CCT Blog

Springboard 2013 programmes are being launched today by the Higher Education Authority. These courses commence in September 2013, and we at CCT are very excited to be part of this Irish government initiative again this year. Providing a choice of 204 free part-time programmes in Higher Education from Certificate (Level 6) to Masters (Level 9), […]

The College is delighted to launch this summer’s series of ICT Taster Courses. This year, CCT has teamed up with Microsoft Ireland and Fastrack to IT (FIT) to provide 300 places over 7 courses, which lead to the Microsoft Technical Associate (MTA) qualification. Some of the programmes lead to a dual award of an MTA […]

CCT wishes every success to all of our learners taking final academic year examinations and submitting assignments over May and June. All final examination schedule information is uploaded on Moodle.

CCT’s own Dr. Brett Becker has spearheaded a new supercomputing awareness initiative this month, presenting a research paper at the 12th Information Technology and Telecommunications conference in Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The Irish Supercomputer List, www.IrishSupercomputerList.org, is a league-table of the most powerful computers in Ireland and will be updated bi-annually with the first list being […]

Having collaborated with Industry closely, CCT recognises the growing and high potential demand for certain types of Engineers in Ireland. CCT announces the introduction of its ‘Aspire eng’ initiative which incorporates Edexcel awarded Higher National Certificate and Higher National Diploma Engineering programmes to re-skill and up-skill within the Irish market. These programmes will be provided […]

Organised through University College Cork Organised by University College Cork’s Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Chapter, CCT competed in the Irish Collegiate Programming Competition with a group of four third year I.T. students, and finished in a high position, in competition with a large number of Programming teams representing Universities, Institutes of Technology, and […]

A great time was had by all at the CCT Christmas Student Party held at the Russell Court Hotel (Harcourt St.), where guests included 80s tribute band Spring Break! CCT will soon be announcing details of the CCT Summer Party, which will have a similar line-up of Live Music Act and DJ!

CCT has a table tennis team in the National College Table Tennis League which is hosted and organised by UCD. CCT progressed from the 1st leg of games in December 2012, to the Semi Finals of the All-Ireland Colleges League. The team comprised of first, second, and third year undergraduate ICT students, of which the […]

Through an industry partnership, CCT has been sub-contracted by Fastrack to IT (FIT) to provide seven industry-aligned and Irish government funded ICT programmes on an accelerated and part-time basis, which includes 13 week work placements. These programmes will provide 260 learners with a unique training opportunity for free. CCT is delighted to be involved in […]

CCT is constantly looking to increase and enhance its links with industry, both in Ireland and globally. Ireland is well placed as something of a global and particularly European ICT Hub, with an array of multinational ICT organisations located here. CCT has developed good relations and links with many organisations including the following: Microsoft, Yahoo, […]