return to learning or access courses

danmur · 06-01-2012 6:25pm #1

hey guys,
new to the boards so hello first of all and thank you to everyone who did the stickys, they really helped.
i was hoping to apply as a mature student in september 2013 and im trying to get some things ready and sorted. i read on some of the apps to colleges about return to learning or access courses i was wondering if anyone knew some places where these are on? i found on myself in NUI maynooth just looking for some otheres,
thanks in advance.

ronano · 06-01-2012 7:36pm

Ucd do an access course for arts,social science and engineering and science. Trinity also have one but i think it's allot more intensive. There are others but that's all i know!

danmur · 07-01-2012 10:49am

thanks man ill check them out.

skinthegoat · 11-01-2012 1:45pm

I'm a mature student, about to start the last term of an BA in UCD. I'm over 65 and had only a year of secondary school before starting work way back when. I thought I'd nothing to do but apply to UCD four years ago, but I now realise that, had I done so, I'd have been flattened in the first month. Luckily, I was persuaded to do the Access course, and I can't praise it enough. It was just fantastic. THere are two sessions a week, one studying an accademic subject and the other a 'how to study' class with an educational psychologist. Of course, if you're a secondary school graduate in the habit of regular and effective study, then this might be wasted on you. All I can say is that, for me the Access course was the best investment I ever made: it changed mny life. Good luck, whichever way you go.

return to learning or access courses

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