Green Light Given For BIFE To Be Developed Into A "Modern, State-Of-The-Art" Facility.

The redeveloped college in Bray will eventually accommodate more than 1,500 learners on-site.

The green light has been given for Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB) to proceed to the next stage in developing a College of The Future in Bray Institute of Further Education.

Government funding worth tens of millions of euro will drive the development of Wicklow College of Further Education and Training at the existing Bray campus site into a modern, state-of-the-art facility. 

The redeveloped college will eventually accommodate more than 1,500 learners on-site and cater for up to 5,000 full-time, blended, and part-time equivalent learners.

Speaking in Bray today, Taoiseach Simon Harris said:

“This is an incredibly proud and exciting day for Wicklow.

“This campus is now set to benefit from a major investment as it transforms itself into a state-of-the-art education and training campus which will deliver apprenticeship programmes, pre-apprenticeship courses, and establish a Centre of Excellence in Film and TV and Media.

“The investment will mean that existing FET provision, which is dispersed across several leased buildings in the Bray and North Wicklow area, will instead be delivered in one single sustainable, developed building."