Digital literacy gets students through the Junior Cycle

Recent European-wide statistics have shown that a lack of digital literacy increasingly implicates one’s full potential of being a competent student, an empowered employee or an engaged citizen. By readily adopting modern technology, digital citizens must be ready to accept that to be ‘digitally literate’ is to be acutely aware of these practices, including the […]

Why there’s more to digital marketing than you think

You may not have realised, but digital marketing encompasses a wide range of skills, including copywriting, editing, email marketing, social media, search engine optimisation, video production, analytics, content management, user experience and business strategy. A long list you’ll agree. This means that there is a wide variety of career options for anyone who has a […]

Women4IT one year on – promoting young women into digital jobs

_ One year into the project: 2 extensive studies, 7 collaboration platforms and 8 digital job profiles have been developed. “Women4IT” partners enter the second year of the project with ambition to create innovative solutions promoting the employment of young women into digital jobs. September marks the end of the first year of the “YOUNG-ICT […]

ICDL Complete School IT Solution for €99

_ For the new school year we have a solution to give your students a high quality digital education. Keep your students safe online and up to date with the technology used in today’s society. Get unlimited access to all 12 ICDL modules including eLearning, practice tests and certification tests and resits for ICDL Certification […]

Ireland’s IT Skills Recognised at WorldSkills Competition 2019

Team Ireland have returned home after a successful showing at the WorldSkills Competition in Russia. Ireland’s team brought the advantage of their good IT skills to win them one of the gold medals and the Best in Nation medal. At the WorldSkills Competition 2019, the Irish team, which was made up of 17 young apprentices, […]

EU Code Week 2019: new online course for teachers

In 2019, EU Code Week will place a special focus on training teachers to increase their confidence to introduce coding and computational thinking into the classroom. To that end, the 2019 edition features a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), an updated database of materials and an improved website. These actions prepare, encourage, and empower […]

Think you have the tech skills? Think again.

There can be few people today who don’t encounter information technology in the workplace. Of course, offices started to transform in the 1980s but today everyone, from shop assistants to bar staff, will use a computing device at some point during the working day. Indeed, with the mobile revolution in full flow, even lorry drivers, […]

‘Digital Skills: New Professions’ pilot project final report now available

The European Commission has published the final report of the pilot project, “Digital Skills: New Professions, New Educational Methods, New jobs”. The main action of the project was to develop blueprints for training programmes that would help Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to furnish their employees with the necessary digital competences.  The study has identified the most sought-after skills for SME employees, and consequently […]