Over 8,000 students took part in the 2021 Bebras challenge in November. 💻 Yesterday the top 300 students took part in the final challenge & today we held the awards ceremony for the top 3 students in each category. 🏆 Congratulations & well done to everyone who took part! 👏

There is still time to sign up for our @WomenForIT webinar - An Irish Success Story taking place this Thursday 17th February @ 3pm. Register here: ics.ie/news/Women4IT-Irish-E…

Join us for our @WomenForIT National Dissemination Event on 17th Feb @ 3pm. We will hear from Irish graduates & an expert panel chaired by @marycleary21 who will discuss "Practical solutions for promoting engagement of women in IT” Signup to join us here: bit.ly/3HmsZaX

There is still time to sign up for the ADPO Panel Discussion on Wed 15th December. A panel of experts from the business and academic worlds, will discuss the new guidance paper, Data Protection by Design - Making it Effective. Sign up here: ics.ie/events/data-protectio…

Don't forget that the @CEPIS_Europe DiversIT Gender Equality in the IT workplace event takes place this Friday 26th November. It is free to attend, you still have time to sign up here: cepis.org/26-november-webina…

Upcoming training and webinars 💻 We’ve rounded up a list of training sessions and webinars happening over the course of the coming month that may be of interest to our members. [Thread 1 of 8]

Upcoming Webinars 💻 We've rounded up a list of webinars that maybe of interest to our members taking place over the coming weeks. [Thread 1 of 5 ]

Very interesting to hear from Ariana Ball from @Accenture_Irl that 65% of children starting school today will hold jobs that don’t yet exist! #digitalInclusion #DigitalDivide #LeaveNoOneBehind @an_cosan

"I couldn't even turn the computer on" Martina Kiely talked about her inspiring learning journey. Thank you for sharing your journey Martina. Martina isn't alone, the strategy shows that almost 1 in 2 adults in Ireland lack basic digital skills. #adultliteracyforlife

Today @DeptofFHed & @SimonHarrisTD launched the new 10 year #AdultLiteracyforlife Strategy on #InternationalLiteracyDay. This is an incredibly encouraging step towards helping the 47% of Adults in Ireland who lack basic Digital Skills unlock their potential.

This is great news from one of our #digitalcoalition partners @FastrackintoIT! The programme will give young people an insight into the world of tech and allow them to learn valuable digital literacy skills. 💻

The all new, new look, ICS newsletter will be going out next week! 📰 Make sure you subscribe on our website to get the first look straight to your inbox! 📩 ics.ie

Registration is still open for the qualifier for Team Ireland in this years European Cyber Security Challenge, but you haven't got long to enter. Qualifier takes place Saturday 28th August. The ECSC takes place in Prague on 28th Sept. Follow @ZeroDaysCTF for more details.