ICT Skills Programme
About the initiative
In order to ensure that one of Ireland's most important resources, its labour force, is appropriately skilled a number of higher education providers are now offering a number of Level 8 Conversion Programmes which will provide graduates from other skills areas with the opportunity to up-skill or re-skill through a 1 year full time HDip Conversion Programme in core computing/programming skills.
The 17 programmes on offer will be for NFQ Level 8 jobseekers with cognate/numerical skills and underlying aptitude for programming and there will be 768 places offered countrywide. All courses are supported by the HEA and Department of Education and Skills which means the tuition fees normally associated with such programmes are waived. These programmes are also unique in that all have close industry involvement in their design and operation and include industry relevant projects and work placements which will leave graduates fully 'work ready' on completion.
Am I Eligible?
If you have a NFQ Level 8 qualification, you can apply for a course.
It is important to note there can be seperate entry requirements for the course which are set by the provider. These are likely to be listed on the information page of each course. This can be viewed by clicking the course title.
The Courses on Offer @ LIT
Higher Diploma in Computing in Creative Multimedia Programming (Level 8)
Higher Diploma in Computing in Software Development (Level 8)