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Learning Waves secures Skillnet funding for 2018

Learning Waves Skillnet is delighted to announce that they have secured funding for the design and delivery of training programmes for the Independent Commercial Radio Sector in Ireland. The funding annou [...]

Video in the Struggle against Social Share

In a recent podcast produced by one of our trainers, Joanne Sweeney Burke of the Digital Training Institute, explores the concept of why Youtube is crushing Facebook when it comes to video. Joanne states how ve [...]

In an Era of Fake News Commercial Radio goes from Strength to Strength

The term ‘fake news’ has over-saturated our news feeds in the last year and has said to have had a somewhat detrimental effect on trustworthiness in the news and for media outlets. According to the [...]

Storytelling and Original Journalism Workshop

Learning Waves Skillnet are delighted to welcome back Andrew Wilson and Jane Kinghorn from the BBC Academy to present our final course for 2018 - Storytelling and Original Journalism. Andrew and Jane are [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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