What courses are most in demand in Galway right now?

Oct. 4, 2011 - PRLog -- Galway has over 78 centers dedication to training & education, this is composed of universities, private colleges, training companies and other further education institutions. If you are thinking that it might be time to upskill, change career or pursue that hobby that you've always been interested in but never got time to learn more about? Well you're not alone.  In our quest here at learnpipe to help people  find great courses in Galway, we have logged some 36,400 unique course searches in September.  Below we take a look at some of the courses / classes and colleges that are proving very popular in Galway right now. People from all age groups and all socio-economic backgrounds have been active searching for the course that will keep them busy until the Galway spring arrives!

So we thought we would take a look search activity in the Galway course market - http://www.learnpipe.ie/courses/ireland/galway/ - from two angles: the course format & the course topics.

Martin O Donoghue commented "the term IT courses in Galway is searched for over 18,100 times each month.  Our data shows that training courses in Galway accounts for some 4,400 course searches per month."

1. Top course formats:
NUI courses Galway 1,360 searches /month
evening courses in galway & night courses galway - combined show 980 course queries per month.
college courses Galway -  480 course queries per month.
part time courses galway - 390 queries per month
plc courses galway  - 390 per month.

2. The Top 3 Most Popular Galway Courses
Galway it courses -  18,000 queries /month
training courses in Galway-  4,400 course queries / month
cooking courses galway -  710 searches each month.

Other popular Galway courses included:
art courses galway, english courses in galway, computer courses galway, irish colleges in galway, beauty courses galway, hairdressing courses in galway, fetac courses in galway, make up course galway, first aid courses galway, photography courses galway, childcare courses galway and irish courses galway.

"The level of IT course searches in Galway is really impressive, for some years now both NUI Galway & GMIT have been working hard to develop a range of IT related courses to meet the national & global demand for skilled IT employees. Whats obvious about our search data is that they have been successful in fostering this"- commented O Donoghue.

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About learnpipe
learnpipe is a web based application that helps people to find great courses around the world. We put the fun back into choosing the right College / Degree / Evening Course / Casual Class / any other training option. We call it social Q&A for education. We operate 4 domains: http://www.learnpipe.ie (Ireland); http://www.learnpipe.co.uk (UK); http://www.learnpipe.com (USA) & http://www.learnpipe.in (India).

learnpipe was setup in 2009 by John Dineen and Shane O'Leary. learnpipe is a graduate company of both the Endeavour and iGAP Programmes. It is funded by Enterprise Ireland and a number of private investors. The company has 8 staff based in Galway, Manchester & Beijing.