The Springboard initiative in higher education offers courses at Certificate, Degree and Master’s level FREE!

08 January 2015


The Springboard initiative in higher education offers free courses at Certificate, Degree and Master’s level offers leading to qualifications in areas where there are employment opportunities.

 To be eligible for a part-time Springboard course you need to be unemployed with a previous history of employment AND

 Be in receipt of a payment from the Department of Social Protection (there is no minimum qualifying period for eligibility) OR be signing for social insurance contribution credits OR be previously self-employed

 AND

Be actively seeking employment. Full details of eligibility requirements are available at this webpage:

 http://www.springboardcourses.ie/eligibility and more details on 161 eligible courses at the webpage: http://www.springboardcourses.ie/results

The Springboard website has all details: http://www.springboardcourses.ie