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Springboard courses. Free college courses sponsored by the Irish Government

bromley52

https://springboardcourses.ie/

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

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Treepole

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

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.

icanmunch

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

[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.

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 ?

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

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

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 ?

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 :-)

- 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...

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,

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.

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

[Deleted User]

yoshx wrote: »

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

Probably should have told yourself this little anecdote 10 years ago.

CBear1993

Any way of getting this @yoshx numpty off the thread? tried to message me asking what I didn't understand.

Let's start with the fact that it looks like you smoked a sizeable bag of mary jane before you type your messages.

Complete and utter tripe. Go and find the spiritual forum

contrary_devil

Is the Springboard site being overloaded or what's the problem, I've been trying it for over an hour and it won't load?

dinneenp

This is it wrote: »

I completed a course in Springboard about 5 years ago, I applied and was accepted within about a week. Didn't have to upload anything

It's obviously changed since. I know for Sligo PM course you need to upload & also submit, up to 500 words, why you're applying.

Mickeroo

It's been down for a few hours now I think.

Clareman

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 ?

1 was a management course and the other was a technical course that were both outside my normal areas of expertise, both were levels 8 and 9 which is nice

Daniel112

From their twitter page:
https://twitter.com/SpringboardHEA/status/1276137904000110593

Guess we just try again tomorrow! :rolleyes:

CBear1993

Some craic these colleges/course providers

FFVII

How do I get the, whoever's running springboard, any job in there would be great.

machiavellianme

yoshx wrote: »

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

Ah, the old double negative. So you're saying that a higher degree is equal to a better life!

cronos

Is this all first come first served? How long to the places tend to fill up?

FFVII

cronos wrote: »

Is this all first come first served? How long to the places tend to fill up?

No.

Read back.

Mystery666

I know there's an option to turn the Higher Diploma in Computer Science into an MSc in UCD by converting halfway through. I only know about this through word of mouth, is there any other Higher Diploma's that have a similar option as this is the only one I know about.

r439z5ifwt8soq

Mystery666 wrote: »

I know there's an option to turn the Higher Diploma in Computer Science into an MSc in UCD by converting halfway through. I only know about this through word of mouth, is there any other Higher Diploma's that have a similar option as this is the only one I know about.

I can't speak for all of the courses but I've just finished a Postgraduate Diploma course which was essentially just the taught modules element of a masters.

There was then a choice to either graduate after that year with a PGDip, or complete a dissertation for the MSc award. In that case, it was only the Postgraduate Diploma part that was covered under Springboard. The dissertation element was to be undertaken as a second year.

CBear1993

Lainey Mushy Stinger wrote: »

I can't speak for all of the courses but I've just finished a Postgraduate Diploma course which was essentially just the taught modules element of a masters.

There was then a choice to either graduate after that year with a PGDip, or complete a dissertation for the MSc award. In that case, it was only the Postgraduate Diploma part that was covered under Springboard. The dissertation element was to be undertaken as a second year.

Is it really necessary if you’re looking to change industry you’re in? Will the PgDip be enough to get you in the door with employers/recruiters...

Brozy

CBear1993 wrote: »

Is it really necessary if you’re looking to change industry you’re in? Will the PgDip be enough to get you in the door with employers/recruiters...

Depends of the industry you're in and what you want to move to, as well as how many years of experience and transferable skills you've built up.

If you've no experience in the IT sector and you want to break into it, I'd say in most cases you'd require a qualification or at least be working towards one.

In my opinion the majority of employers don't overly care about the content of your course or where you studied. Third level qualifications are prerequisites and they like to see you can start something and finish it out. If you're adding to your qualifications/continuing your professional development off your own bat and paying it for yourself, employers also love to see this.

r439z5ifwt8soq

CBear1993 wrote: »

Is it really necessary if you’re looking to change industry you’re in? Will the PgDip be enough to get you in the door with employers/recruiters...

Well it's something anyway. In the IT industry, an NFQ qualification would generally open the door, but professional certifications would be more valuable after that in many areas.