Significant step taken in the incorporation of St Angela’s College and ATU
The Legal Agreement pertaining to the incorporation of St Angela’s College and ATU has been signed by ATU, STACS and the Ursuline Order. As a result the document can now be presented to the Minister and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to meet…
Minister for Further and Higher Education announces funding for St Angela’s College
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Simon Harris, has confirmed today that St Angela’s college in Sligo have been granted their capital application, following their integration with Atlantic Technological University. While visiting St Angela’s campus in Sligo today, Minister Harris said that the college had been left in limbo, and…
Higher and Further Education colleges to roll out Active Consent classes
Active Consent classes are being rolled out in Higher, Further Education and Training colleges across the country from today. Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris made the announcement after new figures revealed 22,000 higher education students took part in the initiative last year, a 15 per cent increase…
ATU Sligo win intervarsities Challenge Cup final
ATU Sligo men’s soccer team are celebrating an intervarsities Challenge Cup title after they defeated NRC Coleraine 2-1 in a dramatic Challenge Cup final, played at Athlone Town Stadium on Tuesday. NRC Coleraine took the lead early in the second half with a strike from distance. However, the Sligo students…
Councillor calls for support of new Vet Building for ATU Sligo
A Sligo Councillor is calling on the council to support Atlantic Technological University’s Expression of Interest application to the Higher Education Authority for a veterinary medicine course and designated building at ATU’s Sligo campus. University College Dublin is currently the only Irish third-level institution that provides the course in Ireland…
ATU Sligo & St. Angela’s to share €2,400,000 in funding
Both ATU Sligo and St. Angela’s College are to share just over €2,400,000 in funding. It’s part of a nationwide announcement to facilitate a range of student supports and to support students’ mental health and wellbeing. The money being provided as part of Budget 2023 to help reduce…
Almost 1,800 students set to graduate from ATU Sligo this week
Almost 1,800 students are set to graduate from ATU Sligo over the next two days – the first ever conferring as a university. The conferring ceremony is getting underway in the Knocknarea Arena today and tomorrow. Those graduating are the first to do so with ATU awards. …