Higher Education/Industry Workshop- Third Level ICT Provision -

Kathryn Raleigh, Director ICT IrelandTuesday 21st October 2008

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Agenda

• ICT sector in ROI• Trends within the ICT sector• Labour supply & industry demands• ICT Ireland reaction to skills

shortage• Recommendations

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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

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ICT Foreign Direct Investment

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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

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Labour supply

Domestic Supply

Upskilling Inward Migrants

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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

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ICT Champions Programmes

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‘Are you up for it ?’ Campaign

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ICT Ireland Lobbying

• Department of

Education & Science

• Department of

Enterprise Trade and

Employment

• Maths – bonus points

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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

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Partnerships are key !