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News Digest - April 2018


23 April 2018 – The Times (Irish edition – paywall)

Surplus of €2m allows college to push ahead with expansion

Coverage of NCI's push for campus expansion, made possible by prudent financial governance.

 

27 April 2018 – The Irish Times

Business degrees are a great investment in your future (print headline)

Why business degrees are such a popular third level choice (online headline)

The article remarks on NCI's particular strength in the field of HR.


20 April 2018 – IBEC.ie

FSI in bid to double jobs in 5,000 in South West

FSI will make its new IFS Apprenticeship programme available to students in Munster for the first time in 2019 through the National College of Ireland.


16 April 2018 – Evening Echo (print only)

Financial services in Cork 

Deirdre Giblin, Head of Professional Education and Training, NCI was a speaker at the joint Financial Services Ireland – Cork Chamber of Commerce seminar in Cork.


05 April 2018 – The Nationalist (print only)

Tipperary apprentices announced as finalists in Ireland’s first ever Generation Apprenticeship Competition

Mention of NCI hosting the Generation Apprenticeship exhibition


09 April 2018 – Leinster Leader

Two Kildare apprentices in finals for Generation Apprenticeship competition

Mention of NCI hosting the Generation Apprenticeship exhibition


12 April 2018 – Kerry’s Eye (print only)

Kerry apprentices collaborate for Generation competition

Mention of NCI hosting the Generation Apprenticeship exhibition


19 April 2018 – DIT.ie

DIT Industrial Insulation Apprenticeships reach final of Generation Apprenticeship

Mention of NCI hosting the Generation Apprenticeship exhibition


01 April 2018 – The Sunday Business Post (paywall)

Food app Bamboo raises €500k to fuel expansion

NCI alumnus Luke Mackey (BA Marketing) is co-founder of Bamboo, which has raised €500k to fund expansion into London and Singapore.


01 April 2018 – Irish Marketing Journal

And the winners are…

Coverage of the 2018 Media Awards - NCI / OMD’s “In Conversation With” won bronze for the Best Use of Data at the 2018 Media Awards

 

10 April 2018 – extra.ie

Extra.ie wins Silver award for Best Use of Data at 2018 Media Awards

While celebrating their silver, extra.ie mentions that NCI/OMD’s “In Conversation With” won bronze in this category at the Media Awards


18 April 2018 – Business and Finance

CIO 100 2018

At the Convention Centre on April 18th, Business and Finance recognised the top 100 Chief Information officers in Ireland, including Liam O’Donoghue, Deputy CEO and COO of Ibec, and a member of NCI’s governing body, and Niamh Vianney Muldoon, EU Information Security Director at Docusign, and a part-time Associate Faculty Lecturer in the School of Computing at NCI.

 

04 April 2018 – Accounting and Business 

Upcoming events – Dublin – Financial analytics using Excel – 29 May, 18.15-20.15

Event listing, print and online