Plc vs College

9wetfckx43j5rg

I know there are several threads about this but I'd like to know but students what the major difference is between going to college and going to a futher education college.

Are there still varied timetables?
How much are you allowed to do your own thing and how much will you be chased for work?
What are your experiences?

beggo

Hey, I filled out a PLC application for liberies college about 5 days ago, does anyone know when I should expect a reply from them?

pawrick

well I assume it varies depending on your teachers/lecturers some will push you to get the work done some wont - just in the same way some places running PLC's have good reputations and some don't.

re the liberties - call them up and ask them -they should be able to give a rough time frame based on last year

Sad Professor

PLC courses tend to focus more on practical skills rather than theory. They were designed to be a stepping stone to employment. A lot of time, however, people use them to get to third-level.

Teachers won't go after you for work any more than they would in a third-level college. Although usually in you are in a much smaller environment so they will notice if you are doing nothing but they are unlikely to care. Unlike in a university course where might be a lot of independent study for essays and exams, PLCs tend to have more practical assignments and you have to do work experience. All these things depend on the course though.

My own experience of PLCs have been somewhat mixed tbh. Many of the teachers were excellent but I didn't care for the vocational aspect. This is exactly what makes them so appealing to many people however. Depends what you want out of them.

9wetfckx43j5rg

What about the timetables?

SuperTyper

I'd like to know about timetable also, is it 9-5? I'm going to Crumlin College next month and was wondering what hours I will be doing. I do know we get a half day each week:D

Sad Professor

Yeah, pretty varied. Depends on the college/course though. It won't be like school, if that's what you mean.

You might start late on some days and finish early on other days. Equally you might have huge gaps between classes, which can be quite boring depending on where the college is situated.

pawrick

timetables - PLC courses are meant to opperate during normal school time ie 9 to 5 - there will be free time between I'm sure and some days where you dont start at 9 or finish up much earlier then 5 but broadly speaking it's scheduled between 9 to 5