On the 1st February 2013, the Minster for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn, TD, announced 760 new full-time higher education places under the Joint Government’s ICT Action Plan aimed at building the supply of high-level ICT graduates in Ireland and addressing identified ICT and Software Development skills gaps.

Dublin Business School (DBS) in conjunction with Microsoft Ireland, their Partner Network and other Industry Partners under the Joint Government ‘ICT Skills Programme’ initiative is providing participants the opportunity to reskill or cross skill for FREE under an approved and accredited Level 8 conversion award for a Higher Diploma in Science in Computing (Web & Cloud Technologies).

Our programme has been identified as providing specialised ICT training that will offer graduates a realistic prospect of a graduate level entry into the ICT sector and produce graduates which genuinely satisfy the needs of industry. The programme is intentionally intensive in nature, with teaching and laboratory activities timetabled between 9.00am and 5.30pm five days per week to reflect the working week. The programme contains a deliberate mix of professional certification in relevant industry skills, personal development and academic content. The learner will spend a significant portion of each day in the laboratory environment. There are three distinct elements to the programme, comprising two taught academic semesters and a minimum 6 month period of placement/internship.

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