for it and after having a look at them, it seems a lot of DBS programs are basically worthless and not recognized by Irish Education and standards bodies.
People would need to be very careful about which course they do there because some do have QQI accreditation but other similar ones dont.
In general and not just for college a good rule to live by is you never buy anything on the promise of future upgrades or changes. If something isnt what you want the day you have to put money down then be aware that anything promised later might never come.
Just be a businessman doing business. Snake oil.
Education is a business and politics are heavily involved in. I imagine another institution may have stepped in to prevent DBS from securing CORU recognition.
>The course was established by DBS back in 2018 and received QQI validation, but has been in the process of being approved by CORU
I’ve sympathy for those who feel they were misled, but it is hugely risky to do a course that is not yet accredited. There’s no guarantee that it will be, it’s down to the approving authority and how much you trust the university to be able to reach the standards. With somewhere like DBS I’d have no confidence at all.
Depending on how definitive DBS were in claiming the course would be accredited I’d hope the students could get refunded – but I would be surprised if they were stupid enough to put something like that in writing.
I’ve worked for over ten years in third level education in Ireland. If you’re not going to one of the universities you need to ask about accreditation when you apply.
When going to one of the private institutions, Griffith, DBS etc, don’t do any of their programmes that are running less than ten years. And if you do study with them, use their qualifications as stepping stones to further study in the universities.
If a course doesn’t have QQI accreditation or they tell you some part of the accreditation is pending, save your money.
I’ve sat in QQI accreditation meetings and gone through the course tender process and seen QQI say no. It isn’t worth your money studying a course that isn’t well established.
does anyone go to dublin business school other than foreigners
Time for a class action suit in the courts…
Not the first time something like this happened, and it won’t be the last.