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Springboard courses. Free college courses sponsored by the Irish Government

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https://springboardcourses.ie/

Open for applications on 25th of June. Telephone lines open 22nd of June.

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yoshx

- bo - wrote: »

Get a grip. It's a bargain alert, not an open discussion on life and fulfillment. Away somewhere else with your wishy washy sh1te...

You are right its a bargain site, my point is you can be productive part of society without a degree ,and being self taught, if you feel to deepen yourself in the academic field this is a really great opportunity . If you here only for the bargain and thinking you will profit , you might get disappointed.

My opinion is :

higher degree isn't ≠ better life

also

better job [more money] ≠ a peaceful respectful life and being more productive part of society , unless you can keep your Ego in check

Am I being too wishy washy ? I am sorry for being different from you

Away With The Fairies

OnLooker wrote: »

The majority of them seem to have that but when you click into the course content they allow employed people to attend.

Priority has to be given to those that are unemployed.

dvcireland

mad m wrote: »

I applied for a course in WIT last year, didn't realise it was springboard funded. You pay 10% so I had to pay 500 euro. I had to meet the criteria set out for the course I was doing plus upload a **** load of my qualifications before I was granted funding.

I'm in full time employment and up until Covid I was travelling to WIT in Waterford every 2nd Friday, stayed down there and was in WIT on Saturday till 2pm.

some providers are fussier than others, one course provider (getreskilled) wanted me to get a written statement from a peace commissioner to prove that i had been resident in ireland,

- bo -

yoshx wrote: »

Now this , you are one in 100s , you deserve to apply and keep going for the joy of study knowledge ! Your courses should be free and should be supported !

I see a lot of people going into fields with very little interest and finding no fulfillment , I believe your journey will yield great friendship and maybe an academic future ahead of you. May I ask what courses have you completed ?

Get a grip. It's a bargain alert, not an open discussion on life and fulfillment. Away somewhere else with your wishy washy sh1te...

touts

dinneenp wrote: »

I spoke to them last week. It's not first come, first served. There's a deadline for applications and all submitted will get reviewed.

Thanks. I think I'll leave it until tomorrow so :-)

yoshx

Clareman wrote: »

I've done 2 Springboard courses now and they are brilliant in my opinion, nothing to do with jobs or careers advancement but as a hobby, you can spend your evenings watching Netflix or whatever you want, personally I did evening courses online and loved every second of them, forgetting about the extra letters after my name or pieces of paper in the post, you get to meet people with similar interests as you have and it is quite a sociable thing.

Now this , you are one in 100s , you deserve to apply and keep going for the joy of study knowledge ! Your courses should be free and should be supported !

I see a lot of people going into fields with very little interest and finding no fulfillment , I believe your journey will yield great friendship and maybe an academic future ahead of you. May I ask what courses have you completed ?

yoshx

touts wrote: »

Got rejected did you?[/QUOT

I went on site to see what amazing courses are being thought to the general public, it failed , the site crashed - so we could say it was a heavenly intervention

OnLooker

icanmunch wrote: »

finally managed to load the page. Any course I find is not open to those currently in employment

The majority of them seem to have that but when you click into the course content they allow employed people to attend.

yoshx

This is it wrote: »

But sure, why do anything in life. Most people need money, so most people need a job. Third level education is one avenue available to us to make this possible.

are we on this planet to satisfy our needs? if money would not be an issue , what would you do deep in your heart ?

[Deleted User]

Clareman wrote: »

Prehaps if someone manages to get onto the site they might download the excel spreadsheet of all the courses and upload it here so people can have an idea of the courses that have been posted.

icanmunch

finally managed to load the page. Any course I find is not open to those currently in employment

Clareman

Prehaps if someone manages to get onto the site they might download the excel spreadsheet of all the courses and upload it here so people can have an idea of the courses that have been posted.

Treepole

There is no rush to get your application in so just relax and try the site tomorrow.

Clareman

yoshx wrote: »

just gonna share my 2 cents ,if they cant create a proper website that able to serve , why bother applying trough any of it ?

There is lack of resources or grey material to make this springboard website going, therefore anything is related to it is kind of obsolete.

Now lets say you got in and got your degree and your dream job with 100 k or more, you still just an homo sapiens with money and a job.

Congratulations You have Survived, whats is next ?

I would say you find more full filing life style away from all these super courses , educated people.

Good luck finding your ways

I've done 2 Springboard courses now and they are brilliant in my opinion, nothing to do with jobs or careers advancement but as a hobby, you can spend your evenings watching Netflix or whatever you want, personally I did evening courses online and loved every second of them, forgetting about the extra letters after my name or pieces of paper in the post, you get to meet people with similar interests as you have and it is quite a sociable thing.

CBear1993

yoshx wrote: »

just gonna share my 2 cents ,if they cant create a proper website that able to serve , why bother applying trough any of it ?

There is lack of resources or grey material to make this springboard website going, therefore anything is related to it is kind of obsolete.

Now lets say you got in and got your degree and your dream job with 100 k or more, you still just an homo sapiens with money and a job.

Congratulations You have Survived, whats is next ?

I would say you find more full filing life style away from all these super courses , educated people.

Good luck finding your ways

I'm sorry could you repeat that in some sort of language we can decipher?

dinneenp

touts wrote: »

Site keeps crashing. It's unusable at the moment.

I spoke to them last week. It's not first come, first served. There's a deadline for applications and all submitted will get reviewed.

touts

yoshx wrote: »

just gonna share my 2 cents ,if they cant create a proper website that able to serve , why bother applying trough any of it ?

There is lack of resources or grey material to make this springboard website going, therefore anything is related to it is kind of obsolete.

Now lets say you got in and got your degree and your dream job with 100 k or more, you still just an homo sapiens with money and a job.

Congratulations You have Survived, whats is next ?

I would say you find more full filing life style away from all these super courses , educated people.

Good luck finding your ways

Got rejected did you?

CBear1993

Even when the page does load, it's still only giving the option of download SB 2020 list on an excel file?? is this the same for others?

The search function or drop downs for colleges etc aren't working for me yet.

yoshx

just gonna share my 2 cents ,if they cant create a proper website that able to serve , why bother applying trough any of it ?

There is lack of resources or grey material to make this springboard website going, therefore anything is related to it is kind of obsolete.

Now lets say you got in and got your degree and your dream job with 100 k or more, you still just an homo sapiens with money and a job.

Congratulations You have Survived, whats is next ?

I would say you find more full filing life style away from all these super courses , educated people.

Good luck finding your ways

touts

Site keeps crashing. It's unusable at the moment.

CBear1993

jeepers the traffic must be mad - I remember logging on last summer in august and most you could still apply to?

Maybe it's with the current job losses, or else people are sensing an impending recession.

I tried it on internet explorer and chrome, both crashing

djan

Tried to register but it came up with an error and now trying to log in it says account not verified check email. There hasn't been an email for the past hour or so. Anyone else experiencing this?

Jet Black

CBear1993 wrote: »

Has the site crashed or have they just decided not to open it at 10am?

Missed all the thread this morning, just logged on and its still the excel list, no way of searching courses

Opened ten minutes ago but the site is getting hammered, it's not loading at all.

icanmunch

courses are live now but site is crashing for me

CBear1993

Has the site crashed or have they just decided not to open it at 10am?

Missed all the thread this morning, just logged on and its still the excel list, no way of searching courses

2lazytogetup

Jet Black wrote: »

Sure he did. I signed up too and they sent me my master's already, great service.

well done, ill hire you so. 100k plus benefits per annum sound good?

Jet Black

2lazytogetup wrote: »

my mate told me that he signed up to a springboard it course this morning and he has already received login from college and emails with his reading material attached. think he even has his timetable for september

Sure he did. I signed up too and they sent me my master's already, great service.

zep

2lazytogetup wrote: »

my mate told me that he signed up to a springboard it course this morning and he has already received login from college and emails with his reading material attached. think he even has his timetable for september

That's total bullsh*t
it doesn't work like that.

djan

go4it wrote: »

this type of courses are NOT first come first served ; it's based on merits!

And the schools won't close the application process, even if they have 10 times more applications than places : they have a way of filtering down the applications and pick the ones who really want and can learn new skills...

@offtopic : few people ( even on this forum ) thought that is a penneys opens at 10 , start Q-ing from 3 am type of thing

That's what I assumed was the case but just wanted to make sure

2lazytogetup

my mate told me that he signed up to a springboard it course this morning and he has already received login from college and emails with his reading material attached. think he even has his timetable for september