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Recommend a Computing Course in Dublin ?

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  • 03-08-2009 12:14pm
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    whiz
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭


    Hi Guys
    I have a degree in accounting and finance, and I would like to do a certificate, diploma or post grad in computing at night time, does anybody have any recommendations ? Thanks in advance for any replies.


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    Tom Dunne
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    Where abouts and in what particular field? Are you looking to specialise or are you looking for a general computing qualification?


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    whiz
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭whiz


    Tom, i am living out near phoenix park and i would like to do a course in general computure studies.


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    whiz wrote: »
    Tom, i am living out near phoenix park and i would like to do a course in general computure studies.

    So sounds like either DCU or ITB would be the nearest to you.

    I lectured on a post-grad diploma in Computing in ITB. It was aimed at people like yourself and it was a blended learning course meaning that a portion of it was delivered online, with attendance required one Saturday a month, for a full day (i.e. no evening classes during the week). While I don't work in ITB any more, I would recommend the course based on the actual material/sylabus itself, plus the staff who are currently lecturing on it are damn good.

    I don't have any details on DCU, but I would be pretty sure they have a similar post-grad diploma type course. Plus, the computing department in DCU is very highly regarded.


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    gollem_1975
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    what side of the phoenix park you are living ?

    what do you mean by general computer studies ?


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    gollem_1975 wrote: »
    what do you mean by general computer studies ?

    I would imagine an IT post-grad diploma as opposed to a post-grad diploma in, say, Java programming or Networking.


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    gollem_1975
    Registered Users Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭gollem_1975


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    I would imagine an IT post-grad diploma as opposed to a post-grad diploma in, say, Java programming or Networking.

    its hard to tell based on the OP what they are looking for.

    however i would suspect that someone posting on boards postgrad forum is not looking for info on ECDL :)

    DCU have a graduate diploma in information technology (GDF ) that can be done part time ( over 2 years i think )

    I have seen some criticism of the full-time GDF course on the DCU board.


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    whiz
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭whiz


    thanks guys for your replies, Gollem I live near blanchardstown, but Tom as regards the course in blanch it:
    - is there much partical work and would it give me a board education of IT ? I don''t want to specialise yet as i have no experience of Java Programming, networks etc
    -also how do employers perceive Blanch It compared to DCU, Trinity etc ?


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    whiz wrote: »
    - is there much partical work and would it give me a board education of IT ? I don''t want to specialise yet as i have no experience of Java Programming, networks etc

    Yes, there is plenty of practical work and it is fairly broad. Plus there is an practical project at the end, which usually involves designing and programming some kind of software, along with writing a project report.
    whiz wrote: »
    -also how do employers perceive Blanch It compared to DCU, Trinity etc ?

    There is a certain amount of snobbery, however a post-grad diploma is a post-grad diploma, irrespective of where it came from.


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