Tagged: Education & News
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Tech start-up of the week: eBusiness Matters News
26.08.2012 As head of e-learning at Ballsbridge College, Brian Duffy is very active in the area of online education and has turned his skills to teaching small business owners how to build...Categories: Web Development, Web Design, Upskilling, Training, Private Irish Business, Enterprise, Education -
GPBuddy.ie launches video tutorials for doctors News
07.02.2012 Ireland’s online directory of medical professionals GPBuddy.ie has now launched educational content for GPs with video tutorials from leading specialists in Irish medicine. -
CIT students compete in international medical engineering contest News
28.02.2012 A team of third-year Cork Institute of Technology students will compete at the 24th International Medical Engineering competition in London today. -
Universities to propose radical shake-up of college points system News
21.08.2012 Several universities are expected to submit proposals to Education Minister Ruairi Quinn today about a new structure for selecting students for third level places that may... -
Rehab Group commits €25k towards making of No Limbs, No Limits film News
20.08.2012 Earlier this year a brave 16 year-old from Cork with no limbs wowed the world at the UN Girls in ICT Day with her positive attitude and her story about how technology has...Categories: Digital Media, Economy, Education, Hardware, Internet, Life Sciences, Media, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Training, Upskilling -
US President Barack Obama praises NASA’s Curiosity rover team News
14.08.2012 US President Barack Obama has told the flight control team for US space agency NASA's Curiosity Mars rover that Curiosity's landing on Mars advances his goals of improving... -
Irish will spend €21bn online by 2017, but most will go to overseas competitors - Digital Hub News
02.08.2012 The Digital Hub predicts that by 2017 Irish people are expected to be spending €21bn online, but, without an effective national digital strategy in place, most of this...Categories: Online Business, Government, Enterprise, Education, eCommerce, Digital Business, Communications -
Lafferty Group to bring 40 jobs to Westport News
03.08.2012 The Lafferty Group, a banking education, research and publishing company established 30 years ago by Roscommon native Michael Lafferty, will establish a new office in Westport,... -
The writing on the wall: WebElevate aims to upskill 200 more job seekers (video) News
01.08.2012 WebElevate, an honours degree programme offered by Dublin’s Digital Skills Academy and certified by Dublin Institute of Technology, is seeking eligible participants to fill 200... -
Python lessons now available from Codecademy News
01.08.2012 Codecademy, a site where users can learn and teach how to code, is expanding its offerings to now include courses in Python. -
Irish charity Camara in campaign to get 1,000 computer mice for African schools News
30.07.2012 Irish charity and social enterprise Camara, which refurbishes computers to help deliver digital literacy skills in disadvantaged schools, has launched a new campaign called... -
Tech start-up of the week: ThoughtBox News
22.07.2012 Our start-up of the week is ThoughtBox, a new venture that’s on a mission to disrupt the way kids learn maths and science via interactive games. The company’s first app...Categories: Software Development, Software, Science, Multimedia, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Education, Apps -
Google launches YouTube curriculum to educate students on digital citizenship (video) News
18.07.2012 Google has developed an interactive curriculum on YouTube to support teachers in educating students on how to be safe, engaged and confident model netizens. -
Govt €2.25bn stimulus package to create 13,000 jobs, €280m to go into education News
17.07.2012 Ireland’s Government has revealed a €2.25bn stimulus plan that will generate 13,000 jobs in capital investment projects. The plan includes €280m worth of investment in... -
Irish workers don’t have the language skills to fill half of PayPal jobs in Dundalk News
17.07.2012 Speaking at Dundalk Institute of Technology yesterday, PayPal’s vice-president of global operations Louise Phelan criticised the lack of language skills in Ireland and revealed...Categories: Upskilling, Recruitment, Finding a Job, Enterprise, Education, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
Toll company eFlow to partner with Eason to offer school book discounts for its customers News
17.07.2012 For those who are regular users of toll roads operated by tolling provider eFlow, and also have kids who are heading back to school in September, the company has announced a new... -
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 -
Minister says unemployment rate is far too high, hopes for job creation stemming from ESOF News
13.07.2012 Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland radio show, Ireland's Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD, admitted that a lot of groundwork needs to be done for...Tags: Research, Science, Enterprise, JobBridge, Jobs, Employment, Education, Ruairi Quinn, Richard Bruton -
HP encourages consumers to print and recycle like The Lorax News
13.07.2012 Dr Seuss’ The Lorax will open in cinemas across Ireland on 20 July, and HP has teamed up with Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment to spread the film’s...Tags: Recycling, Green Tech, Green Computing , Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Printing, Education, HP, -
TCD introduces student loan initiative to help more students access third-level education News
09.07.2012 Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has introduced TCD Finance, a student loan initiative for current and new undergraduate students that will help spread the cost of Student...Categories: Education