Minister announces 11,000 free or subsidised courses in skills of 'critical importance'
Springboard+ participant Maureen Lee at the Springboard+ and Human Capital Initiative (HCI) Pillar 1 launch on Monday. The 11,213 courses consist of 8,291 places on 252 courses under Springboard+ 2023 and 2,922 places on 105 courses under Human Capital Initiative Pillar 1 Graduate Conversion Programmes for the academic year 2023/24. Picture: Marc O’Sullivan
More than 11,000 free or heavily subsidised college course places in areas of “critical importance” have been announced by Higher Education Minister Simon Harris.
The courses which are free for people who are unemployed, previously self-employed and returners to the workforce will be in areas such as climate, sustainability, energy and financial technologies. For those who do not fit the above categories, 90% of the course fee is funded by the Government, with participants required to contribute the remaining 10%.
