Springboard courses. Free college courses sponsored by the Irish Government

Mickeroo · 10-07-2020 10:00AM

Vetch wrote: »

I looked at a few courses and think the documents upload facility might have been there for some. Unsure though as I was looking around at different colleges. For the particular course I applied for, the email I got from NUIG said the system hadn't been working properly but was fixed.

Makes sense. I've only applied to the one course so hopefully I get it, it was the only one that seemed to fit my needs in terms of fitting it around work from the descriptions.

Officer Giggles · 10-07-2020 10:52AM

Do you get an email if you are unsuccessful or does your status on springboard just update to something negative

shanec1928 · 10-07-2020 11:07AM

Officer Giggles wrote: »

Do you get an email if you are unsuccessful or does your status on springboard just update to something negative

you get an email that it was unsuccessful

dinky earnshaw · 10-07-2020 12:40PM

Can anyone tell me if level 6 courses are free to people in employment?

Officer Giggles · 10-07-2020 12:41PM

dinky earnshaw wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if level 6 courses are free to people in employment?

Yea all level 6 courses are free

newuser99999 · 10-07-2020 12:51PM

oleras wrote: »

How does this work for someone not entitled to any social welfare, eg still living at home with parents ?

Son finished college just now and no jobs out there atm, wondering if he could apply for these to keep him busy/upskill?

He won’t be able to do one. You need to either be working or in receipt of some type of social welfare payment.

oleras · 10-07-2020 01:09PM

newuser99999 wrote: »

He won’t be able to do one. You need to either be working or in receipt of some type of social welfare payment.

Makes sense, all i have to do is ask him to move out, start claiming 200/week sw and get them to pay another 100/week towards a room, cost the state 15k/year when he can live at home for free :pac:

Tough time to be a recent graduate unfortunately.

2lazytogetup · 13-07-2020 03:49PM

some of the courses dont require any additional documentation. ie dont need to provide evidence of past courses completed. Dont need to set out why you are applying. So how do they decide. Will the course provider contact us directly and ask for this information.

anyone know if the courses have filled up. i only applied an hour ago. was it in vain?

uptherebels · 13-07-2020 03:55PM

2lazytogetup wrote: »

some of the courses dont require any additional documentation. ie dont need to provide evidence of past courses completed. Dont need to set out why you are applying. So how do they decide. Will the course provider contact us directly and ask for this information.

anyone know if the courses have filled up. i only applied an hour ago. was it in vain?

It depends. I applied to Sligo, they didn't require additional documentation with the initial application, but they asked for transcripts after reviewing my initial application and then proof of employment when I accepted the course.

2lazytogetup · 13-07-2020 04:07PM

uptherebels wrote: »

It depends. I applied to Sligo, they didn't require additional documentation with the initial application, but they asked for transcripts after reviewing my initial application and then proof of employment when I accepted the course.

thanks uptherebels

PEACEBROTHER · 13-07-2020 04:19PM

uptherebels wrote: »

It depends. I applied to Sligo, they didn't require additional documentation with the initial application, but they asked for transcripts after reviewing my initial application and then proof of employment when I accepted the course.

Same as me -

Quick question any idea how I would get around the utility bill Request

I have no bills at all in my name only bank statement - sent them bank statement to see if that will do

py · 14-07-2020 10:13AM

DCU are hosting a webinar for anyone interested in applying for their courses. It's on this Thursday 16th July at 7pm. Details here.

woofwoof123 · 14-07-2020 05:04PM

Hi Guys,

I have been offered a place by IT Sligo for a level 8 Certificate in Medical Technologies Regulatory Affairs & Quality. I am waiting to hear back from Innopharma about their Higher Diploma in BioPharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturing. Has anyone any experience on either of these two courses? Finding it hard to decide on which one to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

bennyx_o · 14-07-2020 05:30PM

Received an offer today from DBS for a Higher Diploma in Science in Computing - delighted. Need to work out the evenings with work before accepting, though

Away With The Fairies · 14-07-2020 05:47PM

Does anyone know if I don't accept a course, will that disqualify me to apply next year?

absolutegroove · 14-07-2020 06:45PM

Confused on which offer to accept: I never thought I’d be in this position................

Master of Arts in Creative Digital Media - UX and Interaction Design

or

Higher Diploma in Science in Digital Marketing

BonnieSituation · 14-07-2020 07:01PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Does anyone know if I don't accept a course, will that disqualify me to apply next year?

No.

FFVII · 14-07-2020 08:25PM

bennyx_o wrote: »

Received an offer today from DBS for a Higher Diploma in Science in Computing - delighted. Need to work out the evenings with work before accepting, though

whats that now

taytobreath · 14-07-2020 10:48PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Does anyone know if I don't accept a course, will that disqualify me to apply next year?

You could accept the course and defer it for a year as far as I am aware

GirlatdRockShow · 14-07-2020 11:00PM

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

My wife applied for her transcripts from TUD, it took them a week to come back to her and she was told they cant find them online and there is nobody in the college to access them. Dont know what happens now. Not great though

Did your wife get sorted?

I filled out the online form multiple times and kept emailing everyone I could think of/every email I could find even vaguely associated with my school/course
In the end I was able to find my student number on some random notes from years ago so logged in to that (thanks to advice here!) , reset my pin and took screenshots of results and sent those.

After I did all that TUD eventually got back to me with the transcipts but I don't know whether it was the forms or the many emails that worked!

Got my first choice anyway in IT sligo so all worked out OK

Captain Flaps · 15-07-2020 11:27AM

Thanks for this, just got the acceptance emails for the course I applied to, will be starting back part time in september with the govt paying 90% of my fees. Delighted.

Officer Giggles · 15-07-2020 11:30AM

Has anyone that has applied for a course in UL had any movement on their application yet.

Kiith · 15-07-2020 12:41PM

I still haven't been able to get a copy of my results. QQI said Carlow would have to issue them directly, and i've had no reply from Carlow. Really annoying.

py · 15-07-2020 12:57PM

Kiith wrote: »

I still haven't been able to get a copy of my results. QQI said Carlow would have to issue them directly, and i've had no reply from Carlow. Really annoying.

Have you tried contacting them on social media?

Kiith · 15-07-2020 12:59PM

Emailed them again there, and there's a 15 day turnaround apparently. Will see what turns up over the next few days.

Snow Garden · 15-07-2020 01:00PM

woofwoof123 wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I have been offered a place by IT Sligo for a level 8 Certificate in Medical Technologies Regulatory Affairs & Quality. I am waiting to hear back from Innopharma about their Higher Diploma in BioPharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturing. Has anyone any experience on either of these two courses? Finding it hard to decide on which one to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Do you need to be working in MedTech or have a Science degree to apply for those?

15-07-2020 04:09PM

Got accepted on the course that I really wanted to do, so happy days! A little worries about the workload but we will see how it goes!

Does anyone know when fees are due for the courses?

Thanks

woofwoof123 · 15-07-2020 10:01PM

Snow Garden wrote: »

Do you need to be working in MedTech or have a Science degree to apply for those?

As far as I‘m aware you need to have a Level 7 science/engineering degree.

mad m · 16-07-2020 03:44AM

tolow wrote: »

Got accepted on the course that I really wanted to do, so happy days! A little worries about the workload but we will see how it goes!

Does anyone know when fees are due for the courses?

Thanks

Well done. As far as I can remember when I registered and got accepted i had to pay the 10% there and then. Think it said it’s dependant on if I’m selected for springboard grant. Think one of the lads in my course paid 10% (500). He was then told he was selected for springboard but later on during Semester 1 College turned around and said it was a mistake and wanted full fee. He argued it to the hilt, but college didn’t budge and he had to eventually pay full price.

Kamu · 16-07-2020 10:55AM

mad m wrote: »

Well done. As far as I can remember when I registered and got accepted i had to pay the 10% there and then. Think it said it’s dependant on if I’m selected for springboard grant. Think one of the lads in my course paid 10% (500). He was then told he was selected for springboard but later on during Semester 1 College turned around and said it was a mistake and wanted full fee. He argued it to the hilt, but college didn’t budge and he had to eventually pay full price.

I assume however that if you apply through the Springboard website and get accepted you either pay nothing or the 10%.

I don't see how they can claim you've to pay full fees when you applied and got accepted through their Springboard admissions?

Springboard courses. Free college courses sponsored by the Irish Government

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