NCI Blog

Cloud Computing is an exciting and rapidly expanding area. More than 54% of CIO’s now use cloud computing in their organisations; an increase of 16% from last year (Deloitte survey).

Today’s guest post is by Robert Ward, Director of Student Recruitment at NCI, who has just completed the Coach’s Programme.

Yesterday was a big day for us at the college. The Early Learning Initiative (ELI) at NCI is close to all of our hearts because of its work with children and families from our local community in the Dublin Docklands. These programmes generally start from age 18 but we believe that to be effective, you have to start when a person is 18 months, not 18 years. By just three years of age, there are already significant differences in the language and mathematical development of children from affluent areas and those from disadvantaged communities. The gap continues to widen if it is not addressed before children start formal education – which is why our early years’ work is so very important for tackling educational disadvantage.

Are you, or is anyone you know, applying to college this year? You are probably aware that the closing date for applications is February 1st (check out some other key CAO dates here), but you may have other questions about applying to college through the CAO, which we have attempted to answer here.

Our current series of business events in Dublin Corn Flakes and Commerce: NCI’s Executive Breakfast Serial drew to a close today with Brian Lucey (who didn’t much approve when we described him as a rock star economist, but rock star economist/Trinity Professor/columnist/blogger/chowder aficionado would have taken too much time!).

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Are you one of the thousands of adults who wrote ‘Education’ on their list of New Year Resolutions this year? Congratulations if you are ready to take that step! There are so many benefits to returning to education: career development, greater self-confidence, meeting new people, developing new skills…but here, don’t take our word for it. Here’s what NCI student Martin Carass had to say about coming back to the classroom. This interview first appeared in the Irish Independent: