2011 Press Releases
27.05.2011
An exciting new Government initiative, Springboard, has been launched to help the unemployed. The scheme will provide funded part-time education and training opportunities for people who were previously in employment but lost their jobs or were made redundant and who, with some upskilling, could fill current or future job shortages. Springboard, which is managed by the Higher Education Authority, will allow those who undertake the courses to retain their benefits and if they find a job will still be permitted and encouraged to finish their course.
University College Cork (UCC) is one of the participating universities and will offer two courses: The Certificate in Supply Chain Management and The Certificate in Creative & Digital Marketing.
The Certificate in Supply Chain Management,
a part-time programme, consists of six modules (including lean supply chain
management, information systems, operations management and purchasing &
negotiation).
Dr
Séamus O’Reilly, Programme Academic Director of the Certificate in Supply Chain
Management said UCC was delighted to be associated with the Springboard
initiative. He said that the
university had redesigned its successful Supply Chain Management Programme to
accommodate the needs of those who have been made redundant. The UCC programme
seeks to maximise the participant’s previous relevant work experience by
providing a structured approach to the key elements of supply chain management,
e.g. improve supply chain efficiency and effectiveness; enhance process design,
customer services and information services; and provide all organisational
functions with an acute awareness of costs and the ability to enhance
value-adding activities.
Each
module of the programme is delivered over a two-day seminar/workshop series in
UCC complemented by a half-day review session. Given the mix of Irish-owned and
multinational companies exporting from Ireland this is an area of growing
employment. SCM graduates work in
various functions including: customer service, procurement, planning, inventory
management and logistics. (Website: http://www.ucc.ie/scm/dipscm)
The Certificate in
Creative & Digital Marketing
CREATIVE... DIGITAL... MARKETING... In today's noisy world,
all three elements may have to be called upon, even by not-for-profit
organisations. UCC believes that this is the first course in the
country to offer all this in an integrated educational package.
The word 'creative' does indeed come first. Even though
students will have no marketing background, we will be introducing them to
research techniques normally only practised by leading-edge practitioners, ones
that yield the sort of rich raw-material you need to do anything that is
creatively different and better.
Likewise, even though students will never have used digital
media before, we will introduce them to areas like creative-thinking, design
appreciation, design tools and design techniques that are practised only by the
few. And when it comes to communication, we will insist that students don't
just learn but do. Our modules and workshops will be linked to practical
projects that really matter — to students, to us and to clients.
For the first practical assignment that students will be
set, have a look at the student web platform that has deliberately been left
almost completely empty… But not quite…
http://www.creativeanddigitalmarketing.com/
For course information see also http://www.ucc.ie/cdm
Places for both courses are limited, so apply online soon through
the Springboard portal using http://www.Bluebrick.ie
Closing date: June 17th 2011