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20th Digital Journalism Conference takes place in the UK

According to, Gartner, a technology research company in America, there will be roughly 8.4 billion devices connected in the world in 2017, rising 31% since 2016. It is also estimated that by 2020 it will reach [...]

Design/Create/Monitor Digital Content for Radio Course

Learning Waves Skillnet is offering Job Seekers and Graduates a FREE Digital for Radio training programme. This course will give you the opportunity to work on a project for a radio station while at the s [...]

Opportunity for TY Students through BAI Media Literacy Fund and Learning Waves Skillnet

A week long placement in Radio Kerry is being offered to 14 lucky transition year students, in conjunction with the Radio Kerry, Learning Waves Skillnet and the BAI through the Media Literacy Fund. During the w [...]

How Can Radio Stations Engage With Millennials and the iGeneration?

Millenials or Gen X are those who reach adulthood by the year 2000. iGeneration or Generation Z are those born from the mid 1990s to the early noughties. They have grown up in the Digital Age but re [...]

Adobe Premiere Pro Training Course

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The Importance of Powerful Storytelling

The Power of Storytelling Conference and Festival took place over the weekend in Romania where it saw storytellers in a multitude of fields such as art, media and business come together and share their experien [...]

Tell us your training needs for 2018

Learning Waves Skillnet is currently undertaking a training needs analysis of all its members to inform its funding application to Skillnets for 2018. The survey is designed to allow all members to input [...]

IMRO Awards Salute Irish Radio

Friday night saw the biggest names in Irish radio congregate in the stunning Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny, for the 2017 IMRO Radio Awards. The gala ceremony was attended by over 600 guests and hosted by the ev [...]

21 Learning Waves Members Take Gold at IMRO Radio Awards 2017

The Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny, played host to the 2017 IMRO Radio Awards on Friday 6th October. Over 600 radio professionals from across the country were in attendence, recieving the utmost recognition [...]

Delving into Digital with Joanne Sweeney Burke

We’re delving into all things digital in the wake of our brand new Digital for Radio Diploma which will kick off Tuesday 3rd October. This course has been carefully put together over the past three months [...]

New Digital for Radio Programme to commence on 3rd October 2017

Learning Waves Skillnet will commence a new Digital for Radio programme on 3rd October 2017. The programme has been in development for the last three months with Learning Waves Skillnet and Lorcan Kinsell [...]

Learning Waves Skillnet Broadcast Bootcamp Booming Success

Throughout the month of June, twelve radio heads took on Learning Waves Skillnet challenging Radio Broadcasting Bootcamp course. With three weeks of hands on training from industry professionals, alongside rese [...]

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