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Developments in technology show that the need for skilled graduates is ever growing, and the skills in which Bachelor of Science in Information Technology students at CCT College Dublin will graduate with are in high demand.  Graduates of the Higher Diploma in Science in Computing will also flourish in this sector and the College also […]

Our third-year students were fortunate to recently have Louise Bernstein from Hubspot in to speak on the discipline of Product Management within the tech industry and ‘Why Product Managers Exist?’ She explained how the role requirement of a Product Manager is to create the perfect environment for ideas to form and for solutions to problems […]

Analyst firm Gartner has identified what it thinks will be the top emerging security and risk management trends for this year, that are set to have an impact on security, privacy and risk areas. These include effectively presenting these matters, password-less authentication and Cloud security. Gartner defines “top” trends as ongoing strategic shifts in the […]

We were recently delighted to have David Gonzalez from NearForm in to speak with our BSc in Information Technology students about the emergence of Dev Ops as an in demand skillset required of engineers and developers by their companies. David comes with a wealth of knowledge from NearForm, he is a Google developer expert and […]

Our final year students from both the Faculties of Business and ICT recently had the opportunity to meet with some of the top business and technology companies in Dublin at the CCT College Dublin Careers Fair. These companies were looking for the business and IT talent of the future and they were not disappointed! It […]

Computer science and technology graduates are in huge demand, and highly likely to get a high paying job in Ireland quickly after finishing college Computer science and technology graduates are also most likely to get a job at home, with 66pc of the class of 2014 working in Ireland the following spring. In a further reflection […]

James H. Morris, former dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science had a nice piece in Information Week 13 years ago now, that is as true as if ever was. In it he argues strongly that CS is more than programming, and that students need a strong sense of empiricism.  The ability to discern a real phenomenon […]

CIO.com serves Chief Information Officers (CIOs), other IT leaders, as well as the ecosystem that surrounds and interacts with them. Yesterday they ran an article called “Why every tech pro should learn to code“. The article gives a great insight into the growing demand for coding skills in various IT positions, some fairly distant from software […]

LinkedIn have unveiled the Top Skills of 2016, the skills most sought after by employers. The top ten skills are released for the global marketplace, as well as in 18 specific countries including Ireland. ICT/computing form eight of the top ten skills most in demand in Ireland. Cloud and Distributed Computing tops the Irish list for the second year in a row, […]

Padraig McDonagh and Michael Weiss, CCT’s Teaching Heroes, organized by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Our College participated in the National Teaching Heroes initiative over the last year, which was organised and led by the National Forum for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.  The National Forum for the […]