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The Government has published an action plan aimed at making the Irish education and training system the best in Europe by 2026. The plan will run over the next three years and will include hundreds of actions to be implemented with a focus on disadvantage, skills, and improvements within the education service. Some of these goals […]

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has compiled the data for earnings and labour costs for the first half of 2016, and with that has revealed the best-paid jobs in Ireland. The average ICT wage is €1,063.89 per week. Full story here.  

A record high of 52,289 offers were made by the CAO today, with points for many hi-tech, business and construction-related courses jumping this year. Along with a rise in CAO offers, the starting salaries of IT and business graduates is on the rise. Overall, computer science/information and communications technology (ICT) honours bachelor degree graduates were […]

Bob Savage, vice-president and managing director of EMC Centres of Excellence EMEA and head of EMC Ireland published an article in The Irish Times today, highlighting the importance of Computing in Irish Secondary Schools. Titled “School study of computer science key to Irish knowledge economy“, the article states the view that a reliable supply of […]

Almost 6,000 beds for students are in the pipeline for Dublin with more than 2,000 places already under construction in purpose-built student blocks. Only 750 houses and apartments were under construction in the first quarter of this year and 450 more granted permission, but significant numbers of student housing blocks are under development, according to research from […]

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 […]

Although the recent EU referendum in England which resulted in a vote for the UK to leave the European Union may not directly affect most students EU or non-EU studying in Ireland, the following statement from Jo Johnson, Minister of State for Universities and Science in the UK may be of interest as the outcomes of […]

News and media coverage of the Brexit has been dominated by the big issues: the future political landscape, economic implications and healthcare concerns. It will take time before the implications on other facets of life come to light, and third-level education is no different. What we do know is that there will be changes. The UK is the most popular […]

The 6th Irish Supercomputer List was revealed yesterday, revealing six new installations, three at positions 1, 2, and 3. Irish aggregate high performance computing output now exceeds 1 Petaflop for the first time, and the first time in two years that Ireland has featured on the Top500 supercomputer list, a ranking of the fastest computers on earth. […]

Computer Science and Business graduate salaries in the United States are up again this year, a trend expected to also be seen elsewhere across the globe. This should spell good news for Irish graduates, particularly with the presence of so many US multinationals in Ireland. The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) reports that Computer Science […]