WIT now recruiting for FREE Places on the highly successful ICTSkills graduate computing conversion course Computing conversion course for non-computing graduates with 6-month work placement Open to all honours graduates – NO FEES apply Jobseeker applicants may keep benefits while studying fulltime Strong job prospects with the Higher Diploma in Computer Science qualification Classes Start mid-January - apply now at wit.ie/ictskills WIT’s highly successful ICTSkills graduate computing conversion course is now recruiting with classes to start in mid-January. This FREE 18-month course is open to all honours graduates and Jobseeker applicants may be able to keep their benefits while studying fulltime. No previous knowledge of computer science is presumed and the course is particularly targeted at honours graduates with the capacity and aptitude to complete an intensive computer science programme and work placement. Participants will cover range of core computer science topics including programming, networks, systems, databases, web development, network management and specialist options from amongst mobile app development, enterprise software development and security & forensics followed by a six-month work placement designed to maximise industry knowledge and employability of graduates. The course includes a strong element of building expertise in Java programming throughout. Maeve Carey from Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford who left her position as Pensions Manager for a well-known financial company, where she had worked for five years, to travel and explore other challenges. Upon her return to Ireland, she went searching for new employment, but remained unemployed for several months. Maeve had a primary BSc degree in Physics with Theoretical Physics and was interested in IT, but lacked an IT qualification required for industry consideration. Maeve was beginning to grow despondent with her options, when a friend told her about the ICT Skills Conversion Programme at WIT. The programme offered Maeve a fast-track into the IT sector with the Department of Social Protection’s ‘Back to Education Allowance’ available to those taking the course. Maeve started the programme at WIT in March 2013 and hasn’t looked back since. Maeve found the subject matter absorbing and very current, and was delighted to be learning about the most up-to-date technologies, such as Android and Cloud Computing. Meave did her six month work placement with DoneDeal, Ireland’s largest online classifieds site. Following the placement Meave was offered a full-time job with Donedeal as a software Developer. She said “ICT is a growing, multi-faceted, exciting area. I really like the timeline of the programme, short and sweet, yet super-condensed, so I can enter the job market swiftly after graduating. The lecturers are extremely knowledgeable, thorough and approachable. The whole experience was extremely rewarding. I’m now working as a software developer with DoneDeal it’s a fantastic experience working in a very dynamic team environment.” Declan Lawlor, Chief Technical Officer at DoneDeal said “The ICT Conversion in WIT has been a great innovation. With the current demand for Software Engineers in Ireland and the South East, WIT has succeeded in developing a programme that equips graduates from other disciplines to transfer directly into IT. The fact that graduates are already equipped with excellent problem-solving, team work and communication skills from their previous disciplines makes them very attractive to employers.”
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