Springboard+ offers a choice of free, part-time and intensive conversion courses in higher education from certificate, to degree, to post-graduate level. Most of these courses are offered on a part time basis for a maximum of 12 months and open to all eligilble applicants regardless of their employment status.  Springboard+ courses are available to the unemployed, returners (formerly homemakers), formerly self-employed, the employed and recent graduates.  

All applications are made through the Springboard+ website which also has detailed information on eligibility 

Springboard+ 2019 course applications are now open for this year. Applications for these courses are through www.springboardcourses.ie.

Springboard+ is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Social Fund as part of the ESF Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020.