Further Education Minister Simon Harris has announced the launch of 10,000 free college places for the unemployed, self-employed and returners to the workforce.
And as part of the same Springboard programme package, there will be another 1,000 highly-subsidised places where students will only have to pay 10 per cent of fees.
The courses are in areas that have been identified as of critical importance; such as Cybersecurity, Virtual Reality, Health Innovation, Logistics and Online Retail.
