Tagged: Department Of Education And Skills
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Education Minister announces 760 ICT graduate skills conversion places News
01.02.2013 Some 760 new college places in ICT graduate skills conversion courses have been announced by Ireland’s Education Minister Ruairí Quinn, TD. -
Ireland’s Student Assistance Fund receives extra €3m News
09.01.2013 Third-level students who are thinking about dropping out of college because they can’t afford tuition may receive some relief in the form of an extra €3m that Ireland’s Minister... -
Ireland to give school kids free home access to Britannica Online Encyclopaedia News
07.01.2013 Ireland’s Education and Skills Minister Ruairi Quinn, TD, has revealed that all school-going children in the country will be granted free home access to the online edition of... -
Department of Education recharges its website, includes a ‘Find a School’ database News
18.09.2012 Ireland's Department of Education and Skills has upgraded its website with technology from Irish company pTools that includes a countrywide ‘Find a School’ feature with details... -
Institute of Technology Blanchardstown to take on 350 Springboard students News
16.07.2012 The Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (ITB) has announced that 350 places on higher education courses will be provided to unemployed individuals via the Springboard...Categories: Upskilling, Education -
Game-based learning catches on in Irish schools News
07.03.2012 MissionV is a game-based learning initiative that has been running in 20 primary schools in 14 counties across Ireland since last September. Already, the digital model appears... -
CIT launches graduate conversion programmes News
02.02.2012 Unemployed NQF level 8 graduates from non-computing disciplines who are interesting in making a switch to cloud computing can now gain an academic qualification for free in the...Categories: Careers and Employment, Education, Graduate, Jobs, Mobility, Software Development, Upskilling -
Online and software resources for schools News
14.09.2010 The internet, the laptop and the interactive whiteboard are the three cornerstones of the modern education process. Both inside and outside of the classroom children rely on the... -
WebActivate project to provide web skills and work experience News
02.07.2010 Launched yesterday, the WebActivate project – an initiative of the Digital Skills Academy – aims to create employment for hundreds of people throughout the country by providing...