Springboard+/HCI 2023
The Springboard+ upskilling initiative in higher education offers free and funded courses at certificate, degree, and masters level leading to qualifications in areas where there are employment opportunities in the economy.
Whether you are seeking to change careers, want to upskill, or need to retrain, ATU’s expert lecturers, support staff, and innovative online course delivery, will ensure you succeed.
Springboard+/HCI 2023 is now open for applications
See below for the full list of 2023 funded courses available from ATU Donegal:
Department of Computing
Department of Civil Engineering and Construction
Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Department of Business
Department of Tourism & Sport
Springboard+/HCI Application Process
Complete and submit Self-Declaration and application.
Academic Assessment:
The application moves to pending and goes for Academic Assessment. If successful, the applicant will be moved to ‘successful’ and a provisional offer is made. If unsuccessful, the applicant is moved to ‘unsuccessful’.
Complete and submit Self-Declaration and application.
Provisional offers must be accepted by the deadline specified. Applications move to accepted on acceptance of the offer.
Complete and submit Self-Declaration and application.
Applicants with provisional offers will be prompted to upload their eligibility documentary evidence under each of the eligibility criteria.
Documentation upload will
open 6 weeks prior to course commencement.
Evidence of Employment/Self-Employment, must be no older than six weeks from date of course commencement.
Evidence of Unemployment should be
no more than two weeks from date of course commencement.
ATU Donegal will review and verify documentary evidence submitted to ensure that it meets the standard required and that it does not fall outside the permitted timeframes.
Enrolled
Applicant will be moved to ‘enrolled’ on successful fulfilment of the Springboard eligibility check.
To see all ATU courses and information click here
How to Apply
All applications must be made through the Springboard website www.springboardcourses.ie
Fees & Funding
All applicants hoping to avail of Springboard funding must apply through the Springboard website. Unemployed participants
continue to receive 100% funding while those in employment will receive 100% funding for programmes at level 6 and 90%
funding for programmes from level 7 to level 9.
Am I eligible?
Springboard+ applicants must meet all residency and nationality/visa requirements, including the applicant has been ordinarily
resident in an EU/EEA/Swiss state for at least three of the five years preceding their entry to the programme.
- Returners – Those who have a previous history of employment but may require upskilling, reskilling or cross-skilling to transition back to the workforce.
- People in Employment – A 10% course fee contribution for Level 7, 8, and 9 courses is applicable for employed participants. This is payable directly to the provider.
- The Unemployed or formerly Self Employed – May apply to all courses with the exception of the two-year part-time ICT conversion courses. Unemployed applicants will also be required to meet additional criteria.
Further details are available: springboardcourses.ie/eligibility
If you have further questions, please contact the relevant campus below. ATU Donegal – springboard.donegal@atu.ie
