Computers & IT

A recent report by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) reflected that there are increasing demands for IT skilled professionals in Ireland. Computers have rapidly extended into every area of our lives: from buying shoes to email to bidding for fridge magnets on eBay. Most of us come into contact with IT on a daily basis.

The conventional expectation of a boring computer job could not be further from the truth; technological advances continue to push the boundaries for innovation and design and never before have there been such limitless possibilities. For working with the latest, cutting-edge technology, you can do no better than enrolling on a course in Computing or IT.

There is an immense amount of IT and computer-related courses in Irish third-level education today and the choices are vast. The many options are available at all levels, from PLCs to honours degrees, ranging from general courses that provide an introduction to all elements of IT, including hardware and software, to more specialised programmes such as Networking, Games Design and Software Development. The most recently founded courses are in Multimedia and are concerned with web-based and interactive IT applications, and offer exciting opportunities to students.

The sheer number of websites in existence is proof of the many opportunities to the budding Bill Gates’ of the world. The world and its mother have sites that are crying out for IT and computing graduates…if this was a Budweiser ad I’d say ‘Answer the call’ but it’s not, so I won’t…