The results from the 2013 Irish Survey of Student Engagement provide some real insight into the benefits of progressing on to Higher Education. The central objective of this project was to develop a valuable source of information about students’ experiences of higher education in Ireland by asking students themselves.

62% of all participating students selected often or very often when asked if they were improving knowledge and skills that will contribute to their employability

60% of all participating students selected quite a bit or very much when asked if they were acquiring job-related or work-related knowledge and skills

50% of all participating students selected / reported quite a bit or very much when asked if they were solving complex real world problems

With a division dedicated to emerging business, IDA Ireland believes this is a sector that will continue to thrive and create jobs in the future, Sorcha Corcoran reports.

The trend towards emerging, high growth companies from outside Ireland setting up operations here is accelerating. Since IDA Ireland set up its division dedicated to this area in 2010, 60 projects have been through the system, 25 of which have come on stream this year alone.

They are mostly involved in the areas of mobile, media, internet cloud computing and social media; and they originate from high growth tech clusters, such as in New York, Silicon Valley and Berlin.

Head of the emerging business division Barry O’Dowd says IDA expects that the companies it has attracted so far will have created 2,000 jobs between them here within the next five years.

*IDA Ireland

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BA (hons) Business in Information Systems (Cloud Computing Stream)
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DBS are holding their next Open Event on Tuesday 13th May, 5-7pm.

Our Open Events are an ideal opportunity for you to visit the college and obtain further information on all our Full Time Undergraduate Degree programmes and speak with industry specialist lecturers to identify the programme that is most suitable for your future development.

For information on our lecturing staff and their achievements and specialist areas, please visit our website for information on our Academic Schools and Staff.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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• Bike parking can be found on-street on Noel Purcell Walk, Golden Lane and in Drury Street Car Park

 We look forward to meeting you at the open evening. If you have any queries in the meantime, please don't hesitate to contact us by calling (01) 4177500 or email admissions@dbs.ie