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Higher Education/Industry Workshop - Third Level ICT Provision - Kathryn Raleigh, Director ICT Ireland Tuesday 21 st October 2008.

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1 Higher Education/Industry Workshop - Third Level ICT Provision - Kathryn Raleigh, Director ICT Ireland Tuesday 21 st October 2008

2 www.ictireland.ie Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie Agenda ICT sector in ROI Trends within the ICT sector Labour supply & industry demands ICT Ireland reaction to skills shortage Recommendations

3 www.ictireland.ie Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie 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

4 www.ictireland.ie Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie ICT Foreign Direct Investment

5 www.ictireland.ie Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie 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

6 www.ictireland.ie Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie Labour supply Domestic Supply UpskillingInward Migrants

7 www.ictireland.ie Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie 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

8 www.ictireland.ie Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie ICT Champions Programmes

9 www.ictireland.ie Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie ‘Are you up for it ?’ Campaign

10 www.ictireland.ie Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie ICT Ireland Lobbying Department of Education & Science Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment Maths – bonus points

11 www.ictireland.ie Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie 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

12 www.ictireland.ie Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie Partnerships are key !


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