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The Minister for Further & Higher Education, Simon Harris, has today granted Technological University designate status to Athlone & Limerick Institutes of Technology.
This is the third Technological University to be created since 2019, and is a milestone for the Midlands & Mid-West. The move will also include the two LIT campuses in Tipperary – Thurles and Clonmel.
The process to designate a new Technological University is enshrined in the Technological Universities Act 2018. The next steps in the process require the Minister to bring forward a draft order establishing the appointed day in which he new status will be legally established, and Athlone and Limerick ITs consequentially dissolved for approval by the Oireachtas
Minister Harris grants Technological University status to Athlone and Limerick Institutes of Technology
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD has today (5 May 2021) granted Technological University (TU) status to Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick Institute of Technology.
This is the third TU to be created since 2019 and is a milestone for the Midlands and the Mid-West.
Minister Harris said: This is another hugely important day for higher education in Ireland and in particular for the Midlands and Mid-West regions. The higher education landscape is rapidly evolving and the people of the Midlands and Mid-West will be at the heart both geographically and practically of that evolution.
IT Carlow and WIT make joint application for new South East university
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Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD has today (Friday) confirmed he has received an application from Waterford Institute of Technology and IT Carlow, seeking to establish a technological university in the South East under the prescribed legislative requirements of the Technological Universities Act 2018.
The joint application seeks the establishment of a new university. This would be subject to the applicant institutes meeting the eligibility criteria set out in the 2018 Act and the various requirements to which the Minister must have regard in his role as legislative decision-maker on the application.
BREAKING: IT Carlow and WIT make joint application for new South East university
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Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD has today (Friday) confirmed he has received an application from Waterford Institute of Technology and IT Carlow, seeking to establish a technological university in the South East under the prescribed legislative requirements of the Technological Universities Act 2018.
The joint application seeks the establishment of a new university. This would be subject to the applicant institutes meeting the eligibility criteria set out in the 2018 Act and the various requirements to which the Minister must have regard in his role as legislative decision-maker on the application.
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Minister Simon Harris confirms Waterford IT and Carlow IT applications to establish a Technological University in the South East
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris has today (FRIDAY) confirmed he has received an application from Waterford Institute of Technology and Carlow Institute of Technology, seeking to establish a technological university in the South East under the prescribed legislative requirements of the Technological Universities Act 2018.
The joint application seeks the establishment of a new university. This would be subject to the applicant institutes meeting the eligibility criteria set out in the 2018 Act and the various requirements to which the Minister must have regard in his role as legislative decision-maker on the application.