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Sharon Harris Byrne, Registrar at CCT is one of the key drivers behind the 1916 Sackville Street Art Project. The project has created 262 houses, one for each civilian killed in the 1916 Rising. The idea came to Ciara O’Keeffe, a ceramics teacher, while she was doing a project on dwellings. The houses are built out […]

A worrying rise in the number of CAO applicants who did not fill out their course choices is a feature of this year’s figures, the Irish Independent reports. Some 6,275 aspiring college students who registered with the CAO before the February 1 deadline did not list their preferences. It represents about 8pc of all applicants, […]

Business and Technology are amongst a few courses that have surged in popularity as course choice trends reflect a growing confidence in the economy, the Irish Independent has reported. Applications to the CAO have hit a new record of 76,081, with more people going to college than ever. There will be a heated points race this […]

The Irish Independent ran an article today featuring the top 25 skills to gain employment: “LinkedIn reveals the 25 top skills that get Irish professionals employed”. Almost all of the top 25 skills are in ICT/Computer Science, and many which CCT offers courses on. The list is as follows: 1 Cloud and Distributed Computing 2 […]

April 2 is World Autism Day. Below are two articles on Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and Computer Programming. Vocational Rehabilitation shares the story of a young man with Asperger’s syndrome who refused to let his disability keep him from achieving his goals. Read more: http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/16/04/p7793375/computer-programming-the-perfect-job-for-young-man-with-aspergers-syndr#ixzz452XJUh2v Does Asperger’s make you a better software coder? Aspiritech, a Chicago-area […]

Wishing all of our students, staff and friends of the College a very happy Christmas and 2016!

CCT is currently within the final stages of programme development for a new 60 ECTS Bachelor (Hons) of Business (Irish NFQ Level 8).  This programme will be submitted soon to QQI for validation, and will serve as an add-on stage to our Bachelor of Business (Irish NFQ Level 7) three year programme.

CCT is proud to have been host to the 8th annual International Conference on Engaging on December 3 and 4. CCT’s own Graham Glanville and Kyle Goslin co-chaired the event along with CCT Advisory Board member Dr. Brett Becker who has been with ICEP since ‘the early days’ as program committee co-chair. The International Conference on Engaging Pedagogy (ICEP) is […]

The Graduation Ceremony for the class of 2014-2015 took place on November 27th, at the Westin Hotel Banking Hall, Dublin 2.  The ceremony was a great celebration of our graduates achievements at CCT, and was attended by families, friends, and distinguished guests and speakers.  Dr. Alan Delliston (University of Hertfordshire Business School), and Paul Sweetman […]

The CCT Student Christmas Party will be held at the Russell Court Hotel, Dublin 2, on Wednesday 16th December.  Expect great music, great company, and great craic!  There will be free food.  Doors open at 8pm, and this is a ticket entry event.