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  COLLEGE OF COMPUTER TRAINING (CCT) ANNOUNCEMENT ON NAME CHANGE  April 1, 2015 On its 10th Anniversary, the College of Computer Training (CCT) is delighted to announce the following changes to its company name, and trading / business name. These changes were registered with the Companies Registration Office in Ireland, over January and February 2015. The […]

Congratulations to BSc (year 3) student Emeka Eseka Okonofua who is the winner of the Quad-core Lenovo Tablet. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback – your insights and comments are very helpful and very appreciated!

Third year Honours Degree students (standing) on the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration attended a one day workshop at the University of Hertfordshire recently. The University staff (seated L – R: Ms Stacy Davies (UH Administration); Mr Len Ryder (Lecturer); Ms Herminia Alonso  (Lecturer); Ms Ella Emovon (Lecturer) and Mr John Dobson (Lecturer) arranged […]

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130 jobs will be created for the construction phase of the new campus in Leopardstown, South County Dublin, near Microsoft’s existing headquarters. Microsoft has been in Ireland for 30 years and the move will bring its 1,200 staff under one roof. Cathriona Hallahan, managing director Ireland, said the new campus pave the way for further expansion […]

PayScale, a Human Capital Organisation has just released its College Salary Report which lists of the ten most (and ten least) profitable bachelor’s degrees. Computer Science is number 7 on the most profitable list.

The operation at Athenry, Co Galway, and another at Viborg in Denmark, represent the technology giant’s biggest project in Europe to date. The centres will power Apple’s online services including the iTunes Store, the App Store, iMessage, Maps and Siri for customers across Europe. It is expected that the €850m Irish facility, to be run on […]

Computing is now the favourite school subject in the UK, replacing English. Nearly one in four (24 per cent) children aged between six and 12 years old said that computing and technology are the subjects that they enjoy the most, while the most popular subject among their parents was English, with 21 per cent of […]

An article in the Irish Independent has revealed that a survey by Deloitte shows business students favour software and computing jobs over banking. A quarter of respondents said the software sector was their preferred option, while 14% said they favoured banking. The sector’s lead is more pronounced in Ireland than anywhere else in Europe, the […]

A recent article in the Irish Times has reported that Ireland needs to ‘switch on’ or be left behind in computer science. The article focusses on the recent adoption by the UK of a primary and secondary-school computing curriculum which started in September 2014. The UK curriculum operates on a basis that by the age of […]