Setanta College is a distance learning college, with a focus on programmes in the broad area of human development and performance. It offers internationally accredited qualifications, ranging from Higher Certificate to Master's degree level.
The college is primarily web-based but has also offered campus-based programmes through its institutional partnerships. Other teaching locations include London, UK,[2]Karnataka, India,[3] and Pennsylvania and Florida in the United States.[4]
History
Setanta College was founded by Liam Hennessy BA, MSc, PhD, FRAMI,[5] a former international pole vault competitor and record holder.[6] Hennessy is an exercise physiologist and strength and conditioning coach whose work has been published in scientific journals[7][8] and has worked with European soccer club teams in Italy,[9] and Germany,[10][11] the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU),[11] the Irish Olympic Team,[12][13]Tipperary GAA,[12] and as Fitness coach to three time Major winning golfer Pádraig Harrington.[14] Through his own work, Hennessy believed there was a need for better qualified experts in the area of strength and conditioning, and so designed a course that would concentrate on this area of expertise.
In 2019 Setanta College entered a partnership with Irish American University (IAU) that saw the graduate programmes accredited regionally by IAU.[15]
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