Springboard courses. Free college courses sponsored by the Irish Government

Proferoxa · 09-06-2021 10:32PM

I don't see them?

knipper · 09-06-2021 10:47PM

Nothing coming up for me either

go4it · 10-06-2021 05:34AM

have a feeling that only HCI database was linked to the search page

I'd say they wait for the minister to make a public announcement ( hope he gets a chance to outline the ministry's achievements before any leaving-cert mishaps comes in the public attention... )

IwishIknew2020 · 10-06-2021 02:14PM

Whats the difference between HCI and ICT courses does anyone know?

Proferoxa · 10-06-2021 02:18PM

IwishIknew2020 wrote: »

Whats the difference between HCI and ICT courses does anyone know?

"The Springboard+ upskilling initiative in higher education offers free and subsidised courses at certificate, degree and masters level leading to qualifications in areas where there are employment opportunities in the economy.

Human Capital Initiative (HCI) Pillar 1 will extend the approach currently in place for ICT under Springboard+. It will offer incentivised places for graduates to reskill in areas of skills shortage and emerging technologies e.g. ICT, High End Manufacturing, Data Analytics, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, via graduate conversion courses. The HCI Pillar 1 funding will provide funding for full-time graduate conversion courses. Courses at level 8 Higher Diploma and level 9 Postgraduate Diploma on the National Qualifications Framework will be funded under this Pillar."

Source: https://springboardcourses.ie/

zom · 14-06-2021 01:00PM

go4it wrote: »

HCI and Springboard+ offers for 2021 has been made available on website

So far I can only see Limerick Institute of Technology and Dundalk Institute of Technology added?

Proferoxa · 14-06-2021 01:25PM

The course lists are up! Doesn't look like they're open for applications yet though.

Berty · 14-06-2021 01:44PM

Proferoxa wrote: »

The course lists are up! Doesn't look like they're open for applications yet though.

I'm not sure it is accurate though as the courses I'm looking at in 2 Colleges alone are last years courses. Check the closing dates. When I looked at springboard a few days ago those courses weren't there. The ones I am looking at now are closing dates of last Summer.

Pete123456 · 14-06-2021 01:51PM

Seems course lists are out today and applications open from Wednesday!

Proferoxa · 14-06-2021 01:56PM

Berty wrote: »

I'm not sure it is accurate though as the courses I'm looking at in 2 Colleges alone are last years courses. Check the closing dates. When I looked at springboard a few days ago those courses weren't there. The ones I am looking at now are closing dates of last Summer.

The Excel spreadsheets with the 2021 courses can be found here: https://springboardcourses.ie/search

Officer Giggles · 14-06-2021 02:53PM

I'm hoping the PDF they have up isn't the complete list, a course I wanted to do, that has been on the list for the past number of years, doesn't appear to be there this time

Pete123456 · 14-06-2021 03:01PM

Officer Giggles wrote: »

I'm hoping the PDF they have up isn't the complete list, a course I wanted to do, that has been on the list for the past number of years, doesn't appear to be there this time

I noticed a course I’ve done in the past and some others I had looked at are missing also, I expect they’re just “refreshing” the list and not just including the same old courses…

Officer Giggles · 14-06-2021 03:31PM

I see UL applied for funding for 37 courses but only 15 of them made the cut.

Proferoxa · 14-06-2021 04:13PM

Officer Giggles wrote: »

I see UL applied for funding for 37 courses but only 15 of them made the cut.

Overall there seem to be substantially fewer courses than last year.

inyoup · 14-06-2021 05:26PM

I just finished my springboard course, got the results today but obviously won't get diploma until graduation. Can I sign up to another, higher level through springboard already ?

touts · 14-06-2021 05:35PM

Definately seems to be less. And what is there is a bit more...... niche than past years. I suspect they are cutting Springboard back because they will be trying to deal with more 1st year undergraduates this year again due to the "ah sure god help them and the covid when they were trying to study for the leaving cert" policy of the government.

Don't think I'll be applying for anything this year. Not much I am interested in and I'll save it until next year when hopefully they may have more options.

go4it · 14-06-2021 06:55PM

inyoup wrote: »

I just finished my springboard course, got the results today but obviously won't get diploma until graduation. Can I sign up to another, higher level through springboard already ?

your school needs to mark the springboard course as completed ( since you got the results ) in order to apply to another course.
have a look into your Springboard account/dashboard and see what's the status on the course you received the results

tv3tg4 · 14-06-2021 07:39PM

Choice is not great.

Subject areas have narrowed.

I might do a post Grad Cert springboard course or look into doing an online part time course

coffeelover · 14-06-2021 07:47PM

Hey, I was looking at doing a course that I thought was funded by Springboard last year but it was actually funded by the Government July Stimulus Provision. Just wondering whether that stimulus will come up again this year or was it a once off?

AngryLips · 15-06-2021 08:33AM

tv3tg4 wrote: »

Choice is not great.

Subject areas have narrowed.

Isn't this year the first year of the new EU budget? Did they lose the EU funding for it this year?

Daniel112 · 15-06-2021 09:54AM

Looks like search doesn't work for some of the colleges. CIT which is now known as Munster Technological University (excel is accurate) is still listed as CIT on the search page which returns no results :rolleyes:

Nemanrio · 15-06-2021 11:28AM

Any idea what documents will be needed to register?

Blizzard · 15-06-2021 11:39AM

It looks like the courses are listed now. When you click on Search Courses on the site, it shows "Download SB 2021 Course List" option.

ClaptonBay · 15-06-2021 12:36PM

Has anyone completed any of the data analytics courses - would be interested to get opinions on which college you went to and course contents?

Proferoxa · 15-06-2021 12:48PM

It varies, but generally they ask for any/all of the following: your CV, transcript of results from any previous third-level qualification you may have, an academic or professional reference or two, proof of identification, and a letter of motivation. Also, proof of receipt of a social welfare payment if you're unemployed.

Proferoxa · 15-06-2021 12:49PM

Nemanrio wrote: »

Any idea what documents will be needed to register?

It varies, but generally they ask for some/all of the following: your CV, transcript of results from any previous third-level qualification you may have, an academic or professional reference or two, proof of identification, and a letter of motivation. Also, proof of receipt of a social welfare payment if you're unemployed.

zom · 15-06-2021 01:23PM

Blizzard wrote: »

It looks like the courses are listed now. When you click on Search Courses on the site, it shows "Download SB 2021 Course List" option.

Lots of what on the list is not shown on springboard website?

dinneenp · 15-06-2021 02:18PM

zom wrote: »

Lots of what on the list is not shown on springboard website?

I noticed that too. 'Certificate in Health Project Management' is on the xls but doesn't return from a search

Proferoxa · 15-06-2021 02:26PM

dinneenp wrote: »

I noticed that too. 'Certificate in Health Project Management' is on the xls but doesn't return from a search

This year's courses won't be available using the search function until tomorrow when applications open. For some reason they still have last year's courses on there.

IwishIknew2020 · 15-06-2021 08:04PM

tv3tg4 wrote: »

Choice is not great.

Subject areas have narrowed.

I might do a post Grad Cert springboard course or look into doing an online part time course

You are so right, much wider choice available last year.
Its disappointing. I was also hoping to do similar to yourself.

Springboard courses. Free college courses sponsored by the Irish Government

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