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FÁS digital design, etc., courses

  • 26-05-2009 01:00PM
    #1
    Dave!
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    Hey folks,

    I'm just finished college and I don't fancy the chances of getting a job, plus my degree (assuming I pass, touch wood) is rather weak (2.2), so I need to add some more strings to my bow, so to speak.

    Anyways, I'm checking out a few FÁS courses, and several look pretty good!

    The ones that took my fancy are:

    Digital Design for Website Production
    Graphics for the Print Media
    Software Developer 1 (though this is obviously not relevant to this forum)

    - Has anyone done one of these courses? Are they any good? Worth doing?
    - Are these the courses that you pay to do, or the ones that they pay you to do? I'm unfamiliar with the way FÁS works
    - Most request a portfolio of some sort to qualify for it. How 'advanced' would this have to be? I mean, I've done quite alot of photo manipulation and messing, but nothing that requires any significant talent or artistic prowess


    Thanks for any thoughts


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  • #2
    Hank_Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Hank_Scorpio


    What is the content of the course and the duration?

    I did a FAS course in DTP about 9 years ago or something. It was a 6 month course and full time and I was also paid by FAS too.


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