‘Disadvantaged Students Most at Risk of Falling Behind’, says EU Report

The coronavirus pandemic disrupted the education and training of learners across the world. In particular, learners from a disadvantaged background risk falling further behind, as distanced learning continues and the debate rages on about how to get learners back into classrooms as safely as possible. A recent report published by Cedefop, the European Centre for the […]

€15m government funding to address student digital divide

A new scheme announced by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD and Minister of State Niall Collins TD will provide €168 million of funding for third level institutions and students. Notably, this new scheme includes €15 million to help us address the digital divide and give students the […]

Online registration for Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades now open!

Minister McHugh announces online registration for Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades opens on Tuesday 26 May ­All Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied students should register now on gov.ie/leavingcertificate  The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD today (Monday 25 May 2020) announced that the new online Calculated Grades Student Portal will open for registration […]

The Future of Academic Computing Education – Survey

The Computing Curricula 2020 (CC2020) is a joint project launched by international professional computing societies to examine the current curricular guidelines for academic degree programs in computing and provide a vision for the future of computing. A final draft report has now been produced, so you and your colleagues are invited to review the draft […]

Assessing IT skills with free practice tests

All ICDL courses offer free online practice tests called Diagnostic Tests to help you diagnose what digital skills you need to work on the most. What is an ICDL diagnostic test? Diagnostic tests are a kind of practice or mock assessment of your skills for a specific ICDL course. They contain similar questions to the […]

ECDL/ICDL is now free from SOLAS as response to ongoing Covid-19 crisis

ECDL/ICDL is now free on fetchcourses.ie to support those affected by the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, has made ECDL/ICDL resources available for free on the SOLAS online learning service as a support to learners who have been impacted by the current containment measures. Students can now access 10 ECDL […]

ICT funding for Schools including €10 million top-up funding

The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD has today (Wednesday 22 April 2020) announced a special €10 million fund to support the purchase of technology and devices for disadvantaged students. A total of €7 million additional funding will be provided in the post-primary sector and €3 million in the primary sector. “Providing €10 […]

ICDL testing during the Covid-19 crisis

ICDL Europe will be remaining active during the Covid-19 crisis to help support all users of the ICDL programme in Europe. While this is an exceptionally difficult time, we will be taking steps to support the continued operation of the ICDL programme in Europe. ICDL Europe is working closely with National Operators of the ICDL […]