1000 State funded postgrade places

ramblingcelt

The Minister for Education has announced 2,500 new places on part-time college courses for unemployed workers (1000 of which are postgrad). They will be in sectors such as medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, international financial services and the food sector.

Rang the Department of Education this morning and as usual details are no available when the announcement was made (politicians!!)

Civil Servant thought that registering would be through Fas. (Fas had no information either.) If anyone has any information please post it. I will keep ringing around.

Thanks

pablodunlop

2500....that'll be enough :rolleyes:

blucey

Sigh...so much problematic with this ; chief amongst them is that many courses have already closed applications.....

pablodunlop

http://www.education.ie/home/home.jsp?maincat=&pcategory=10861&ecategory=10876&sectionpage=12251&language=EN&link=link001&page=1&doc=45775

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blucey wrote: »

Sigh...so much problematic with this ; chief amongst them is that many courses have already closed applications.....

Chief among them it's a drop in the ocean.

Next it's that it's restricted to medium-term unemployed. That's it lads, incentivise spending a year on the dole rather than getting kids into postgrads. F*cking great idea.

ramblingcelt

Was on again to the Department of Education. The HEA have only just asked for proposals from the 3rd level institutions and they hope to have first proposals by July. No idea as yet whether people who already have a masters can take one of these conversion courses.

The HEA expect to have details of courses available by July 20th. (+353 1 231 7100). Application will be direct to the institutions themselves.

http://www.hea.ie/en/node/1262

DATE OBJECTIVE

10 June 2009 Call for proposals issued
17 July 2009 Closing date for receipt of proposals
31 July 2009 Notification of Outcome


Institutions invited to submit proposals

University College Dublin
University College Cork
National University of Ireland, Galway
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Trinity College Dublin
University of Limerick
Dublin City University
Dublin Institute of Technology
Athlone Institute of Technology
Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
Institute of Technology Carlow
Cork Institute of Technology
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Limerick Institute of Technology
Institute of Technology Sligo
Institute of Technology Tallaght
Institute of Technology Tralee
Waterford Institute of Technology
Mary Immaculate College
St. Patrick's College
National College of Art and Design
St. Angela's College Sligo
Mater Dei Institute of Education
National College of Ireland
Tipperary Institute