Further funding announced for Atlantic Technological Universities
Funding of €50 million under the new Technological Sector Advancement Fund. The allocation has been announced by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris The fund is to move the third level facilities move past establishment phase and to embed the…
Additional staff to be deployed to Atlantic Technological University
It’s expected that additional staff will be deployed to Atlantic Technological University campuses this year. Universities across the country will be hiring more than 1,500 new permanent staff this year in an effort to improve student-staff ratios. The move comes as the Government looks to end recruitment restrictions which were…
Student Union President warns of accommodation crisis in Sligo
The Students Union President at the Atlantic Technological University in Sligo is calling on private home-owners and landlords to consider renting rooms and houses to students as accommodation enquires by 300%. The ATU student union has received 1300 quires ahead of the coming academic year – a sharp…
Local TD calls for a greater emphasis to be placed on Killybegs as part of ATU Development
There are calls for a greater focus to be placed on the Atlantic Technological University campus at Killybegs as part of the overall ATUs development plans along the North West. Speaking in the Dáil recently Independent TD for Donegal Thomas Pringle described the catering college as a huge…
Fresh speculation linking Dundalk IT to the Atlantic Technological University.
There is increasing speculation that Dundalk Institute of Technology could join the recently formed Atlantic Technological University. The proposal is one of a number of options being explored as the Louth College considers its future. Dundalk Institute of Technology is one of only two institutes of technology…
Atlantic Technological University will be officially launched today.
The official launch of the Atlantic Technological University will take place later today. The University, which is an amalgamation of IT Sligo, LYIT, and GMIT, was officially designated on Friday and will be officially launched today by the minister for Higher Education Simon Harris. ATU will…
IT Sligo to join Atlantic Technological University from Friday
IT Sligo will become a part of the Atlantic Technological University from tomorrow. The University, which is an amalgamation of IT Sligo, LYIT, and GMIT, will be officially designated as such tomorrow, Friday and will be officially launched on Monday. ATU will consist of eight campuses, nine when St. Angela’s…