A decline in the number of students opting for courses in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is a cause for concern, a technology lobby group has warned. Technology Ireland, which is the ...

Ireland is suffering from an IT skills shortage. You don’t need me to tell you that. Everybody else is saying it, so it must be true. And it is a problem given the amount of employment ICT provides to ...

Are you looking to upskill? University College Cork has a new one—year Higher Diploma in Languages and Global Software Business Patrick Crowley, Head of the School of Languages, Literatures and ...

A bursary system to encourage students to study ICT has been recommended in a Forfas report published today. The study, carried out by the expert group on future skills needs (EGFSN), said the bursary ...

The number of schoolchildren taking a practical computing course branded of “doubtful value” by Government inspectors has soared six-fold, it has emerged. The qualification – run by the OCR exam board ...

There are signs that the relatively high drop-out rate among students taking ICT courses is being successfully tackled, a seminar at the Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT) will hear this morning.

There has been an 8% drop over the past four years in numbers entering Information and Communications Technology courses at third level, according to the Higher Education Authority. Data compiled by ...

The number of women taking ICT courses has declined, a leading academic has warned after briefing a government advisory group examining female participation in the industry. Liisa von Hellens, ...

A PROGRAMME has been launched to train middle managers in the ICT industry in Northern Ireland. A PROGRAMME has been launched to train middle managers in the ICT industry in Northern Ireland. Run by ...