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Higher Education Authority Funding – Letterkenny IT
“Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been approved for an institution (details supplied) in the past three years; the funding that...
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Ulster University’s acquisition of former Foyle College site welcomed
“Plans to expand Ulster University’s Magee Campus are said to be progressing well following the acquisition of the former Foyle College site. The Magee Medical School will be at the core of the...
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Minister McHugh hosts first in series of Regional Stakeholder Forums
“The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD will today (Thursday February 7th) host the first of a series of five themed regional meetings with stakeholders in the education and skills sector....
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Minister McHugh announces Capital Investment of €1.8m for Letterkenny IT...
“Investment at campus under Project Ireland 2040 for lecture space, library, offices and upgrade works. The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD has today (Sunday August 11) announced...
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CUA Consortium Welcomes €90m Allocation To Support TU Development
“The Presidents of GMIT, IT Sligo and Letterkenny IT (Connacht-Ulster Alliance) welcome the announcement today (9 October 2019) by the Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD,...
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Letterkenny IT one step closer to Technological University (TU) status
“The ambition of GMIT, IT Sligo and Letterkenny IT to become a Technological University (TU) has moved a step closer with a very significant meeting of all three governing bodies of the Connacht Ulster...
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GMIT to apply for joint university designation next year
“GMIT will formally apply in the Autumn next year, along with two other west of Ireland colleges to become a technological university, a T-U. The ambition of GMIT, IT Sligo and Letterkenny to a become...
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Major new extension planned at Donegal third-level institution
“A major multi-million euro extension to Letterkenny Institute of Technology is on the cards. The third level institution has just submitted plans to Donegal Co Council in relation to its proposal for...
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Major new sports campus could be on way to Letterkenny
“Almost €370,000 has been allocated for the development of a new sports campus on lands owned by Letterkenny Institute of Technology in the Knocknamona area of Letterkenny …” (more) [Highland Radio, 6...
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LyIT rule out written exams for end of academic year
“Students at Letterkenny Institute of Technology have been told they will have no written exams at the end of this college year. The move comes after the government announced an extension of the...
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Intense discussions ongoing over LYIT reopening
“The President of Letterkenny Institute of Technology has given reassurances that extensive discussions are on-going as to how the college can reopen safely in September …” (more) [Highland Radio, 2...
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Former LYIT head to lead out on Technological University drive
“The former Head of Letterkenny IT’s Tourism School is to spearhead the drive to establish a Technological University for the West and North West. Dr Seán Duffy has been appointed Executive Project...
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Doherty worries for future for Killybegs Campus of LyIT
“A Donegal TD is raising concern over the future of the Killybegs Campus of LYIT. Sinn Fein Deputy, Pearse Doherty, says that LYIT have plans to move from a four school system to a three school one...
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Harkin airs concerns over progress on Connacht-Ulster Technological University
“A Sligo/Leitrim TD is calling for a commitment from Taoiseach Micheál Martin and the Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris that the application for a Connacht-Ulster Technological University will...
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Reopening work well underway at LyIT
“Further reassurances have been given that the Letterkenny Institute of Technology will be able to reopen doors safety at the end of next month. New guidelines on how third level institutions are to...
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Extension plans announced for LyIT
“Extension plans for Letterkenny Institute of Technology have been announced as part of a national project to deliver 11 new higher education buildings, facilitating 8,000 additional student enrolments...
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Minister keen to see delivery of Connacht Ulster Alliance
“The Minister for Higher Education has confirmed that significant progress is being made in relation to the Connacht Ulster Alliance of LYIT, Sligo IT and GMIT in meeting the relevant criteria …”...
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Technological Universities – Connacht-Ulster alliance
“Verona Murphy (Wexford, Fine Gael): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress of the Connacht and Ulster alliance of Sligo Institute of Technology, Galway and Mayo...
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Third Level Institutions – Letterkenny IT and Magee College
“Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to progress a university of the north-west involving Letterkenny IT and Magee College,...
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#TheReset Podcast – Steve Bradley on the future of Derry …
“Steve Bradley is a regeneration consultant, you can follow him on Twitter. Steve is a very popular writer on Slugger with some of his posts getting over 40k readers, you can view an archive of his...
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Responses from the Department for Higher Ed to Questions raised at recent...
“Delighted to hear about the prospect for a cross border university, what stage is that issue currently at and how will it proceed? The establishment of a technological university (TU) in the...
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Consortium involving GMIT to apply for Technological University status before...
“An application for technological university status is expected from GMIT, Sligo and Letterkenny, by the end of the year. Last month, €5.7 million was allocated to the Connacht Ulster Alliance...
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Letterkenny IT
“Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason second and fourth year examinations are being planned in Letterkenny IT (details supplied); and if he...
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Will St Angela’s College be part of new technological university?
“The Minister of Education has heard that an amalgamation between St Angela’s College in Sligo with the proposed new technological university for the north west makes more sense than continuing the...
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Letterkenny Institute of Technology unveils new scheme to encourage use of...
“Encouraging the use of the Irish language on campus is the aim of a new scheme launched by Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LyIT). The scheme, which was recently approved by the Minister for...
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Letterkenny IT
“Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of capital works at Letterkenny Institute of Technology which were secured under the previous...
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Minister Harris ‘hopeful’ of receiving North West Technological University...
“The Minister for Further and Higher Education is ‘hopeful’ of receiving an application to establish a Technological University in the north west soon. Independent Sligo/Leitrim TD, Marian Harkin...
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LyIT Takes Step Towards Technological University
“LYIT, GMIT and IT Sligo have today (Friday) submitted their long-awaited joint application for Technological University status. The progress has been welcomed by Donegal Deputy Joe McHugh as an...
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Minister Harris confirms receipt of application seeking establishment of a...
“Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD has today (21 May) confirmed he has received an application from the Connacht Ulster Alliance (CUA)...
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Plan to form technological university for the west moves a step closer
“Plans to form a new technological university for the west and northwest region have moved a step closer after an alliance of three institutes of technology submitted a formal application to the...
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Technological University must recognise potential of Killybegs campus – Pringle
“A Donegal Deputy says it’s vital the new Technological University recognises the potential of LYIT’s Killybegs campus. On Friday, the application for a new Technological University which would...
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A new TU in Ireland’s north-west could ‘drive regional growth’
“The Connacht Ulster Alliance has applied to establish a new technological university in the west and north-west. Ireland may be getting another technological university next year in a move that could...
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LYIT President says students will not be denied entry based on vaccination
“LYIT President Paul Hannigan says that the IT cannot refuse entry to any of their courses based on a student’s vaccination status. Speaking to Greg Hughes on this morning’s Nine Til Noon Show,...
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New Connacht-Ulster Technological University estimated to boost Ireland’s...
“A new technological university (TU) in the North West of the country would provide an estimated €600m boost to Ireland’s economy, new research has revealed. The Northern and Western Regional Assembly...
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New Technological University gets ministerial approval
“Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has confirmed a new Technological University for the West and North West. It follows an application from the Connaught Ulster Alliance, including the...
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Rose Conway-Walsh TD welcomes formal designation of technological university...
“Sinn Féin spokesperson on Further and Higher education, Rose Conway-Walsh TD, has welcomed the announcement that Galway-Mayo, Sligo and Letterkenny Institutes of Technology will become a technological...
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Concern over student accommodation in Letterkenny
“There’s concern that while a Technological University is hugely positive for Donegal and the North West, accommodation for students could prove difficult in the time ahead …” (more) [Highland Radio,...
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New Technological University set to transform locality
“The news that GMIT, LYIT and IT Sligo have together been approved for designation as a Technological University as announced by Education Minister Simon Harris TD on Thursday has been widely welcomed....
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New north-west institute named the Atlantic Technological University
“The Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris announced on Tuesday the name of the Technological University in the west and north-west as the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) …” (more)...
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New cross-border collaborations in third level being explored, say Harris
“The Government is ‘determined to step up’ cross-border collaboration between third-level institutions with an exchange programme between colleges among the initiatives being considered, the Minister...
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LyIT to Defer In-Person Exams over Covid
“The Letterkenny Institute of Technology is to defer its Semester One Exams because of Covid. The exams were due to take place between January 6th and 21st …” (more) [Donegal Daily, 1 January]
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LyIT students in limbo over examinations
“Students of Letterkenny Institute of Technology are calling for remote exams to be introduced. Last week, the college announced that all semester 1 in-person exams were being postponed until a later...
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LyIT Students to get Continuous Assessment and ‘Pod’ Exams
“The Letterkenny Institute of Technology has reached an agreement with the college’s student union after a stand-off over exams. The college had deferred all in-person exams due to begin last week, but...
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Council to seek assurances regarding Atlantic Technological University board
“Donegal County Council is to write to the new Atlantic Technological University once it is formed to seek assurances that ensure there is a place on its board for a council member …” (more) [Highland...
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Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022:...
“Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail): A key priority in the programme for Government is the creation and progression of technological universities. I am pleased, therefore, to introduce the...
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Minister Harris appoints first governing body of Atlantic Technological...
“Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris, has today appointed the first governing body of the new Atlantic Technological University (ATU), which will be...
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Progress welcomed on the Atlantic Technological University
“Progress on the Atlantic Technological University has been welcomed. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, today welcomed the appointment of the first governing body of...
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Minister Harris announces expansion of the new Atlantic Technological...
“Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has today announced the expansion of Atlantic Technological University through the purchase of a 10-acre site...
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Atlantic Technological University officially constituted
“New signs have gone up in Letterkenny and Killybegs reflecting the fact that the Atlantic Technological University has now officially been constituted …” (more) [Highland Radio, 1 April]
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Minister Harris officially opens new Atlantic Technological University
“Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has today opened the new Atlantic Technological University (TU). Atlantic TU sees the dissolution of...
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