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Applying for a course you have no working experience in

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  • 29-01-2009 1:47am
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    Chucky the tree
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    Is there any point? I'm interested in doing a course but I have no decent work experience in that area, I did do it in the LC and it was the subject I did the best in but since the LC(5 years or so now) I havent done anything work related to it. The only interest I've kept up in it has been reading a few books in it etc. What are the chances of me being given a place?


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    smashey
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    Depennding on what course it is, maybe you should do an access course first and take it from there.


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    Chucky the tree
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    Looking to do economics, whats an access course?


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    paperclip2
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    Access courses are courses that are designed to give people an opportunity to see whats involved in college life and study for a year before committing to a degree course. In some courses you get a chance to see whats involved in courses across all subject areas, science, humanities,etc, some focus on a particular subject field.
    They are useful to people who have been out of formal education for many years or to others like yourself who are interested in a subject area but aren't sure that its really for them.

    E.G
    UCD runs an access course in Commerce among others:http://www.ucd.ie/adulted/access/index.html

    Trinity college also runs the Trinty Access Programme for both Adults and students from non traditional backgrounds: http://www.tcd.ie/Trinity_Access/

    NUI Maynooth also offers an Access programme: http://access.nuim.ie/

    This isn't an exhaustive list, other colleges and universities also offer such programmes.


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