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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 […]

We are delighted to announce Naomi Jackson as our new Dean of Academic Affairs at CCT.  Occupying one of the most senior academic positions in the college, the Dean of Academic Affairs is responsible for the academic direction, quality assurance management, and educational development of the college.  The Dean of Academic Affairs chairs the Academic […]

Dublin, Ireland (31/01/2017) — COLLEGE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY (CCT), DUBLIN announced it has been designated as an ISACA Authorized Training Organization (ATO) to deliver Cybersecurity Nexus (CSX) training. The cutting-edge CSX credentials help fill a critical global cybersecurity skills gap, and COLLEGE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY (CCT), DUBLIN is helping make training widely available. The CSX Practitioner […]

170 ICT jobs for Dublin have been announced from two companies in Ireland. Predictive sales acceleration platform InsideSales plans to hire 120 new staff over the next three years. The firm has also announced a new $50m (€46.8m) round of investment that includes the participation of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, and signed a new partnership with Ireland’s Insight […]

Coursera is an educational technology company that offers massive open online courses (MOOCs). Coursera works with universities and other organizations to make some of their courses available online, offering courses in subjects such as physics, engineering, humanities, medicine, biology, social sciences, mathematics, business, computer science, digital marketing, and data science, among others. As of January 11, […]

Google’s planned Dublin Docklands expansion promises to create 400 new jobs. The move will bring Google’s employment in the capital to over 6,500 putting it on track to become Dublin’s largest private industrial employer. Currently Google employs over 6,000 people through a combination of 3,000 permanent staff and 3,000 contractors. The company’s vice president and outgoing […]

Seven hundred new jobs have been announced for Dublin by three companies in the technology and medical device sectors. Voxpro (400), LinkedIn, who has their EMEA headquarters in Dublin (200) and West Pharmaceutical Devices (100) are all expanding their Irish operations. Full story here.

A whole new suite of professional education part time programmes have been designed by CCT faculty, to be commenced next in February 2017.  These industry backed and inspired programmes will be of various durations, level, and will be skills based across the following main streams / fields:  Web Design & Development, Coding, Networking, Systems Administration, […]

We are delighted to announce the creation of a new role as an integral part of the CCT Senior Management Team, Head of Student Services.  Striving to ensure the effective pastoral care of enrolled learners, within a positive learning experience and environment at CCT, this role will be occupied by Kathleen Shehan, who commences employment […]

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 Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in partnership with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) presented 37 Teaching Hero […]