Investment of 13.7 million announced for IT Sligo
Capital investment of 13.7 million euro has been announced for IT Sligo. The funding will go towards significant building upgrades at the third level facility, which has ambitions to become a technological university. Today’s announcement – which is part of the government’s Project Ireland 2040 plan for higher education –…
Report shows 33% of students fail to complete college courses at IT Sligo
New figures show 33% of students fail to complete their college course at IT Sligo. The findings are contained in a study by the Higher Education Authority which monitored more than 34,000 students across the country over a 10 year period since 2007. Elsewhere at Letterkenny IT the report shows…
Disability challenges: Event to take place at IT Sligo
IT Sligo is hosting a free novel event this month that will explore a range of practical problems and solutions faced by those with disabilities. It will focus on accessibility issues, with teams allocated a challenge faced by people with disabilities. The team will have to solve or ‘hack’ the…
IT Sligo mourns the deaths of two of its students
IT Sligo is reeling from two tragedies this week. The college says it is working with the HSE after one of its students tragically died from meningitis. They say “all appropriate health measures” are being taken after 21-year old footballer Adam Mulchrone sadly passed away last weekend after falling ill.…
Information evening at IT Sligo for Leaving Cert students, starting 6pm
Parents of Leaving Certificate students are often lacking the knowledge required when it comes to guiding their children to the most appropriate courses to take up at third level. IT Sligo will this evening stage an information meeting with is specifically aimed at Leaving Cert students and their parents. Head…
Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor launches new online course in IT Sligo
A new part-time online course aimed at educating students in the self driving car industry is launching today in IT Sligo. It’s the first of it’s kind in Europe and the Masters of Engineering in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles is being launched around now by Minister of State for Higher…
IT Sligo now the national leader in online learning
Over 1,600 students will graduate from IT Sligo over the next two days. This shows an increase of 100 graduates on last year and is on target for the 2022 strategic plan to double graduations to 3,000. The students have graduated in 93 courses over the three faculties of Science,…