Your college experience is about more than your course, it is about starting the next chapter of your life – your new world.
At DkIT you have the chance to grow academically and personally, meet like-minded people and work towards achieving your dreams. Our job is to help you do this.
This booklet contains important information about the supports and services aimed at helping you get the most from your college experience. It also provides information about how you meet your responsibilities as one of our valued students.
It's never too early to start planning for your future career! The careers office offers advice and information about career options, job applications, and the events and programmes we run for DkIT students.
Starting college is a wonderful experience for most people most of the time. However some of you may find the transition from school to college difficult, you may feel homesick and isolated, or you may have a sudden crisis like bereavement or illness. You may be worried about a friend or just be confused about where you can get help. The student counselling service is here to help you through these times.
If you have indicated the presence of a disability on your CAO application you will receive an email from the Disability Service after you accept your place. We would like to extend a warm and supportive welcome to such students and we will do everything that we can to help you fulfil your potential.
The DkIT Health Unit staff are available free of charge to all full time students and apprentices weekdays from 9am to 5pm. If you wish to see the Health Unit you should first make contact by phone (042 9370245) or email (healthunit@dkit.ie) and one of the team will be able to support you.
Every year more than 600 international students choose to study with us, making our campus one of the most diverse and multicultural of all Institutes of Technology in Ireland.
The basic role of the Pastoral Care Co-ordinator is to be collaboratively involved in the provision of holistic care within the College community. The Pastoral Care service serves all students. If the service cannot be of assistance to you directly, they will work with you to find the person who can best assist you.
Work placement is a central feature of a number of courses at DkIT, where students participate in a structured and assessed period of work experience in a relevant professional setting. We work to ensure that work placement is a mutually beneficial relationship where students are afforded a unique learning experience and organisations are provided with a student who contributes to the benefit of the workplace.
We recognise that some students may face financial difficulties during their time at college and as such we have a number of supports and services available to students to help them manage their money matters.
If you have any questions for our student services team or are unsure who can deal with your question, please get in touch with Adele who will be able to point you in the right direction.
In DkIT it is everyone’s responsibility to keep children safe on campus. Through our Child Protection Policy, we have procedures in place which help us to do this. If you have concerns about child protection, we have a number of ways by which you may get advice and report concerns if required.
The Irish Network Against Racism Group will provide online anti-racism training to all students.
Students will be notified by email of all relevant dates and times.
As part DKIT's commitment to being a safe space for all our students and staff, free from sexual harassment and violence of any kind.
You will be offered the chance to take part in a number of training events during the academic year.
We have a short video introduction to Bystander Intervention - which encourages us all to recognise and call out unacceptable behaviour whenever we see it.
We will also shortly be launching Speak Out, an online reporting tool that will allow for the anonymous reporting of incidents of sexual harassment, bullying, assault and violence. This tool will also provide information on support services and reporting pathways.
View Introduction to Bystander Intervention Video
You will receive details of how you can access this and other workshops in the area of consent during the year. You will also be able to access these through the DKIT Promoting Consent & Ending Sexual Violence area of our website.
Congratulations, you have now completed your online induction.
If you have any feedback, comments or opinions on this online induction we would be delighted to hear from you. please complete our online feedback form.
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