Skill Up funded courses

The Open University in Northern Ireland, in partnership with the Department for the Economy, is offering a limited number of fully funded postgraduate courses to help you upskill and reach your career potential.

The Skill Up programme aims to provide reskilling and upskilling opportunities to people across the north, improving skills, benefitting employment opportunities and enhancing Northern Ireland’s continuously growing and diversifying economy.

Information for formally deferred Skill Up students

To apply to re-join a formally deferred postgraduate module or microcredential course, please complete this online form

What our students say

The qualification has had a monumental impact on my career. It’s opened doors that I wouldn’t have had access to otherwise. Without the funding, I probably wouldn’t have studied again. It gave me the chance to shift my career and pursue something I was passionate about.

Patrick McGirr, OU Skill-Up student
Patrick McGirr (centre) with members of the OU Skill Up support team at a Skill Up event hosted by the Department for the Economy.