Social care students in a Dublin college are calling for refunds and answers after learning that they will not be able to be employed as social care workers when they graduate.
Students in Dublin Business School's BA and BA (Hons) in Applied Social Care feel they have been "grossly misled" as the college has withdrawn their application to CORU, Ireland's health and social care professional regulator. This means graduates will be unable to become official social care workers, despite having a degree.
The course was established by DBS back in 2018 and received QQI validation, but has been in the process of being approved by CORU. According to DBS, the CORU Review Panel had "concerns about the extent to which the programme ensures the achievement of the Registration Board Standards of Proficiency for Social Care Workers" and "advised that the timeframe of the Programme Approval process could not accommodate the submission of the changes required to address the issues."
