“University College Dublin is offering courses in the Java programming language for just €45 in a move to help unemployed IT professionals to improve their skills. Java is one of the most widely used computer languages. UCD said it hoped to attract unemployed software developers from other programming disciplines to attend the courses, which would normally cost €995 each. The courses consist of two week-long full-time modules; the first on the foundations of Java and the second on advanced Java. UCD recommends that applicants attend both courses, after which they would be equipped to sit an exam to become independently certified Java programmers …” (more)
[Gordon Smith, Irish Times, 17 April]