Dr. Vivienne Patterson:

On what is being seen in cybersecurity, there is a human capital initiative, HCI, project with regard to cyber skills running out of Munster Technological University, MTU. This is developing a number of short microcredentials and shorter lifelong learning courses. There is greater uptake from people who have already left school. There are certainly more women upskilling in ICT than there are women taking ICT courses at undergraduate level. There are a lot of lifelong learning and upskilling courses available throughout further and higher education. There is good uptake of such courses. There are 200 to 300 people coming out of those courses every year so it is significant. The cyber skills project has a mobile unit that goes out to companies and teaches people. That has been in high demand.