Higher Education/Industry Workshop - Third Level ICT Provision - Kathryn Raleigh, Director ICT Ireland Tuesday 21 st October 2008
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | Agenda ICT sector in ROI Trends within the ICT sector Labour supply & industry demands ICT Ireland reaction to skills shortage Recommendations
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | ICT sector in the Republic of Ireland Exports €30 billion One third of all exports Employment ICT manufacturing – 30,000 ICT services – 53,400 Value Add €14 billion 16% of gross value added in industry & services
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | ICT Foreign Direct Investment
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | Trends within of the ICT sector Shift from low skilled electronic jobs to higher skilled ICT jobs, particularly software, SCM Masters, PhDs Employment growth driven by: expansion inward investment start-ups Simultaneous creation and loss of jobs
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | Labour supply Domestic Supply UpskillingInward Migrants
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | ICT Ireland Programmes ICT Ireland Champions Programme in partnership with FAS and Engineers Ireland Graduate Placement Programme in partnership with Engineers Ireland ICT Ireland Internship Programme in partnership with the HEA Go Places with Technology Brochure Attendance at Careers Fairs Annual IBEC Career Guidance Seminar
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | ICT Champions Programmes
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | ‘Are you up for it ?’ Campaign
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | ICT Ireland Lobbying Department of Education & Science Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment Maths – bonus points
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | Recommendations The key stakeholders must work together industry, government, universities/colleges, professional bodies Promotion of science and maths must begin at primary and continue on into secondary school Teachers training and by-in are key
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | Partnerships are key !