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College courses offered to the unemployed/made redundant

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    #32
    webactivation
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭webactivation


    Can anyone tell me if it is possible to get a grant to cover costs as I am due to start a twenty week web activation course next Monday. I have no income at present and just need living expenses.


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    #33
    Long Term Louth
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭Long Term Louth


    qwert2 wrote: »
    Thanks Jeremy. That's interesting. I should have been on BTEA then :(
    I am going back to do the second year in September. I can hopefully switch to BTEA in the meantime. Another factor about BTEA is that I think it hinders your chance of applying for a maintenance grant (not too sure on that one).

    I'm based in Dublin, thanks for the link nevertheless

    If youget BTEA you are not entitled to a maintenance grant, however you can receive course/registration fees by completing the maintenance grant form and sending it in as normal.


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    #34
    JeremyH
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭JeremyH


    The Irish Management Institute (IMI) & Business Information Systems (UCC) are offering FREE short courses under the Springboard initiative launched last week.

    The short courses are as follows:
    • IMI Certified Module in Business Model Innovation
    • IMI Certified Module in Business Intelligence & Decision Support
    • IMI Certified Module in Cloud Computing & Web 2.0

    There are 15 places available on each short course and more detail can be found at:

    http://www.bluebrick.ie/Springboard/SearchResults.aspx?SearchText=&InstitutionIDs=34

    The unique selling points of these short courses are as follows:
    • 3 week block style delivery (1 reading week, 1 teaching week, 1 continuous assessment week)
    • Participants up-skill in an area quickly
    • 100% project based assessment (no end of year examination)
    • Content is specifically developed to appeal to a wider business and management audience from all sectors (not technical computing modules).
    • 10 credits (NFQ – Level 9) and can be combined (in the future) with 2 additional 10 credit modules to lead to a IMI Diploma in Information Systems, which can further be combined with other IMI offerings to lead to a Masters of Business (90 credit – Level 9 NFQ).

    The eligibility criteria for Springboard can be found on the website (www.bluebrick.ie/Springboard/). As the short courses are (NFQ – Level 9) applicants must have a (NFQ - Level 8) qualification (e.g. an honours degree) for a period of at least three years before the commencement date of their chosen Springboard Level 9 short course.

    PM me for more details.


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