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Higher Education/Industry Workshop- Third Level ICT Provision -
Kathryn Raleigh, Director ICT IrelandTuesday 21st October 2008
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
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
www.ictireland.ie
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie
ICT Foreign Direct Investment
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
www.ictireland.ie
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie
Labour supply
Domestic Supply
Upskilling Inward Migrants
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
www.ictireland.ie
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie
ICT Champions Programmes
www.ictireland.ie
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie
‘Are you up for it ?’ Campaign
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
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
www.ictireland.ie
Confederation House | 84/86 Lower Baggot Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland | www.ibec.ie
Partnerships are key !