The ICT Talent Pipeline
FIT are key collaborators on a number of exciting projects that are bringing digital skills to a broader and more inclusive audience. Whether you’re taking your first steps to getting online or building on tech talent for the future of work, explore the range of projects below.
The METIS project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme and coordinated by SEMI Europe, embodies EU excellence in microelectronics, connecting microelectronics industry start-ups, SMEs and large firms with national and EU industry associations, formal educational providers and regulatory bodies in the field of accreditation and certification.
#Futures is FIT’s highly successful skills initiative that targets the digital employability of disadvantaged youth. The clear objective of the programmes is to ensure that young people with a life-time of potential are engaged, encouraged and guided towards the employment opportunities in our growing economy.
Almost one in six Irish adults has never used the internet. Getting Citizens Online Programme is focused on encouraging and empowering citizens to participate fully in Ireland’s digital economy and society.
Get Youth into IT (GYIT) is an initiative funded under and administered by the EU Erasmus+ Programme.
HELP is a media supported English language training programme and associated resources for healthcare professionals for whom English is not a first language.
Would you like your IT skills and qualifications recognised with an Open Badge? Open Badges recognise formal and informal education and experience, and are completely free.
The Youth Employ project is to develop a structured Internship Programme to aid the professionalisation of skilled and unemployed young people with the aim of securing employment, whilst reducing the administration and organisational burden on the employer.