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It depends what exactly you are looking for...
I know of the following:
NIHE (National Institute of Higher Education). These are the nearest
to a Technical University and I believe they do degree courses.
Digital gets some good people from there. They are located in Dublin
and Limerick. I'm giving a presentation for DECUS at NIHE Dublin
on Thursday so maybe I'll be able to pick up some more details.
Mail me if you have a specific interest/subject in mind.
RTC (Regional Technical Colleges) These do technical courses in
all areas, incl Electronics. There are several scattered around
the country.
And of course the "standard" universities do technical courses (not
sure about correspondence).
-Dermot
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In order of reputation???
As distinct from most other countries, the U.K. nad Ireland have
"External examiners" for all degree and higher courses. Their duty
is to ensure a uniform standard of pass and honours qualifications
across the two islands. This works reasonably well. My father is
an academic in Galway and has been an external examiner for, among
many others; Oxford, St. Andrews, Univ of London, Trinity (Dublin),
Royal College of Surgeons (He's medical) and various Middle East
and African universities.
This means that the standards are relatively uniform compared to
the USA. (i.e. no cases like: M.I.T.= really serious, Florida State
= Party time).
However, differing sizes and budgets mean different standards of
lab equipment, etc. are available. While I personally went to UCG,
we had the smallest and worst lab facilities. I believe this made
no difference at all to my employment opportunities.
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