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The Irish Independent has revealed data from indeed.ie listing the top 10 hardest jobs to fill in Ireland, as the unemployment rate drops to a post-crash low – in fact the lowest unemployment rate in eight years. ICT/Tech positions occupy half of the ten spots: 1. Senior Java Developer 3. Senior Software Engineer 4. System Engineer 8. Development Operations Engineer 9. Front-end Developer […]

Two months ago it was reported that Computer Science was to be offered in Irish secondary curriculum by 2019, but the plan is now being fast-tracked to start in September 2018. According to the Irish Times, this decision is being driven in order to address the skills gap, and that coding is to be on new primary mathematics curriculum. The Irish Government […]

Microsoft has announced the creation of 600 jobs for Dublin, to be filled in the next 6 months. Microsoft currently has 1,200 full-time employees and 700 full-time contractors in Ireland. It has four units in Ireland including an EMEA Operations Centre, European Development Centre, the Irish sales and marketing subsidiary and its EMEA Data Centre. A new €134m 34,500sq/m campus currently being […]

Computer science has a great outlook for graduate job prospects. Recent reports show that there are almost 10 times more US computing jobs open right now than there were students who graduated with computer science degrees in 2015. There is little reason to think that the situation is much different in the EU and Ireland. For […]

CCT is delighted to announce a concert for charity organised by the College, to raise funds for Aoibheann’s Pink Tie Charity. On Sunday, May 14th 2017, Declan O’Rourke will perform as the headline act – declanorourke.com Aoibheann’s Pink Tie “National Children’s Cancer Charity” was established in 2010 by Mick Rochford and Jimmy Norman after the tragic […]

CCT College Charity Sessions – On Saturday evening 27th January last, CCT College Dublin organised and hosted its second Charity Session with Christy Dignam and Joe Jewell from Aslan. All proceeds from the night went to Aoibheann’s Pink Tie National Children’s Cancer Charity. This charity does great work providing financial, practical, and emotional support to […]

Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission to India –  Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. Minister of State for Higher Education arrived in New Delhi, India on Friday 23rd February 2018 to lead the Education in Ireland trade mission to India. The trade mission was built around Education in Ireland Fairs organised by Enterprise Ireland in 5 cities; Chennai; […]

Dublin is a brilliant place to study! Here are a just a few reasons why: The City itself – CCT is situated on Westmoreland Street, metres from O’Connell Bridge, in the Heart of Dublin City! The nightlife – CCT is a 30 second walk from Temple Bar, the hub of Dublin’s nightlife. The food – CCT is walking […]

CCT College Dublin Open Evening – Register now for our September Open Evening and start the journey to enhancing your academic and professional development with CCT College Dublin on Westmoreland street. CCT College Dublin is now enrolling for part-time evening professional and industry aligned courses such as Java and Python programming, web and mobile app development, […]

Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission to India –  Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. Minister of State for Higher Education arrived in New Delhi, India on Friday 23rd February 2018 to lead the Education in Ireland trade mission to India. The trade mission was built around Education in Ireland Fairs organised by Enterprise Ireland in 5 cities; Chennai; […]