Tagged: Education & News
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Limerick Institute of Technology reveals €200m master plan for 2030 News
03.09.2012 Limerick Institute of Technology has unveiled an ambitious €200m master plan to modernise its campus and provide economic stimulus to the entire mid-west region in Ireland... -
Maria Montessori, the Italian physician and educator, gets Google Doodle News
31.08.2012 Google has today paid tribute to the Italian physician Maria Montessori, the creator of the Montessori method of education for young children, on what would be her 142nd...Tags: Education -
NeverMind Games’ first iOS release comes with an educational twist (video) News
29.08.2012 Irish games development studio NeverMind Games launches its first app for iOS devices on Friday, and this time they’ve gone the educational route with a maths-based puzzle game. -
UL records increasing graduate employment rates despite jobs downturn News
28.08.2012 A survey of University of Limerick’s 2011 graduates shows that 88pc are either employed or pursuing further study. The university’s doctorate students are also in demand, with...Categories: Education -
Recruiting more international students could support colleges and create jobs – report News
27.08.2012 A new report from the Ahain Group, a team of digital professionals with particular experience in social business, notes that international students could boost Irish colleges’... -
Oscar winner Lord David Puttnam lectures Australian students from Skibbereen News
27.08.2012 Former UK digital advisor Lord David Puttnam has begun the first of 10 lectures to students in Brisbane, Australia, via high speed BT and Cisco links from his home in... -
Tech start-up of the week: eBusiness Matters News
26.08.2012 As head of e-learning at Ballsbridge College, Brian Duffy is very active in the area of online education and has turned his skills to teaching small business owners how to build...Categories: Web Development, Web Design, Upskilling, Training, Private Irish Business, Enterprise, Education -
GPBuddy.ie launches video tutorials for doctors News
07.02.2012 Ireland’s online directory of medical professionals GPBuddy.ie has now launched educational content for GPs with video tutorials from leading specialists in Irish medicine. -
CIT students compete in international medical engineering contest News
28.02.2012 A team of third-year Cork Institute of Technology students will compete at the 24th International Medical Engineering competition in London today. -
Universities to propose radical shake-up of college points system News
21.08.2012 Several universities are expected to submit proposals to Education Minister Ruairi Quinn today about a new structure for selecting students for third level places that may... -
Rehab Group commits €25k towards making of No Limbs, No Limits film News
20.08.2012 Earlier this year a brave 16 year-old from Cork with no limbs wowed the world at the UN Girls in ICT Day with her positive attitude and her story about how technology has...Categories: Digital Media, Economy, Education, Hardware, Internet, Life Sciences, Media, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Training, Upskilling -
US President Barack Obama praises NASA’s Curiosity rover team News
14.08.2012 US President Barack Obama has told the flight control team for US space agency NASA's Curiosity Mars rover that Curiosity's landing on Mars advances his goals of improving... -
Irish will spend €21bn online by 2017, but most will go to overseas competitors - Digital Hub News
02.08.2012 The Digital Hub predicts that by 2017 Irish people are expected to be spending €21bn online, but, without an effective national digital strategy in place, most of this...Categories: Online Business, Government, Enterprise, Education, eCommerce, Digital Business, Communications -
Lafferty Group to bring 40 jobs to Westport News
03.08.2012 The Lafferty Group, a banking education, research and publishing company established 30 years ago by Roscommon native Michael Lafferty, will establish a new office in Westport,... -
The writing on the wall: WebElevate aims to upskill 200 more job seekers (video) News
01.08.2012 WebElevate, an honours degree programme offered by Dublin’s Digital Skills Academy and certified by Dublin Institute of Technology, is seeking eligible participants to fill 200... -
Python lessons now available from Codecademy News
01.08.2012 Codecademy, a site where users can learn and teach how to code, is expanding its offerings to now include courses in Python. -
Irish charity Camara in campaign to get 1,000 computer mice for African schools News
30.07.2012 Irish charity and social enterprise Camara, which refurbishes computers to help deliver digital literacy skills in disadvantaged schools, has launched a new campaign called... -
Tech start-up of the week: ThoughtBox News
22.07.2012 Our start-up of the week is ThoughtBox, a new venture that’s on a mission to disrupt the way kids learn maths and science via interactive games. The company’s first app...Categories: Software Development, Software, Science, Multimedia, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Education, Apps -
Google launches YouTube curriculum to educate students on digital citizenship (video) News
18.07.2012 Google has developed an interactive curriculum on YouTube to support teachers in educating students on how to be safe, engaged and confident model netizens. -
Govt €2.25bn stimulus package to create 13,000 jobs, €280m to go into education News
17.07.2012 Ireland’s Government has revealed a €2.25bn stimulus plan that will generate 13,000 jobs in capital investment projects. The plan includes €280m worth of investment in...