[aking]

October 27, 2010 at 4:18 pm

Hi, i done that course. i found it to be very vague and drawn out. done the initial 1st year and passed all my exams and tasks but still didnt manage to get into the 2nd diploma year, the numbers in the 1st year are quite large and the amount let into the next year are always small so many people miss out and end up leaving with just he fetac award cos they have to wait for a year to try get in again. i went back to do the 1st year again to see if i could get anything more from it as i was only 19 and didnt feel like wasting a year doing nothing and i might aswell have sat at home cos it was the same stuff over and over again. i had already been into photography for 2 or 3 years before hand so i thought they went over stuff way too much.

I currently own a photo restorations business in galway called PixFix and i didnt even bother going to my interview for the 2nd year as i saw the course showed favouritism to certain students, and everyting had to be paid for by the students. And also many of the classes were breezed through, like the start your own business course was given to us and we just had to fill in the blanks, when i opened my own business it was 100% different to what i had been thought. Its very ‘everyone for themselves’ in there.

i would recommend it to someone who is just starting out and wants to learn a little piece of everything, also if you dont mind having to fight for a place in the diploma year.

i got a grant for the 1st year of 1,800.. but nothin for the 2nd time around so it was a total waste of a year. if i had gotten into the diploma year the 1st time it wud hav saved me over 2000 for accomodation and living in limerick.

i currently have my own business and that course contriuted in no way at all, if you looking for a cert then the 1st year is worth it. thats about it

just being honest lol

AKing