UPDATED ARTICLE PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2021

January 2022 Programme

Course title: Postgraduate Certificate in Global Capital Markets (Pathways)
Start date: 18th January 2022
Duration: 12 months (2 semesters - Spring and Autumn)
Study mode: Live, Interactive, Online 
Course Specialisms: Compliance & Regulation OR Risk Management
Cost: Free for those eligible, otherwise 90% subsidised (€450) 

Please contact Sinéad Docherty at [email protected] for more information. To apply, please visit the Springboard course page here.

About the programme

The Postgraduate Certificate in Global Capital Markets, delivered in conjunction with Ulster University, is designed for graduates from any and all disciplines who want to pursue a career in the financial services industry. It is delivered as a live, online course 2 evenings per week.

The programme concentrates on the development & application of key skills and knowledge pertinent to a key subject area in the financial services sector. Participants can opt for either a Financial Risk Management specialism pathway or Regulations and Compliance specialism pathway. With an emphasis on application in a real-term context, the overall aim is to educate you in the principles of finance, both theoretical and applied. Within the context of financial management, the programme will enable you to engage in a challenging and stimulating educational experience through which you can acquire sound knowledge and understanding of the development and application of key finance principles, concepts, theories and techniques.

The first two modules in Semester 1 will introduce you to the theory and tools required to understand market and institutional structure and assist you in developing a range of interpersonal and other transferable skills necessary to work within the this sector. In Semester 2, you will choose either the Risk Management pathway or Compliance & Regulation pathway.

The Risk Management modules are:

• Mathematical Foundations of Risk Management
• Risk Management Practices

The Compliance & Regulation modules are:

• Regulation & Compliance
• Case Studies & Standards of Corporate Governance, Conduct & Ethics

This programme reflects the ethos and objectives of IFS 2020 “A Strategy for Ireland’s International Financial Services Sector 2017/ 2020” by contributing to the skills pipeline of graduates who wish to pursue and advance a career in the financial services sector and related IFS sub-sector areas. As part of the programme an optional “job-readiness” module will be available, aimed particularly at participants who are not in employment.

You can download the programme brochure here.

Eligibility

This programme is available to both those already in employment and those who are out of work, whether in receipt of unemployment benefit or having been out of the workforce for some time, once they meet the university’s entry level requirements.

Employee development

Do you want to give your employees the opportunity to grow, develop in-demand skills and gain a university qualification? Irish Times Training offers a range of free and subsidised Springboard+ higher education courses in areas of identified skills gaps.
For more information, please contact [email protected] or call (01) 472 7101.

About Springboard+

Springboard+ provides free higher education courses in areas of identified skills needs to unemployed people, those previously self-employed and those returning to work. Courses will also be free for employed people on NFQ Level 6 courses. For employed participants on courses NFQ level 7 – 9, 90% of the course fee will be funded, with participants required to contribute just 10% of the fee.
Springboard+ allows you to bring your career to the next level – learn new skills, enhance your existing skills, get the promotion or job you’ve always dreamed of.
Springboard+ is managed by The Higher Education Authority on behalf of The Department of Education and Skills. 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.

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