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Fuzzy Logic · 16-09-2020 08:27PM

Anyone doing a course in IT Sligo know anything about getting a student card?

bennyx_o · 16-09-2020 09:57PM

Fuzzy Logic wrote: »

Anyone doing a course in IT Sligo know anything about getting a student card?

Doing Computer Science in Sligo but haven't heard anything about getting a student card. Had a brief look around the online learning portal and thought I saw something about them but didn't look too much into it

cefh17 · 16-09-2020 10:17PM

Has anyone in NUIG looked at the fees page yet? For my course it's 2060 for EU students but fees page has me needing to pay 250. Wondering has that happened to anyone else?

cefh17 · 16-09-2020 11:12PM

This is it wrote: »

Springboard is 10% fees for employed and 0% for unemployed.

Yeah but the 250 is more than 10% (not by much I'll admit!), I should be eligible for the 10% which is why it#s confusing

mp3ireland2 · 17-09-2020 08:10AM

cefh17 wrote: »

Yeah but the 250 is more than 10% (not by much I'll admit!), I should be eligible for the 10% which is why it#s confusing

Strange all right, my course was €6,000 as listed on website, but my fee was €530, so in my situation I was obviously not complaining that I was having to underpay by €70. Wonder what the reason for variances are.

oopsies · 17-09-2020 08:56AM

cefh17 wrote: »

Has anyone in NUIG looked at the fees page yet? For my course it's 2060 for EU students but fees page has me needing to pay 250. Wondering has that happened to anyone else?

The course I applied for is 4000 and I paid 500 euro as my "10%". well my employer actually paid it, but it is a bit cheeky alright!

bennyx_o · 17-09-2020 10:53AM

I haven't heard anything regarding payment from Sligo yet, thought it would have been done through the registration last week

mp3ireland2 · 17-09-2020 01:52PM

bennyx_o wrote: »

I haven't heard anything regarding payment from Sligo yet, thought it would have been done through the registration last week

I know obvious and I'm sure you have! but have you checked spam?

My email was from somebdoy at NIBRT requesting the fees as it seems to be run through the Sligo IT systems and infrastructure, so assuming yours isn't NIBRT I can't give you a contact.

bennyx_o · 17-09-2020 06:32PM

I have - usual random foreign emails but nothing from Sligo in there. I've emailed and asked but they just confirmed the registration process & that was it. It allows me to pay fees of €3,428 for the full academic year, but this doesn't seem right for a Springboard course

mp3ireland2 · 17-09-2020 09:57PM

bennyx_o wrote: »

I have - usual random foreign emails but nothing from Sligo in there. I've emailed and asked but they just confirmed the registration process & that was it. It allows me to pay fees of €3,428 for the full academic year, but this doesn't seem right for a Springboard course

yeah you shoudl get a seperate email form springboard, don't pay the full amount anyway!

FFVII · 17-09-2020 10:40PM

Fuzzy Logic wrote: »

Anyone doing a course in IT Sligo know anything about getting a student card?

https://library.itsligo.ie/get-started/online-learner/

mp3ireland2 · 18-09-2020 08:20AM

FFVII wrote: »

https://library.itsligo.ie/get-started/online-learner/

Hadn't even thought of this, but now that we can't get them due to Covid I feel i'm missing out

mad m · 18-09-2020 08:36AM

Cant believe some are complaining about the 10% lark. It cost me 500 euro for a course which was just under 4k....Would gladly pay double.

shanec1928 · 18-09-2020 09:19AM

bennyx_o wrote: »

I have - usual random foreign emails but nothing from Sligo in there. I've emailed and asked but they just confirmed the registration process & that was it. It allows me to pay fees of €3,428 for the full academic year, but this doesn't seem right for a Springboard course

the email with your registration details says to choose the pay later options.

but communication from the college has been pretty lax so far.

bennyx_o · 18-09-2020 09:37AM

Yeah, I selected that alright, just want to pay so its all done and sorted

shanec1928 · 18-09-2020 09:54AM

bennyx_o wrote: »

Yeah, I selected that alright, just want to pay so its all done and sorted

likewise that money is burning a hole in my pocket:pac:

py · 18-09-2020 10:20AM

mad m wrote: »

Cant believe some are complaining about the 10% lark. It cost me 500 euro for a course which was just under 4k....Would gladly pay double.

Everyone's circumstances are different. I'm employed so the 10% wasn't that big a deal but if you're on pup or a low earner then it's a different story.

cefh17 · 18-09-2020 12:22PM

mad m wrote: »

Cant believe some are complaining about the 10% lark. It cost me 500 euro for a course which was just under 4k....Would gladly pay double.

Wasn't complaining, just wondering what was the discrepancy

Furious-Red · 18-09-2020 07:22PM

Just wondering, So i got accepted on a part time course and i am currently unemployed, my question is if i get a full time job during the term i presume i will have to pay the 10% fees?

mad m · 18-09-2020 07:35PM

Furious-Red wrote: »

Just wondering, So i got accepted on a part time course and i am currently unemployed, my question is if i get a full time job during the term i presume i will have to pay the 10% fees?

You were offered place while unemployed. It's up to you to inform them. Cant see them asking for 10% on fact your circumstances changed

Esse85 · 18-09-2020 08:06PM

Furious-Red wrote: »

Just wondering, So i got accepted on a part time course and i am currently unemployed, my question is if i get a full time job during the term i presume i will have to pay the 10% fees?

No you won't.
It depends on your status when you accept the course.

Away With The Fairies · 19-09-2020 01:42PM

I signed up for a springboard course, I have to pay the 10% as I'm in employment.

I'm not long in my job and I know I can be let go anytime. They have now extended the PUP for new applications and has been extended until the end of the year. However, the PUP is not an eligible payment for a springboard course.

So what does that mean for me if I lose my job and if I want to continue on with the springboard course?

Do I have to apply for jobseeker's to continue on the springboard course? You get more on the PUP, so it doesn't make sense having to choose a lower payment to continue on.

mad m · 20-09-2020 09:51AM

If you are on the course you continue regardless of your employment status.

AngryLips · 20-09-2020 02:04PM

Furious-Red wrote: »

Just wondering, So i got accepted on a part time course and i am currently unemployed, my question is if i get a full time job during the term i presume i will have to pay the 10% fees?

The whole point of Springboard is to get people into employment, so getting a job during your time on the course wouldn't be unexpected/unanticipated.

FDave · 21-09-2020 03:50PM

Has anyone else receiving the PUP been told they have to change to job seekers allowance in order to qualify for a springboard course

Zeuss · 21-09-2020 09:21PM

I've been told to apply for BTEA and move to JSB in order to qualify for springboard course. It doesn't make sense having to choose lower payment to do the course, seems to be very complicated and no clear guidelines on this process.

roro1990 · 22-09-2020 12:41PM

Got accepted into a postgraduate diploma in cybersecurity today. That's thrown a spanner in the works for me. I am 30 years old and looking to retrain down a new career path. Cybersecurity interests me, but the more I've read about it, the more it seems you need good coding knowledge for it.

My bachelor's degree in actuarial science had very little coding in it. I was going to take the CompTIA Security+ cert this December to gauge whether I would actually like to work cybersecurity or not and then maybe do a higher diploma in software development next September.

My concern if I choose this postgrad course and attain the diploma is that it won't do anything for my employment prospects in cybersecurity. There will be candidates for most jobs who have solid computer science background whereas I'll seemingly be entering into the field from this random position of having a degree in actuarial science and with just a postgrad diploma to my name. Even a cursory look at the cybersecurity job postings online seems to require coding experience and general IT experience that I lack.

Decisions decisions...

22-09-2020 02:39PM

Just got this email

We regret to inform you that due to insufficient numbers, the course will not run this autumn. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

What a disaster to find this out so late

kilburn · 22-09-2020 02:58PM

Deleted User wrote:

What a disaster to find this out so late

Brutal sorry to hear that what course was it and did you apply for others?

Maybe contact springboard to reset your applications

Bellbottoms · 22-09-2020 03:01PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Just got this email

What a disaster to find this out so late

That is awful, I am so sorry. Hopefully you can get on a similar course offered by somewhere else,

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