BREAKING: University status granted for Limerick college
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THE Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) has received a huge boost this morning after it emerged it was being granted university status.
The college, which has campuses across the region, has formally been given the distinction of Technical University alongside its new partner Athlone IT. The pair become the third colleges in Ireland to be given this status, in what is seen as being a milestone for both the Mid-West and the Midlands.
Newly re-elected Senator Maria Byrne, a former member of the LIT governing authority for 15 years said: “I am very much looking forward to this new TU bringing those benefits from Clare and Limerick, through Tipperary and up the Shannon across the Midlands to Athlone and beyond. This will allow people across the Midlands and Mid-West and beyond through digital connectivity to obtain a university degree in their home places. I am delighted to see this mile
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A NEW TECHNOLOGICAL university for Ireland’s Midlands has been announced by Minister for Further Education Simon Harris.
Harris said today that Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick Institute of Technology will amalgamate to form a new technological university.
“The higher education landscape is rapidly evolving and the people of the Midlands and Mid-West will henceforth be at the heart both geographically and practically of that evolution,” he said.
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.
This is another hugely important day for higher education in Ireland and in particular for the Midlands and Mid-West regions, Harris said. 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. This new technological university designate will increase higher education access, drive enhanced regional development and increase opportunities for students, staff, business and enterprise, and local communities. This new TU – our third since 2019 - will now take its rightful place in the higher education landscape in the country’s heartlands. The new higher education institution of increased scale and reach will benefit the students and communities of Westmeath, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare and Offaly to name but some of the counties which will be served by the new university.
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