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 an all-time high of 20.4 billion. This is evi...more
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 no strangers to radio sector in Ireland as th...more
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 week, the Transition Year students will have t...more
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 research has proven that both these demographic...more
With the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation becoming law in May 2018, radio stations need to familarise themselves with new rules and learn how to set up data collection and storage protocols. This course is designed to equip radio stations with ...more
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 same time learning from experts such as Lorcan...more
As natural storytellers, we are always searching for new ways to engage people, be it on-air or online. A phenomenon that is taking the online and radio world by storm, more so in recent years, is that of podcasting. According to Forbes online, "...more
Storm Ophelia was the most powerful storm to ever hit Ireland & in doing so it highlighted the most powerful media in Ireland – Radio. The reality is that when the Government needed to activate an emergency weather warning alert, they chose ever...more