Kimmage Development Studies Centre
| Established | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Fintan Farrelly |
| Address |
Kimmage Manor Whitehall Rd, Dublin 12, Dublin, Ireland Coordinates: 53°18′31″N 6°18′36″W / 53.308570°N 6.309929°W |
| Nickname | Kimmage DSC |
| Affiliations |
Quality & Qualifications Ireland Maynooth University MS-TCDC The Grail |
| Website | http://www.kimmagedsc.ie |
Kimmage Development Studies Centre (DSC) is based at Kimmage Manor, in Dublin, Ireland. It has provided courses in Development Studies since 1974 as well as other training courses aimed at the International Development Sector, development practitioners and activists.
Academic programmes on offer reflect a combination of formal and non-formal educational methodologies and are run at undergraduate (BA) and post graduate (MA and Post Graduate Diploma) levels, with options to study on a full-time or part-time basis. Modules from the MA in International Development are also available to students on-line through a Flexible and Distance Learning (FDL) mode of delivery. From September 2016 this MA programme is accredited by Maynooth University. Prior to this date, its MA programme (previously named an MA in Development Studies) was internationally accredited by Quality and Qualifications Ireland. Kimmage DSC also provides a BA in International Development in collaboration with Maynooth University, as part of their undergraduate programme. This programme was established in September 2013.
In addition to its academic programmes, Kimmage DSC provides capacity development services devoted to the professional upgrading of Irish and overseas-based international development personnel. These capacity development services are provided as mentoring and organisational support and the provision of short-term practical training either through classroom-based training or open and distance education (KODE).
In addition to its collaborations with Maynooth University, Kimmage DSC has developed activities and linkages with other like-minded organisations in the development sector in Ireland and internationally - most notably in Tanzania, South Africa and Vietnam.
Kimmage Development Studies Centre is based at Kimmage Manor, in Dublin, Ireland. It was established in 1974 by the Irish Province of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (also known as the Spiritans or the Holy Ghost Fathers) initially to provide education and training to intending overseas missionaries, where in addition to priestly formation they often took a degree at UCD. From 1978 onwards, to cater for the training needs of the growing development NGOs and volunteer sending agencies, the programme of studies welcomed participants of all backgrounds, cultures, nationalities, religious persuasions. To date, it has accommodated students from over 65 different countries, drawn mainly from Africa and Ireland but increasingly, also from Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America.
In 2004 Kimmage DSC successfully tendered for an Irish Aid-funded contract to run a training and learning programme for the Irish development NGO and missionary sector. This programme (known as DTALK) was run by a consortium headed by Kimmage DSC which included the Dutch agency MDF, and the UK agency INTRAC. The programme continued to run until the contract ended in March 2012.
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