Springboard+ offers opportunites for FREE one-year higher education programmes for Jobseekers and Homemakers wanting to upskill and secure employment. Several FREE Springbaord+ courses are OPEN TO EMPLOYED in the areas of ICTSkills conversion and BioPharmaChem/Medtech manufacturing.
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Course |
Level |
Credits |
NEW Springboard for Manufacturing/BioPhamaChem and Medical TechnologyOpen to Employed people as well as to Jobseekers, Homemakers, Previously Self-employed. All of these courses must be completed in one academic year or less. |
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Certificate in Pharmaceutical Technology |
6 |
60 |
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Certificate in Supervisory Management |
6 |
20 |
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Certificate in Advanced Analytical Techniques |
9 |
30 |
ICTSkills Conversion Courses - Two-year Part-time modeOpen only to Employed people – or more accurately people not in receipt of any DoSP benefit |
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Higher Diploma in Science in Computer Science [Part-time mode] |
8 |
90 |
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Higher Diploma in Business Systems Analysis [Part-time mode] |
8 |
60 |
ICTSkills Conversion Courses - Full-time modeOpen to Jobseekers, Homemakers, Previously Self-employed - also open to Employed people but FT mode not ideal for many. |
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Higher Diploma in Agri-Food ICT Systems |
8 |
60 |
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Higher Diploma in Computer Science |
8 |
90 |
SpringboardOpen only to Jobseekers, Homemakers, Previously Self-Employed. All of these courses must be completed in one year or less. |
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Certificate in Culinary Skills |
6 |
60 |
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BA in Legal Studies in International Trade |
7 |
60 |
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Certificate in Entrepreneurship |
7 |
30 |
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Higher Diploma in Business Systems Analysis |
8 |
60 |
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Higher Diploma in Production Management for Digital Animation |
8 |
60 |
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MBS Economics and Finance |
9 |
90 |
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MBS Marketing |
9 |
90 |
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MSc in Global Financial Information Systems (GFIS) |
9 |
90 |
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MSc in Sustainable Energy Engineering |
9 |
90 |
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MSc Information Systems Processes |
9 |
90 |
Eligible applicants for Springboard+ 2017 are as follows:
- Those in receipt of an eligible payment from the Department of Social Protection and the formerly self-employed
- People who meet the criteria for ICT conversion courses irrespective of employment status
- Homemakers: people not in receipt of a payment from the Department of Social Protection that have been out of the work environment for a number of years due to childcare or other caring obligations and have a previous history of employment but may require upskilling, reskilling or cross-skilling to transition back to the workforce
- People with a level 7 ICT qualification seeking upskilling in that discipline to a level 8 irrespective of employment status
- People who wish to upskill or reskill to meet a specific emerging skills gap in the Biopharma/Med Tech sector irrespective of employment status
Please see more information at www.springboardcourses.ie/eligibility
Joan Mangan / Neil Quinlan