Virtual College Open Days 2021
Teagasc held a series of virtual events for prospective applicants to its full-time Level 5 agriculture, horticulture, equine and forestry courses. Attendees were shown behind the scenes footage of college educational facilities and farm enterprises, had the opportunity to hear testimonials from past students and were able to join a live Q&A session.
Topics discussed include; the application process; course content and elective subjects; progression; student maintenance grants and work experience arrangements.
Click on the college links below to watch back the recording of the virtual events:
Teagasc Colleges
Ballyhaise Agricultural College - Tuesday March 2nd, 2021
Kildalton Agricultural & Horticultural College - Thursday March 4th, 2021
Clonakilty Agricultural College - Tuesday March 9th, 2021
College of Amenity Horticulture Botanic Gardens - Thursday March 11th, 2021
Private Colleges
Mountbellew Agricultural College - Wednesday March 3rd, 2021
Gurteen Agricultural College - Wednesday March 10th, 2021
Salesian Agricultural College - Thursday April 15th, 2021
Teagasc Ballyhaise Agricultural College, Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
Tuesday, 2 March, 2021 | 6pm
Forestry
On Tuesday, 2 March, a live panel discussion and Q&A session with lecturers and past students from Ballyhaise College where attendees heard about the forestry courses offered at the college and had the opportunity to view superb behind the scenes video footage of college students out on practical training on the college forestry enterprise.
Watch it back here
Tuesday, 2 March, 2021 | 7pm
Agriculture
Ballyhaise Agricultural College Virtual College Open Day continued with a live panel discussion and Q&A session with lecturers and past students about the agricultural courses offered at the college along with superb video footage of the college farm enterprises and training facilities.
Watch it back here
Teagasc Kildalton Agricultural & Horticultural College, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny
Thursday, 4 March, 2021 | 6pm
Horticulture
On Thursday, 4 March our Kildalton College Virtual College Open Day hosted a live panel discussion and Q&A session with lecturers and past students about the horticultural courses offered at the college along with superb video footage of horticultural skills training and the horticultural enterprise. Watch it back here.
Thursday, 4 March, 2021 | 7pm
Equine
At 7pm on Thursday, 4 March, a live panel discussion and Q&A session with lecturers and past students from Kildalton College took place where attendees heard about the equine courses offered at the college and had the opportunity to view superb behind the scenes video footage of equine skills training and the equine enterprise. Watch it back here.
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Thursday, 4 March, 2021 | 8pm
Agriculture
On Thursday, 4 March, a live panel discussion and Q&A session with lecturers and past students about the agricultural courses offered at Kildalton Agricultural College took place and superb video footage of the college farm enterprises and training facilities was shown. Watch it back here.
Teagasc Clonakilty Agricultural College, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
Tuesday, 9 March, 2021 | 7.30pm
On Tuesday, 9 March a live panel discussion and Q&A session with lecturers and past students from Clonakilty Agricultural College took place where attendees heard about the courses offered at the college and had the opportunity to view superb behind the scenes video footage of the college farm enterprises and training facilities. Watch it back below.
Teagasc College of Amenity Horticulture, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin
Thursday, 11 March, 2021 | 12.30pm
A live panel discussion and Q&A session with lecturers and past students from the Teagasc College of Amenity Horticulture at the National Botanic Gardens where attendees heard about the full time and part time courses offered at the college such as landscape design, nursery stock, sports turf management and food production. Watch it back here.
Private Colleges
Mountbellew Agricultural College, Mountbellew, Co. Galway
Wednesday, 3 March, 2021 | 5pm - 8pm
The virtual event consisted of a joint panel discussion and Q&A session with staff from Teagasc Education, GMIT and Mountbellew.
Lecturers and past students of Mountbellew Agricultural College joined the event to discuss Teagasc and GMIT courses in agriculture offered in Mountbellew.
Gurteen Agricultural College, Ballingarry, Roscrea, Co Tipperary
Wednesday, 10 March, 2021 | 9am - 9pm
Live online sessions with college staff and lecturers will take place on the hour, every hour on Wednesday, 10 March. Log onto the Gurteen Agricultural College facebook page for more information.
www.facebook.com/GurteenCollege
Pallaskenry Agricultural College, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick
Thursday, 15 April, 2021
Salesian Agricultural College Pallaskenry hosted a Virtual College Open Day at 7pm on Thursday the 15 April. Featuring a live panel discussion with lecturers followed by a Q&A session, testimonials from past students and excellent video footage of our practical training facilities and all of the college farm enterprises.