Graduate Sharon Tighe: Mastering Digital Tools and Techniques Through Working on Digital Projects

Graduate Sharon Tighe: Mastering Digital Tools and Techniques Through Working on Digital Projects

Sharon Tighe is a graduate of our BSc (Honours) Degree in Digital Technology, Design and Innovation programme.  What did you get out of the course, what did you learn? I learned so much. On the technical side, I...

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Graduate success story, interview with David Kavanagh

Graduate success story, interview with David Kavanagh

Where are you based and when did you graduate? I’m based in Dublin, and completed the course in March 2016 What organisation do you work for now and what is your role? I am currently contracted as an Agile...

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Graduates from MTN Describe their Learning Experience

Graduates from MTN Describe their Learning Experience

Digital Skills graduates from MTN describe their learning experience. MTN Group is a South Africa-based multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in many African, European and Asian countries.  

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Growth Hacking Your Business For Success: A Brief Introduction to Growth Hacking

Growth Hacking Your Business For Success: A Brief Introduction to Growth Hacking

There are two key approaches to Growth Hacking:     1) Using data-based evidence to learn quickly and adapt to find what your best markets are and try to scale there as quickly and cheaply as possible.     2) Using social...

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Growth Hacking your Start-up to Success

Growth Hacking your Start-up to Success

Regular hacking is where you bypass conventional means of accessing a system. Similarly, Growth Hacking is when you bypass conventional methods of growing a company. Primarily this means taking an innovative, tactical and digital approach to marketing; techniques taught on...

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How Big Data is Driving Demand for Technology Skills

How Big Data is Driving Demand for Technology Skills

<p>Big data is a significant force in our new digital economy. Each of our countless on-line interactions leaves behind it a trail of data. For businesses, this data trail is a potential gold mine.</p> ...

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How can the online learning experience accelerate ROI for sponsoring businesses?

How can the online learning experience accelerate ROI for sponsoring businesses?

Online learning offers a great opportunity for sponsoring businesses to enhance the skills and abilities of their employees. Digital Skills Industry Partner projects are specifically geared towards enabling participants to develop relevant industry specific skills. Projects are developed specifically to...

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How Mobile Technology is Driving Africa’s Digital Economy

How Mobile Technology is Driving Africa’s Digital Economy

There is a lot of great news coming out of Africa for mobile tech entrepreneurs. Even as far back as 1999, when working in Namibia for the Irish overseas development agency it was interesting to see levels of mobile phone usage...

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