Tagged: Training & News
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IGNITE to light a spark under budding entrepreneurs News
24.05.2012 UCC’s IGNITE programme is on the hunt for new applicants looking to kick-start a business idea for its next round starting in October.Categories: Training, Support, Investments, Graduate, Funding, Finding a Job, Enterprise, Education, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
WebElevate to reskill 140 job seekers News
20.02.2012 The Digital Skills Academy has announced a second WebElevate programme through the Higher Education Authority’s Springboard initiative, aiming to reskill 140 job seekers for the... -
Ireland is only average, not a leader, in the digital economy News
09.11.2011 If Ireland wants to better its economy and its society and be seen as a digital leader, it needs to up its game in terms of broadband, e-inclusion and skills. A Boston...Categories: Upskilling, Training, R&D, Infrastructure Management, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Communications, Apps -
Sky to create 800 jobs in Dublin News
31.01.2012 Digital TV provider Sky is opening a new customer service centre in Dublin and plans to create more than 800 new jobs for it encompassing a variety of roles. -
Free basic computer training on offer at NUI Galway News
30.01.2012 Place are still available for a computer training initiative at NUI Galway aimed at teaching people with little or no technological experience basic computer skills. -
Tech beginners taught basic digital skills under BenefIT scheme News
20.01.2012 Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte gave certificates to one of the first groups of trainees to complete basic internet training as part of the latest phase of the... -
IBM boss to lead US Chamber of Commerce in Ireland News
09.01.2012 The head of IBM in Ireland, Peter O’Neill, has been appointed president of the American Chamber of Commerce. He has warned that Eurozone uncertainty is eating into US investment...Categories: R&D, Jobs, Investments, Government, Funding, Education, Economy, Tax, Training, Upskilling -
Budget 2012 - Ireland’s higher education spending to be cut by 2pc News
05.12.2011 Ireland’s education budget – which accounts for 17pc of total State expenditure or €8.6bn – is to be cut by €132.3m in 2012, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform... -
IIA CEO scoops ‘Professional Businesswoman of the Year’ award News
01.12.2011 The chief executive of the Irish Internet Association Joan Mulvihill has been honoured with the IMAGE Magazine Professional Businesswoman of the Year award.Categories: Online Business, Media, Leadership & Management, Internet, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Nokia Siemens cuts 17,000 workers in bid to save US$1.3bn News
23.11.2011 In a bid to save US$1.3bn by 2013, Nokia Siemens Networks will cut 17,000 jobs around the world. The reduction will impact 22pc of the company’s global workforce.Categories: Wireless Communications, Training, Phones, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Jobs, Digital Media, Communications -
Digital Comedy Lab seeks creators and comedians News
21.11.2011 Digital Comedy Lab, an incubation programme for film projects in the comedy mockumentary genre for the YouTube generation, will train six comedy creators or comedians and the... -
New programme to retrain engineers for med-tech sector News
21.10.2011 The Life Sciences Skillnet is running a six-month internship programme for 25 unemployed engineers, which will retrain them to work in the high-tech medical devices and... -
NUI Galway to upskill 4,600 people in digital technology News
10.10.2011 The Government has awarded NUI Galway €230,000 as part of an inter-agency collaboration to upskill 4,600 people in Galway categorised as “digitally excluded.” -
€1.8m scheme to help 40,000 digitally excluded Irish people News
27.09.2011 A start has been made to tackle Ireland’s digital divide through a €1.8m BenefIT 3 scheme involving 20 training projects that could allow 40,000 people to benefit from IT training. -
Software firm reports €800k of business in last six months News
19.09.2011 Olas, a 30-year-old Irish software business, has reported it has completed a number of projects over the last six months valued at €800,000.Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, IT Management, Financial, Digital Business, Deals Done -
10m teachers trained through Intel Teach – 300m kids benefit News
07.09.2011 Microprocessor giant Intel has revealed that 10m teachers around the world have trained through its Intel Teach professional development programme that integrates technology...Categories: Web, Upskilling, Training, Software, Internet, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Digital 21 -
Requirement relaxed for Springboard training courses News
02.09.2011 The requirement of being out of work for six months or more to access a Springboard training programme is being relaxed for the final phase of recruitment for 2011, according to...Tags: Training, -
New programmes to build online business skills News
26.08.2011 The Digital Marketing Institute (DMI) has introduced two dedicated training programmes to help participants to create the ideal blueprint for building an online business. -
Innovation Skillnet to fund training for more than 130 people News
11.08.2011 Skillnets has launched a training initiative as part of The Innovation Skillnet, which is worth up to €90,000 to more than 110 employees in the ICT, finance and other sectors,...