UX Design Institute agrees €1.5million deal with Learning People

The UX Design Institute (UXDI) will offer its Professional Diploma in UX Design through UK online learning provider, Learning People, in a deal set to be worth an estimated €1.5 million over three years. 

The agreement sees the growing Irish company enter the new markets of Australia and New Zealand and strengthen its presence in the UK.

Currently, 30 per cent of revenue for the UXDI comes from the UK with Ireland, USA, Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany its other key territories to date.

Learning People is one of the UK’s leading online education providers, producing 3,000 graduates a year. It offers a range of courses across project management, IT, digital marketing and cybersecurity.

“Our mission is to make tech careers simple by delivering up-to-date training, aligned to what employers are looking for. We offer online career education, sourcing the best training available across IT and project management,” said Patrick Aylmer, CEO of Learning People. 

“The UXDI’s unique accreditation from Glasgow Caledonian University and its links with industry ensures our students have access to the best UX education on the market. As demand for UX designers continues to surge we expect very strong course uptake.”

“The partnership both enhances and opens up some important markets for us,” said Colman Walsh, CEO of the UXDI. “We’ve had a really strong start to 2019 after our most successful year yet. This agreement will only help strengthen our position further.” 

User experience (UX) design helps organisations make better quality digital products, so it unsurprisingly features amongst the top hard skills companies need most in 2019, as identified by LinkedIn.

An estimated 580,000 UX designers are needed in the tech industry in the EMEA alone by 2024 with the market estimated to be worth €1.5 billion by 2021.

The average starting salary for UX designers is €43,500 (£37,500), making it the best paid profession among junior creatives.

A recent Morgan McKinley survey in Ireland showed UX designers commanding an average salary of €62,000, rising to €70,000. 

The UXDI’s professional diploma in UX Design is the world’s only university accredited online UX course, suitable for beginners and professionals alike. It runs over 6 months and graduates see it as a vital first step in getting on the UX employment ladder.