Tagged: IT Skills
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COBOL and legacy programming skills will still be relevant for future jobs, survey says News
07.03.2013 Global research from Micro Focus on IT skills taught in academic institutions finds that though the majority of educators believe COBOL will still be relevant for at least the... -
Radical shake-up of work permits scheme to attract skilled overseas workers News
22.02.2013 The Irish Government is to shake up the work permit processing system in a bid to attract overseas workers to fill skill gaps in crucial areas like ICT and engineering. The move...Categories: Upskilling, Science, Sales, Legal, Leadership & Management, Graduate, Government, Education, Economy, Digital Business, CIO, Careers and Employment -
Interview: Shortage of IT skills at senior level could spell risk for Ireland, says Saongroup CEO (video) News
05.02.2013 Research carried out by IrishJobs.ie confirms the greatest skills shortage in Ireland at the moment is in the area of IT skills, along with languages, finance and sales.... -
DCU’s ComputeTY programme seeks more girl power this year News
31.01.2013 Dublin City University (DCU) is running its ComputeTY programme for transition-year students for the eighth year in a row now, but this time around it’s trying to woo more... -
Quinn outlines radical education reforms to deliver tomorrow’s workforce News
28.11.2012 Education Minister Ruairi Quinn, TD, has outlined radical new steps to boost the quality and skills of our future workers, including producing better teachers, scrapping the... -
Datapac recruits its 100th work placement student News
08.08.2012 Datapac’s internship programme reached a milestone today with its 100th student recruited for work experience. The work placement programme has been in place for eight years,... -
Cerf's up: economic future tied to growth of ‘internet of things’ News
26.04.2012 One of the internet’s founding fathers Vint Cerf, who co-invented TCP/IP technology – the platform upon which the internet runs – said that by the end of the decade every person...Categories: Apps, Communications, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, eCommerce, Economy, Internet, Software & Web Development, Web, Web 2.0, Wireless Communications -
Raspberry Pi offers stg£22 credit-card size PC for budding programmers News
29.02.2012 The Raspberry Pi, a credit card-sized Linux-based computer priced at stg£22 aiming to get people into coding, has launched today. Demand for the computer has caused websites... -
NCI hosting info evening on its ICT conversion programmes News
08.02.2012 National College of Ireland is hosting an information evening tonight on its IT courses under the HEA ICT conversion programme. A limited number of free places are on offer for... -
Review needed on how IT is taught in schools - deputy News
05.10.2011 Labour Party deputy John Lyons, TD, said the provision of IT training and skills in schools needs to be reviewed in order for the digital gaming and IT industries to reach their... -
76-year-old gran who sold house online is Google Silver Surfer News
27.09.2011 Seventy-six-year-old grandmother of four Dorothy Harrington from Dublin has been crowned the overall winner of the Google Silver Surfer Awards with Age Action. -
Robots in battle to boost IT and maths skills in Irish schools News
14.01.2009 Irish students are programming robots that will fight it out in a competition organised by search giant Google and PC maker Lenovo to elevate maths skills in Irish schools and...Categories: R&D