GMIT, LYIT, and IT Sligo become Ireland's newest technological university

The Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) offers a qualified welcome for the Higher Education Provisions within Budget 2024

The Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) offers a qualified welcome for the Higher Education Provisions within Budget 2024.

The Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) welcomes the release of CAO offers today and congratulates students

On behalf of the Presidents of the technological higher education institutions, THEA welcomes the publication today of the CAO offers

THEA welcomes €50m Technological Sector Advancement Fund

The benefits will extend far beyond our campuses, reaching into local communities and industries, making substantial contributions to Ireland's economic competitiveness on a global scale

IADT Governing Body

Appointment to IADT Governing Body

Language Provision At The TUs: Perspectives From ATU Students And Local Employers

The project aims to collect the views and feedback from ATU students and local employers on current and future language provision by replicating a study previously conducted at SETU.

The Poppintree Painting Project

A collaborative visual arts project in an Early Childhood Education setting.

1st Year Faculty Of Film, Art And Creative Technologies (FFACT) Connect Module Redesign

The collaborative FFACT Connect module redesign project will involve focus groups with student researchers who took this module from each programme in the faculty.

Researching And Developing An Ecologically-Friendly Print Studio

The focus will be making improvements to the current studio at IADT, looking at ways to improve the accessibility of the studio

A Student-Led Initiative To Redesign And Improve IADT Student Support

The project aims to improve the learning and living experiences of IADT students while enhancing the efficiency of Student Support Services

Playing For Inclusion: Peer Support And Network Building Though Gameplay

This project aims to develop, design and test a game-style toolkit to help students to peer-network in an entertaining and inclusive manner.

An Ethical Guide For Sustainable And Inclusive Creative Practice – For Students Of Creative Arts, Design And Media Technologies

Students of the creative arts are studying during a time of unprecedented change in their creative practice.

Embracing Artificial Intelligence Themed Assessment (Chatgpt) To Achieve Universal Design For Learning

This project explores the perceptions of both staff and students in the Faculty of Enterprise and Humanities on the use of artificial intelligence in assessments.

Digital Safety Outreach Project To Students With Intellectual Disability

The aim of this project is for IADT psychology students to organise outreach activities to under-represented students with intellectual disability (ID) in the community.

IADT Campus Student Garden

The main outlines of this project are to create a student garden on campus, making sure that students learn useful skills while also producing alternative food sources

Investigating Ways To Improve The Student Experience In The Face Of Specific Challenges

A collaborative project involving three students looking at ways to improve the student experience in the face of physical, emotional and time-management challenges.

The LEtGO of Stress project utilises Lego to create both a Universal Design for Learning Experience for first-year engineering students and a stress-relieving campus-wide community health and wellbein

“A Robot Ate My Homework!”: A Student-Led Approach Towards Finding Solutions To The Emergence Of Essay Mills And AI Technology In Academic Writing

In recent years, the use of essay mills by students has expanded rapidly in Ireland.

University Greenhouse

The plan is to build a university greenhouse so that students can grow and harvest fresh produce.

Student Informed Self-Regulation Programme

One of the most important goals of education has become to help students acquire self-regulation skills that improve learning.

Triangulation Of Assessment Students, Tutors, Educator, Engagement (TOASTEE)

Students undertaking the BA Early Childhood Education and Care programme in ATU Galway & Mayo are required by the Professional Awards Criteria for Initial Professional Education

Developing Ocean Literacy & Connections In Early Childhood Education

The project will begin with students from the BA in Early Childhood Education and Care programme learning about the Ocean Literacy Framework.

Get Cycling

This project aims to increase cycling among students though a small team of Student Cycling Ambassadors and through provision of bikes.

Developing An Authentic Inclusive Library Service Through Collaboration And Student Engagement

Participants will be invited to analyse library services and learning resources through the student lens where they experience learning difficulties or additional needs.

Implementing And Evaluating Project-Based Learning (PBL) In Undergraduate Introductory Statistics Modules At ATU Sligo – A Pilot Study

Most, if not all, programmes at the undergraduate level have recognized statistics as a necessary component required for data collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation

Trialling Visual Learning Techniques For Practical Construction Stage Solutions

The key deliverables are to establish a tried and tested method of converting current theoretical learning experiences in design to a practical hands-on application of design

Building An Educational Toolkit To Promote Engagement In Molecular Biology

A molecular biology educational toolkit will be developed, supporting multiple options of content delivery, assessment, and feedback.

Digital Transformation In Teaching Of Authentic Forensic Science Casework Allowing Students To Work With Industry Before Graduation

Analytical techniques, not available at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Sligo but used widely in forensic, health, nutrition and pharma industries globally

Stepping Outside The Box: The Impact Of Experiential Learning Beyond The Lecture Hall

This experiential event has the potential to positively impact both the student learning experience and teaching enhancement.

Sustainathon (Sustainable Consumption On Our Campus)

The Sustainathon is a challenge-based learning intervention which aims to facilitate students actively engaging with the idea of sustainable consumption.

Inclusion By Design: An Intentionally Designed And Culturally Inclusive Innovative Space, That Will Foster Intercultural Engagement And Celebrate Difference, Diversity And Cultural Heterogeneity

Motivated by changes in the student demographics on campus, this project aims to redesign and refurbish a campus space to ensure that it is open

My Stats One-Stop Shop: A Resource-Based Portal For Statistics Support For Students And Staff

This project will deliver an open-access, resource-based portal focusing on statistics supports for beginners, available to all ATU staff and students

Student Entrepreneurship SIG

Across the 9 ATU campuses, entrepreneurship modules give students an appreciation for theoretical Entrepreneurship.

Creating An Inclusive Environment In Culinary Arts

The aim of this project is to introduce culinary arts education to under-represented groups in Galway city.

Development Of A Digital Badge To Enable Flexible, Independent Learning Of Animal Cell Culture Techniques

Meaningful integration of digital training tools in teaching has the potential to improve accessibility, flexibility, and foster learning in an inclusive, empowering manner.

Careers Fair For Nutrition Students And Graduates

The project aims to collect the views and feedback from ATU students and local employers on current and future language provision by replicating a study previously conducted at SETU.

Connections: An Entrepreneurial Initiative

This project aims to bring students and staff from different disciplines across ATU together, with a UDL focus.

Meeting The Sustainable Development Goals Through Education: A Showcase Of Innovative Assessment And An SDG World Café Event

This project will organise and host a two-day Winterage event using the “17 Rooms” methodology, with embedded World Café events.

Empowering Students For Future Living

The project involves installing, operating, and researching a domestic-sized biodigester in the Students’ Union common area/kitchen on the ATU Mayo campus.

Sustainability In Action

A critical component of the National Strategy for Education and Training (NStEP) 2022+ is sustainability in action, which is a concept that emphasises the need for practical, measurable and effective

A Digital Careers Information And Resources Screen

The aim of this project is to create a centralised digital information screen, whereby all students can access information in relation to careers events, resources, job and placement opportunities

4th Year Digital Repository For BSC In Computing & Digital Media Students

This project will provide a reusable sustainable set of learning resources for Year 4 BSc In Computing & Digital Media students.

Development Of A Pilot Peer Led Wellness Cafe Model In A 3rd Level Setting

The introduction of a Peer Led Wellness Café in a 3rd Level setting will be piloted, which supports a settings-based health promotion approach as a method for implementing a whole-campus approach

Improving The Water Quality & Enhancing The Environmental & Amenity Value Of Local Urban Streams

This project aims to improve the water quality and to enhance the environmental and amenity value of local streams on or near the TU Dublin Tallaght Campus.

Knowledge Graphs For Campus Sustainability

This project will provide a knowledge graph-powered mobile app for students to facilitate learning about on-campus sustainability issues, actions and initiatives and explore use cases for the Semantic

Enhancing Community Development And Youth Work Practice Through Sustainable Skills And Development Education

This project aims to enhance the student experience and promote the development of professional practice skills in the Community Development and Youth Work programme in TU Dublin.

The Mindful Kitchen: Creative Food Sustainability

The Mindful Kitchen Project at TU Dublin offers modules on ‘Health and Wellbeing for Chefs’ (2019) and Creativity & Social Gastronomy (2021)

A Climate Change Atlas: Recordings Of Climate Change Experiences By Students Of TU Dublin

Climate change impacts may be seen as remote; something that happens to others in faraway places, something over which we have no control.

Co-Creation Of An Enactus-Aligned Experiential Learning QQI L8 Module, With A Focus On The Creation Of Social Impact Projects

Enactus is the world’s largest student-led and student-focused experiential learning initiative, which connects 35 countries, 1,8000 university programmes

Promoting Biodiversity Through The Creation Of Wildflower Meadows On Campus And In The Local Community

The aim of this project is to promote biodiversity, through the creation of wildflower meadows on the TU Dublin campus and in the local community.

Mapping Radical Architectural Pedagogies

This project is made up of a group of eight 4th year architecture students who are undertaking elective work under the title, 'Radical Pedagogies for an Unknown Future'.

Early Engagement Of The Sustainable Development Goals

This project has the potential to enhance education for sustainable development (ESD) and an earlier introduction to SD and the SDGs, by creating more awareness

Sustainability For The Future

Taking place in one of the poorest regions in the world, in the town of Turmalina in the Jequitinhonha valley, Brazil, the “Sustainability for the Future” project aims to reach

Reducing Cigarette Butt And Vaping Waste In Tallaght Village And TUD Tallaght Campus

This project aims to reduce cigarette butt and vaping waste in Tallaght Village and the TU Dublin Tallaght Campus.

Halloween Makeathon: Making Halloween Costumes For Wheelchair Users In Lauralynn Children's Hospice

The School of Engineering in TU Dublin and its volunteering group, 3DAssist, have been working with community groups over the last 8 years in areas such as 3D printed prosthetics

‘See Me, Be Me’: A Paradigm For A Student-Led Transformation Of The Digital And Built Environment

Many of our students in TU Dublin identify as Irish, but their lived experiences are often also shaped and influenced by a distinct cultural and linguistic heritage

Enhancing The Student Experience Through Improved Campus Facilities

University can be stressful and overwhelming for many students including neurodivergent and disabled students.

IHTM1 - Total Immersion Gingerbread Challenge

As part of the Critical Skills Module in semester 1 of the International Hospitality and Tourism Programme, students will demonstrate learning skills acquired from a range of semester one modules

Collaborating For Change Using Universal Design For Learning

This project will be a collaboration involving the lecturer and taught postgraduate students to create an e-learning resource on writing a dissertation research proposal.

Access2CS

In4all is a project at the TU Dublin School of Computer Science that enables the creation of a centre of excellence to support and recruit undergraduate and postgraduate students

Peer Assisted Learning Tutorials For Access & International Foundation Students Undertaking Engineering

This project is to expand our Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Tutorial initiative to other STEM subjects perceived as “traditionally difficult”, such as Math and Engineering, within TU Dublin’s Access

Academic Integrity (School Of Enterprise Computing And Digital Transformation)

This project will develop a set of guidelines for staff and students on the use of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models in higher education.

Redesigning Year 1 Chemistry Tutorials Using A Partnership Approach

The motivation for this project is that the current year 1 chemistry tutorial format is not achieving its potential.

Development Of A Multi-Campus, Multi-Modal Extended Induction Programme

An Extended Induction Programme enables students to learn about the supports and services available to them in Higher Education, and acquire some of the knowledge

Dynamic Digital Heritage Tourism Expedition

Having almost completed 8 semesters of wonderful eclectic learning methodologies in a progressive learning environment of the ever-innovative and evolving International Hospitality

D.E.S.I.G.N Your Future - Design Engineered Sustainable Interactive Garments Network

This D.E.S.I.G.N your future project aims to create a unique fashioneering/wearable tech engineering experience for current students and to attract potential students.

Recognise, Reflect, Respond: Building Belonging And Inclusive Cultures – A Collaborative Faculty Approach

The Faculty of Arts & Humanities is implementing a staff-student collaborative approach to build and develop a community of learners, teachers, mentors and fellows

Educational for Sustainable Development (ESD) for Arts and Humanities and Beyond

The project aims to develop a module that can be delivered across Arts and Humanities programmes at TU Dublin.

Sustainability Internship Project For Healthy Campus At TU Dublin

This project will enable the Healthy Campus project at TU Dublin support two internship students from the final year of the Public Health Nutrition Programme to implement sustainable health

Inclusive Assessment To Support First Year Students On Computing Programmes

The objective of assessment in third level education is to determine a student’s level of knowledge.

Hearing And Sounding A Diverse Campus

‘Hearing and Sounding a Diverse Campus’ looks at the DkIT campus through the lens of ‘soundscapes’: the sounds that populate our everyday lives and journeys.

Understanding The Value And Practice Of Academic Integrity In Professional Nursing And Midwifery Undergraduate Programmes

This project’s focus is to explore students’, lecturers’ and academic support staffs’ understanding of the value and practice of Academic Integrity in nursing and midwifery undergraduate programmes.

Mechanical Engineering Induction

The project aims to improve the induction process and overall 1st year experience for the Mechanical Engineering programmes, by integrating student partners in the development of the induction and not

The Co-Creation Of A Journal Club And Workshops For Postgraduate Research Students To Promote Academic Integrity And Assist In Assessment

This project will assist our postgraduate research students to improve their academic writing and critical thinking and guide them in disseminating their research while working

Co-Creating A Playful Campus

Staff and students will co-design a playful outdoor space for use both during practical classes on Early Childhood Studies degrees and by the wider DkIT community.

Simulation In Nursing

As we look towards increasing simulation within our nursing programmes, this project provides opportunities for meaningful student-staff engagement and authentic dialogue

Tik Tok For The Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs)

Climate change is a global challenge, and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have marked a way forward.

Enhancing Student Learning Experiences In Midwifery Using The DELTA Framework

The N-TUTORR funding will facilitate the project team of midwifery students, clinical teachers and DkIT lecturers to progress five key learning enhancement priorities.

Tech Masterclass Series And Careers Bootcamp

This project aims to leverage and strengthen the partnership that exists between DkIT ACM Student Chapter, their Academic Heads and the Careers and Employability Centre

Promoting Academic Integrity In The Context Of Disruptive Technologies

The advent of ChatGPT and other forms of AI tools has raised concerns in the academic community in relation to learning and teaching as well as academic integrity.

A Collaborative And Inclusive Hybrid Workspace For Agile Teams

The software industry employs Agile Methods to deliver complex products. Pre-pandemic Agile team members were typically co-located.

Digitalised Videos For Patient Rehabilitation

As part of the BSc (Hons) Athletic and Rehabilitation Therapy programme in TUS Athlone, our students gain clinical hands-on experience in our student-led clinic, supervised by Certified Athletic

Evolution Of Digital Technology In Dispensing Techniques For Pharmacy Technicians: Mydispense

The requirement to combine academic training with practical skill development is one of the challenges of training pharmacy technicians.

SDGS And The Impact They Can Make On Individuals, Organisations And Societies

To achieve economic, social, and environmental progress, the SDGs include 17 specific targets. A module/micro-credential on the SDGs can offer some valuable benefits to students

A Community Of Practice (COP) For Post Graduate Researchers

The PhD journey can be socially and intellectually isolating, and research degree programmes traditionally have high attrition rates.

TUS Wewrite! Project

Research students may struggle with confidence in writing. Procrastination and imposter syndrome can affect writing quality, productivity and timely completion of research degrees.

To Narrow The Gender Gap In STEM Careers By Empowering Cisgender Female Undergraduates In Sport And Health Sciences

Women in sport go beyond the female athlete; they include sports scientists, academics, executives and more. The underrepresentation of women in sport parallels that of STEM fields at large.

Enhancing EDI Principles Through Digital Induction Resources

The aim of this fellowship is to create resources that will positively impact on the student experience and retention of students who undertake the Certificate in Transition to Higher Education progra

Embodying Learning For Personal Development And Self-Care With Social Care Students

The goal of this project is to embed embodied learning activities in Personal Development modules, and to purchase resources and materials which will allow for embodied

Student Staff Partnership: Co-Designing LGBTQ+ Assets As Situated Practice

The aim of this project is to further embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) principles within our Situated Design Practice module for our MA Interdisciplinary Design programme

An Enhanced Hybrid Learning Multimedia Installation

This project aims to create a more inclusive hybrid learning environment that shifts emphasis from the current strategy of retention (passive) to participation (active).

The Development Of Digital Educational Resources To Enhance The Support Of Female Athletes - A Step Towards Bridging The Gender Gap In Sport And Health Science

Females are significantly underrepresented in sports science education and research, despite representing 49.5% of the world’s population.

Creation Of The Outdoor Classroom And Open Access Education Space

This project’s focus is the creation of an Outdoor Classroom and Open access Education Space.

Exploring the Student Voice: An Examination of the Participation & Experiences of Student Course Representatives in TUS

Student participation on Course Boards is essential. It can greatly aid programme quality. However, the involvement of students on such Boards can potentially serve to further

Enhance audio quality of the teaching and learning experience

As both a teacher and a student, I have attended plenty of online classes, seminars, meetings, etc., and often encountered the simplest problem - the low signal of audio or muddy voice

Enhancing students understanding, knowledge and skills of traditional SEO output compared with appropriated prompt AI (ChatGPT) output

The outcome of this project is to enhance student’s digital transformation skills of AI in digital marketing. Students will learn the skill of interacting with AI through appropriate prompts with Chat

Transforming the Student Experience Through Learner Empowerment Via Discord

This project faces the issue of miscommunication between college staff, class representatives, and corresponding college supports.

Exploring the potential of computer-based assessments in Accounting at tertiary level

This project will explore the potential of Computer Based Exams (CBE) within an undergraduate accounting programme, by incorporating a CBE within a financial accounting module

Purchasing Hydroponic Units To Grow Food On Campus (Cork)

Learning that by 2050 we may not have enough food to feed the worlds inhabitants sparked an interest to apply for this Fellowship.

Enhancing Team Performance By Analysing Individual Motivation And Integrating Best Practice To Aid In Self- And Peer Assessment

This project aims to revolutionise education delivery by addressing the fairness of team-based project assessments.

Supporting Students To Develop A Bespoke E-Portfolio, Incorporating The Principles Of Universal Design For Learning

This fellowship will allow a group of students to collaborate with both lecturing and technical staff within the University to achieve the following

Co-Creating A Computer-Based Mathematics Curriculum For Engineering Education

Typical engineering mathematics curricula focus on calculations/procedures, while in practice computers are used to perform routine calculations.

Creation Of A Student/ Staff Partnership Approach To Exploring Concepts Of Academic Integrity In HE To Identify How Best To Foster A Culture Of Academic Integrity At MTU

MTU is committed in both our values and practices to enhance at all times student engagement and student partnership to create a university experience where each student

Interview Exemplars

As part of this project, students will be invited to highlight the things that most concern them about interviews. These will be used to guide what questions are asked in a programme of practice

Education For Sustainable Development And Global Impact In Nursing

This project will involve collaboration between students, their teachers at MTU, international collaborators, and registered nurses within the associated partner healthcare services.

Scríobh Amach É: The Development Of A Therapeutic Journal For HE Students

Students will be involved in an initial phase of gathering feedback and data about a proposed journal structure and plan, as well as their own ongoing or previous challenges

The Hurling Cú | An Cú Iomána (A Universally Designed Performance Of The Skills Of Hurling To Celtic Music)

The Cú is a universally designed performance of the skills of Hurling to Celtic music, featuring nods to both Cú Chulainn and warrior-queen Medb, signifying gender equality.

Digital Onboarding Process Streamlining

First impressions matter, and one of the first impressions the students get is the onboarding process which sets the tone for the future relationship.

Access Special Purpose Award

Lecturing staff will deliver two six-week modules in Trauma Awareness and in Self Care; we aim to do a piece of pre-entry work with potential participants in terms of study skills

Micro credential for students in how to apply UDL and UD principles and framework to how they as a student engage in their own learning in their undergraduate programme

The key aims and objectives of the project are

CONNECT: In-house induction that allows Architectural students to develop skills, engage with problem-based learning, benefit from collaborative scholarship and enjoy an interactive learning experience

Induction to college life is part of a longer process of transition from second to third level education that extends beyond the first weeks.

Developing graduate attributes through the co-creation of a sustainable professional medical science conference

The TIPToP (Transition in Progress to Professionalism) conference aims to develop transferable skills, often called “graduate attributes”, in the students of the BSc in Biomedical Science.

Improving the student experience of asynchronous online mathematics support through student-staff partnership

The aim of this project is to improve student experience, and hence engagement, with our Asynchronous Maths support module, ‘Maths online’.

Reconnect Peer to Peer

Reconnect is a workshop developed as a result of findings from published research in MTU, where 70% of students assessed that their physical and mental health was negatively affected by their internet

“My Business Degree Pathway”: education for a sustainable learning environment

The aim of this project is to enhance understanding and use of a virtual degree pathway space for students of the programme.

Health and wellbeing in physical theatre training

This project will be made up of a series of workshops focussed on somatic and physical skills involved in live theatre.

Introduction of a Portable Reading Pen Borrowing Service in MTU Libraries

The aim of the project is to provide additional accessible resources to the MTU community, to enhance resources already available and to enable independent learning through working

Integrating sustainability education into SETU programmes: exploring students' vision

This project aims to explore students’ vision for education for sustainability at SETU.

My Big Life Fix - Addressing access for people with disability to higher education campuses

This collaborative and exciting project involves the pairing of students in social care programmes, with design and architecture pedagogy, to explore how they can work together to create a proposed

Digital Storytelling as a Reflective Process: Using DST to develop reflective thinking

Digital Storytelling (DST) is a form of digital media production allowing people to create and share short stories online.

Headspace: Wellness Training for Apprentice Wellbeing

Jack and Emilie are PhD students with the National Centre for Mens Health in SETU Carlow. Their study, CAIRDE, is the largest research investigation ever conducted into mental health

Increasing global and cultural awareness - developing student champions to increase participation in Crossing Borders Project

The aim of this project is to develop a student-focussed project that will develop students’ intercultural understanding and global awareness.

Green Microcapsule Development

The use of microplastic in personal care products has been banned recently, as the accumulation of microplastic (plastic particles less than 5 mm) is a major concern to marine life and food chain.

Supporting Travellers in Higher Education

In collaboration with Forward Steps Family Resource Centre’s Traveller Women’s group, members of the Travelling community in Tullow, Co. Carlow commenced a Level 6 Certificate

Diversifying the Curriculum: The Literature of Family

This project will support the emergence of more democratic and inclusive decision-making, creating a deeper sense of mutual understanding across the learning community.

SETU Includes U: ‘Facilitating Friendships’ Induction For Year 1 Students

Current Year 3 Applied Health Care (AHC) students will partner with faculty for induction of Year 1 nursing and healthcare students in a safe and fun environment, so that friendships can form and grow

Awareness Campaign On The Importance Of Student Engagement With Feedback For Student Learning

It is clear from literature that student engagement with quality feedback has a very important role to pay in student learning.

Fostering Engagement Through Virtual Worlds

This project builds upon the SETU community’s learnings from the Covid-19 pandemic by acquiring a paid version of Gathertown, so that it can be integrated in SETU modules

Can Artificial Intelligence Complete My Assignment? A Student-Led Initiative To Stress Test The Academic Integrity Of 3rd Level Course Work Using AI

Significant advances have been made in generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in recent years. Tests at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton (2023), revealed that ChatGPT

Enhancing The Online LMS Student Experience

This project will serve as a collaboration between students from three level 6 Literacy Development Centre blended programmes, the programme’s leader and the online engagement advisor.

Co-Design Of A Sustainable Framework To Integrate Capture The Flag (Ctf) As Part Of The Teaching, Learning And Assessment Of An Undergraduate Computing Programme

The key aims and structure of this project are:

Student & Staff Collaboration As Part Of Curriculum And Graphic Design And Individual Project Work

The project will improve collaboration quality, encouraging dialogue and discussion between staff and students. It will allow them to build trust and learn from each other

Supporting Black And Brown Women On Professional Placement

This project aims to directly support and improve the experience of black and brown women on the Professional Social Care Practice programme in SETU Carlow.

Optimise: partners in design

‘Moodle is a little confusing’, ‘Moodle is hard to navigate’, ‘Moodle is just frustrating to use’. This is recent student feedback from the Higher Certificate in Custodial Care (HCCC)

Response from THEA to the publication today of the OECD Skills Strategy Ireland report

This comprehensive report provides valuable insights that will aid in shaping our future strategies for skills development in Ireland.

Opening statement to the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

THEA welcomes this opportunity to discuss with the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the proposed Research and Innovation Bill

Joint Statement of Union of Students in Ireland (USI), Technological Higher Education Association (THEA, and Irish Universities Association (IUA)

The three organisations, representing students and higher education institutions, are calling for this year’s Leaving Certificate results to be available on their traditional mid-August date

Publication of OECD review of TU academic career structures and contracts

THEA welcomes publication of OECD review

Professor Willie Donnelly joins THEA

Professor Willie Donnelly takes up the role of Acting Director of Research, Development, and Innovation at THEA

Joint Oireachtas Committee: Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science

Round table discussion on mental health in Tertiary Education

Mental health in tertiary education

Treasa Fox, Head of Student Counselling Services, TUS, and Chairperson of Psychological Counselors in Higher Education Ireland

Higher Education students and management jointly launch the #UnmuteConsent Campaign

Campaign to drive a positive conversation on consent, and to end sexual violence and harassment

Budget 2023

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan, CEO, Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) on behalf of our members: ATU, TÚS, SETU, DkIT, IADT

Students and third level colleges make joint call for accelerated action on Leaving Cert Reform

Joint statement from THEA, IUA and USI

THEA submission on mental health in tertiary education (Joint Oireachtas Committee FHERIS)

Submission to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science - Mental health in tertiary education

Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) welcomes €40m funding

THEA welcomes the announcement today, by Minister Simon Harris, TD, of an extra €40 million for higher education institutions for the upcoming academic year

THEA publishes Budget 2023 submission to government

Technological Universities are the future - Invest in them.

THEA budget submission 2023

Submission to Government on Budget 2023

THEA welcomes announcement of €37.62m funding for ‘National Technological University Transformation for resilience and Recovery’ programme

A consortium of Technological Universities in Ireland has been awarded an initial allocation of €18.81m under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) to support teaching and learning reforms

Press statement from THEA following publication of Impact 2030

Ireland’s New Research and Innovation Strategy from the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science today, Tuesday 18 May 2022

Letter to Minister Norma Foley

THEA CEO and Char of the Council of Registrars outline concerns of the technological higher education sector over possible delays to the release of leaving certificate results

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality

Overall, much progress has been made in supporting improved gender equality (and the broader EDI agenda) in higher education over a relatively short time (since the mid-2010s).

Statement from THEA following announcement of future funding for higher education

We have worked hard with our political colleagues to ensure that our priorities as a world class technological higher education system are recognized.

Minister Harris officially opens new Atlantic Technological University

Providing higher educational programmes across all levels of the NFQ, the new TU will play a pivotal role in the strategic regional development of the West and North West.

THEA statement of solidarity with Ukrainian communities

Statement on behalf of THEA member institutions

Statement from the Technological Higher Education Association following announcement of €1.7m funding for Ireland’s open research transition

This funding will be particularly impactful in the technological higher education sector

THEA submission to Joint Oireachtas Committee, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

THEA submission, February 2022

THEA response to Graduate Outcomes Survey by HEA

The class of 2020 were challenged in unprecedented ways

Statement following publication of national surveys of student and staff experiences of sexual violence and harassment in higher education

The higher education sector is in a unique position to show leadership in this area. Sexual violence and harassment should have no place in our higher education institutions

End of year statement from THEA

End of year statement from THEA marking the end of a challenging year

Higher end further education institutions in status red and status orange areas advised to close

Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science advises closures tomorrow December 7

THEA and IUA awarded SFI Outstanding Contribution to STEM Communication Award 2021

THEA and IUA accept award on behalf of research community

GMIT, LYIT, and IT Sligo become Ireland's newest technological university

Statement from THEA

Budget 2022

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan, CEO, Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) on behalf of the presidents of TÚS and the Institutes of Technology

Graduate Earnings data published by Higher Education Authority

Statement from the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) following publication by the HEA of graduate earnings data

As students return to campus, Higher Education Institutions launch the #UnmuteConsent Campaign to drive a positive conversation on consent, and to end sexual violence and harassment.

To help drive awareness and encourage conversation on consent the Higher Education Institutions, the IUA and THEA, the Higher Education Authority, and USI are launching the #unmuteconsent campaign

Safe return to campus

National Steering Group briefed by HPSC Ireland

Professor Vincent Cunnane announced as President of Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan on behalf of the technological higher education institutions

Joint Statement on behalf of THEA, IUA and HECA

The Presidents of the higher education institutions represented by the IUA, THEA and HECA have joined together to urge college students to get vaccinated

THEA Budget 2022 submission to government

Core drivers are digitalisation and infrastructure, climate action, human capital, research and innovation, and international cooperation.

Budget 2022 submission

Core drivers are digitalisation and infrastructure, climate action, human capital, research and innovation, and international cooperation.

Higher Education Reopening Plans Confirmed

The higher education institutions represented by THEA, the IUA and RCSI have joined together to announce their plans for a safe return to campuses this September with maximum on-site presence.

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan, CEO, THEA following approval by Cabinet of €105 million funding for safe on-site return to third level in September

THEA welcomes announcement by Minister Simon Harris of Cabinet approval for a full return to on-campus learning

Minister Harris welcomes EUA report commending Irish higher education institutions for ‘professionalising’ the delivery of postgraduate research education

Irish doctoral student experience and standard of awards are endorsed by international report of the European University Association

The Technological Sector calls for extension of additional resources and funding while preparing for a full return to campus-based learning and research in September

Statement from the THEA to Oireachtas Committee Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, & Science, on the re-opening of further and higher education in a safe and sustainable wa

Statement from THEA to Oireachtas Joint Committee Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, & Science, on the reform of the Higher Education Authority legislation

THEA broadly welcomes the ambition of the new legislation and made a number of recommendations and observations during the opening statement.

Statement from THEA: Campus-based on-site teaching, learning, and research to recommence in September 2021

Statement on behalf of the Presidents of the Institutes of Technology and Munster Technological University

€225 million investment for further and higher education and research under the Government’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan

THEA welcomes Technological University Transformation Fund announcement

Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) and Limerick institute of Technology (LIT) will be designated a Technological University.

We congratulate the governing bodies, presidents, and communities of both institutions who worked so hard to demonstrate their ambition and look forward to their designation date.

THEA welcomes the publication today of the new ‘Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025’

We look forward to working with all stakeholders on this new ambitious plan.

THEA congratulates the teams in five technological higher education institutions who were responsible for achieving Athena SWAN bronze status

hese institutions have proven their commitment to advancing the careers of women and trans staff and students in academia and research, professional and support roles in their institutions

The Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) welcomes Higher Education Authority (HEA) data on completion rates in higher education institutions

Much work still needs to be done if we are to understand the insights that can be gained and the meaningful actions that should be taken in order to identify vulnerable cohorts of students

THEA publishes PROPEL Report; Promoting Consent and Preventing Sexual Violence

The report, published today, is the culmination of a body of work undertaken by THEA in order to assist technological higher education institutions to implement the national Framework for Consent

Statement from members of the POSITS Forum (Partnership of Stakeholders in the Technological Sector)

The partnership comprises Fórsa, SIPTU, THEA, TU Dublin, TUI, Unite, the Higher Education Authority, and the Department of Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science

Statement following meeting of partners and stakeholders in the technological higher education sector

Partnership of Stakeholders in the Technological Sector meet to discuss working towards a successful completion of the academic year

THEA launches International Women's Day 2021 case studies in 'Resilience'

THEA showcases female leaders, role models and influencers on International Women's Day 2021. Read their stories and how they use 'Resilience' to meet challenge

Grace Edge is appointed Project Manager for new national initiative aimed at realising the potential of Recognition of Prior Learning and Lifelong Learning in higher education.

She will lead a collaboration between the Institutes of Technology, the Universities, and Technological Universities

Oireachtas Joint Committee Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, & Science

Meeting with Joint Oireachtas Committee Tuesday 16 February 2021

Technological higher education institutions prepared to assist in vaccination roll-out plans as vaccination centres open in two institutions

All THEA member institutions have offered further assistance to Government and many institutional leadership teams are already in talks with Government around how campus facilities, teams, and experti

THEA welcomes publication of the HERD report

If Ireland is to reach its stated ambition to become an Innovation Leader, in the top 5 in Europe, it must activate and support research and innovation capacity in the full range of higher education i

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan, CEO, Technological Higher Education Association (THEA)

Designation of Munster Technological University

THEA statement December 31

THEA statement following announcement of increased restrictions

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan, CEO of the Technological Higher Education Association

Professor Maggie Cusack appointed as President of Munster Technological University

THEA welcomes the publication by the Higher Education Authority of the Spatial and Socio-Economic profiles of Higher Education Population.

For the first time, a complete and accurate account of the socio-economic profiles of higher education institutions has been published.

Submission to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education 03/12/2020

Opening Statement by Dr Joseph Ryan, Prof Vincent Cunnane, Dr Patricia Mulcahy and Mr Paul Hannigan

THEA Statement on academic provision for Semester 2 and to the close of the Academic year 2020/21

All Institutes of Technology within the THEA network have committed from the outset of this difficult year to afford maximum certainty and continuity of educational provision consistent with public he

Submission of Application by Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick Institute of Technology

THEA welcomes submission to Minister Simon Harris of application to establish a new technological university in the Midlands and Mid-West

Mechatronic Remote Physiotherapy System

IT Sligo has been awarded funding through Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund to develop a novel mechatronic remote physiotherapy system (MRPS).

THEA Colloquium 2020

THEA’s annual Colloquium ‘Innovation through Partnership’ takes place online on 18th and 19th November 2020.

IT Carlow and TANCO: an innovative partnership

The Engineering Centre of Research and Enterprise (engCORE) is the research division of the Faculty of Engineering at IT Carlow.

Design + and Inferneco: an innovative partnership

Design + Technology Gateway at IT Carlow and Inferneco partnered on the design and development of an intelligent UV sanitising system for bottle beverages.

Farmers Have Hearts Cardiovascular Health Programme

National Centre for Men's Health in IT Carlow leads major study of farmer’s health.

All Island Covid-19 Data Tracker

LYIT collaborate with Ulster University in development of All Island Covid-19 Data Tracker through the Centre for Personalised Medicine.

LYIT research group examines use of an Exoskeleton in Neurological Rehabilitation

A team of researchers from LYIT and ‘The No Barriers Foundation’ are examining the use of a state-of-the-art full lower limb powered exoskeleton (The EksoGT).

LYIT technology helps deliver Smart Water in Uganda

The Smart Water consortium consists of seven partners led by Fields of Life (FOL), an NGO that has been working in Uganda and who have drilled over 30 wells in the Kumi region over the last 25 years.

CIT awarded SFI COVID–19 Rapid Response Funding for Barrier Mask Research

Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has been awarded funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) for research into barrier masks to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

CIT Nimbus Centre leads €11m EU project “DENiM” to reduce industrial energy consumption

Cork Institute of Technology’s Nimbus Centre will lead a new EU funded research project to deliver energy-efficiency in the manufacturing sector.

CIT Nimbus and Clarke Analytics work to develop ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions

Clarke Analytics Ltd is a wholly owned Irish consulting and training company specialising in data analytics and data science.

PowerThru Golf: Tech start-up giving innovation a sporting chance

Anyone who has ever been frustrated by the slow pace of play on a golf course will be pleased to learn that tech start-up PowerThru Golf has a solution

EziVein medical device: a solution for patients suffering from difficult vein access

EziVein is a medical aid designed to enhance the visibility of a vein to reduce the time and trauma for a blood draw or IV cannulation in the 35% of patients who suffer from DVA

Nimbus and SteriTrack: improving technology for medical implant scanning

A team from the CIT Nimbus Technology Gateway collaborated with healthcare information technology company SteriTrack on the redesign of a complex piece of hardware.

WIT Scientists aim to quadruple Covid 19 test speed

WIT has secured funding from Science Foundation Ireland to speed up Covid testing and increase the number of laboratories able to test without compromising quality and test accuracy.

Major Horizon 2020 project aims to transform the agri-food sector

TSSG at WIT is leading a project aiming to transform Europe’s agri-food sector through the rapid adoption of advanced Internet of Things technologies, data science and smart farming.

TSSG at WIT create VR/AR learning tools for COVID-19 awareness

Virtual Reality (VR) technology and tools are being embraced by teachers, parents and autism therapists to help individuals with autism.

The Men’s Shed Movement: Highlighting the importance of safeguarding community for wellbeing

Improving men's health through “Sheds for Life” .

TSSG Technology Gateway team offers tech solutions to industry in a very different, post-lockdown world

The TSSG Team use Industry Insights report to reach out to existing and new clients in a post Covid economy.

WIT Draws more EU ICT Research Funding than all other Institutes of Technology

Recent EU Commission data shows that WIT has attracted more research funding from the EU in the area of ICT than all the other institutes of technology.

WIT lecturer awarded EPA funding for coastal radiation monitoring research

Dr Claire Keary, a researcher in the School of Science and Computing at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), has been awarded funding for research into radiation monitoring

Waterford putting innovation on the map in WIT’s west campus

The initiative was led by Dr. Aisling O’Neill, Manager of Arclabs Research and Innovation Centre, situated just over the brow of the hill in the picturesque Carriganore, overlooking the river Suir.

IT Sligo helps realise the potential of Renewable Energy in the North-West

 IT Sligo is involved in a number of initiatives aimed at realising the potential of renewable energy in the North West region for the benefit of communities.

IT Sligo answers call to protect frontline workers in fight against Covid-19

At the height of the pandemic there was a severe global shortage and disruption to the supply of PPE caused by unprecedented demand, panic buying and misuse of PPE.

DkIT-Based Entrepreneur Aims to Reinvent the Wheel for Tomorrow’s Cyclists

Dundalk-based entrepreneur, Simon Chan, is on a mission to re-invent the wheel with his new invention, the Superwheel, a revolutionary bicycle wheel that can significantly improve cycling efficiency.

New DkIT Research Partnership Empowers Patients with Chronic Illnesses to manage their own care at home

The SMILE project is a research collaboration between NetwellCASALA at Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT), Trinity College Dublin and Caredoc and is funded under the Slaintecare Integration Fund.

SPIRE 2 - Storage Platform for the Integration of Renewable Energy

This 6.7M Euro Interreg VA project will look at how energy storage resources owned by homeowners and businesses can resolve the problem of the variability of output from renewable energy.

DkIT Secures Major Innovation Boost for North East with €4.7M Investment in New Connected Health & Wellbeing Hub

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) has unveiled plans to establish a new centre of excellence in the area of Connected Health & Wellbeing for the North East Region.

GMIT collaborates in largest study of basking shark genetics

Study led by the University of Aberdeen with wide range of collaborators including GMIT

GMIT Letterfrack works with stakeholders on support roadmap

Letterfrack is mapping the future for the Furniture Design and Wood Technology sectors.

GMIT Researchers explore the art of Ethical Taxidermy in Marine Science Education

GMIT has been awarded funding from the Irish Research Council to develop an exciting marine science outreach project on ethical taxidermy

Attendees at GMIT Entrepreneurship Webinar Share Views on new Mindset since Covid

“How has your mindset changed since the pandemic?”

GMIT and EU Consortium offer International MSC in Marine Biology

GMIT and a consortium of European partners have been awarded Erasmus Mundus funding to continue to offer the International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea).

A Unique Partnership in Mental Health Knowledge Transfer

Over the past number of years, knowledge transfer activities have become an increasingly important aspect of youth mental health research.

Public Design Lab – IADT channels Design for Change

The Public Design Lab (PDL) was founded to engage IADT’s design skill sets and creative practices  in community projects for positive social impact.

Intelligent Robots Earn Their Crust

ACORN Research Centre, LIT helping bakery industry to benefit from Artificial Intelligence

LIT explores ICT in post primary visual arts classrooms

Research by Maria O'Donovan, Limerick School of Art and Design at LIT, examines how technology can bring creativity to teaching.

IT Carlow partnership positively impacts sustainable food security

ReNu2Farm project works to impact food security and sustainability by safeguarding essential soil nutrients.

IT Carlow - Gaming as Youth Work

An Innovative Research Partnership to Promote the Inclusion and Wellbeing of Young People through Gaming.

Virtual Speech and Language Therapy Could Help Stroke Victims Find Words

A researcher from AIT’s Software Research Institute is exploring how augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), can be used to help stroke victims.

AIT Researcher Uses Augmented Reality to ‘Cure’ Walk Abnormalities

An Athlone-based PhD candidate is using augmented reality (AR) to help cure people of walking abnormalities which, if left untreated, can lead to “wear and tear” arthritis and serious injuries.

AIT Leads Global Effort to Tackle Plastic Pollution and Develop Next Generation Materials

Researchers from Athlone Institute of Technology’s Materials Research Institute are spearheading a €5 million pan European Chinese research effort aimed at tackling plastic pollution.

AIT Breathes New Life into Peatlands Bog with Aquaculture Research

New research looking at the use of cutaway peatland and poor agricultural land for freshwater fish production is underway at Athlone Institute of Technology.

AIT and The NPD Group Launch €1M Artificial Intelligence Lab

Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) has partnered with The NPD Group, a global market research firm, to launch a million-euro ICT research technology lab.

Arran Chemical Company Backs Green PhD Project at AIT

Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) has teamed up with an Athlone-based fine chemical company to investigate greener and more economical alternatives to chemical production methods.

AIT – LIT Consortium to Form New European University with International Partners

The AIT - LIT Consortium has been successful in its application to join a new, forward-thinking education alliance intended to increase collaboration between Europe’s universities.

The Efficient Food Project is providing data solutions to tackle food waste at source

The Efficient Food Project is led by IT Tralee in collaboration with UCD and funded under the EPA 2019 Sustainability Call.

IT Tralee researchers are developing a high-tech tracking system for Irish Oyster Farms

IT Tralee researchers are developing a cost-effective tracking system targeted at higher crop yields and greater food traceability.

NACO - Natural Future of Cosmetics

IT Tralee supporting rurally based natural cosmetics companies.

Minister Harris launches over 14,000 free or subsidised higher education places to help people get back to work and upskill workers

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan, CEO THEA, on behalf of the Presidents of the Institutes of Technology in Ireland

Level 5 Restrictions in Higher Education

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan, CEO THEA, on behalf of the Presidents of the Institutes of Technology in Ireland.

Statement from THEA in response to Budget 2021

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan, CEO THEA, on behalf of the Presidents of the Institutes of Technology in Ireland.

THEA welcomes the announcement today by Minister Simon Harris TD of extensions to research costs incurred by higher education institutions during the COVID-19 campus shutdowns.

Statement from THEA

Statement from Prof. Vincent Cunnane on behalf of the Presidents of the Institutes of Technology.

Issued by the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA).

THEA Budget Submission 2020

THEA budget submission 2020

THEA statement on safe return to campus

Academic year 2020/2021

Perspective Pathways in a Time of Crisis

Safe return to campus in higher education institutions

Statement from THEA following release of CAO offers

In a difficult year where hard choices have had to be made, we can attest that every possible step has been taken to ensure equity and fairness

THEA pre-budget submission

Institutes of Technology Return to Campus plans for 2020/21 academic year

Summary information on the Return to Campus Plans for Institutes of Technology, September 2020

Statement from THEA following announcement on calculated grades and additional places in higher education

The Presidents and staff in the Institutes of Technology are confident in, and supportive of, the approach adopted by both Ministers and their Departmentsto ensure students are treated fairly

THEA welcomes devolved capital grant announcement

THEA welcomes announcement by Minister Simon Harris of more than €10m grant for capital works and equipment in Institutes of Technology.

Statement from THEA: Higher Education Institutions welcome Guidelines for Public Health Measures

Joint statement from THEA, IUA and TU Dublin

July Stimulus package announced

The July Stimulus package will facilitate Further and Higher Education to support employment in upskilling and reskilling

Statement from the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) following announcements by Minister Simon Harris, TD

Our institutions are ideally positioned to rebuild the economy, drive education and skills provision, and equip new and existing students with the skills and opportunities they need to succeed.

THEA statement following latest Leaving Certificate advice

Latest Leaving Certificate advice brings clarity in relation to the key dates for receipt of calculated grades and subsequent Round 1 offers from CAO and UCAS for colleges and universities.

Statement: concerning students who have studied Leaving Certificate 2020 subjects outside school and who have not been able to obtain calculated grades in those subjects

Joint statement from THEA, IUA, NUI and TU Dublin

Principles and Guidelines for the delivery of 2020/21 academic programmes in Institutes of Technology

THEA publishes principles and guidelines for academic programmes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. These principles and guidelines will evolve with changing public health advice

Presidents of Institutes of Technology strongly encourage incoming students to start and existing students to continue their higher education in the 2020/21 academic year

This statement from THEA on behalf of Institutes of Technology throughout the country sets out how we will support students and communities over the coming academic year.

Statements from THEA following announcement on Technological University status for the consortium comprising CIT and IT Tralee

Technological University status is granted to the consortium comprising CIT and IT Tralee

HIGHER EDUCATION & RESEARCH

Graham Love, Consulting Partner at Mazars, hosted a panel discussion with UCC President, Pat O'Shea, GMIT President, Orla Flynn, and SFI Chairman, Peter Clinch

Statement from THEA following announcement of revised senior cycle assessment process

We will continue to work closely with the public health authorities to ensure that next year's provision will protect the health and wellbeing of both staff and students

THEA continues to support the Government in the measures to contain COVID-19.

Our staff throughout the institutes should be congratulated for the contribution that they continue to make to the national efforts to contain COVID-19

EURASHE: #PHEresponse to COVID-19| Interview with Dr Joseph Ryan, the CEO of The Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) in Ireland

We interviewed Dr Joseph Ryan, the CEO of our member, The Technological Higher Education Association (THEA), Ireland, who gave us an overview of how the sector has been addressing the main challenges

THEA welcomes announcement of new arrangements for the Leaving Certificate Examination 2020

This brings welcome certainty to families and students who are undertaking the examination this year.

Statement in support of new assessment arrangements

All higher education institutions put revised processes in place for end of year assessments

Statement from THEA regarding assessment procedures in the Institutes of Technology

The health and wellbeing of students is of primary importance

Message of appreciation to Dr Annie Doona, outgoing President of IADT Dun Laoghaire

From Joseph Ryan CEO THEA, Vincent Cunnane Chair THEA on behalf of Presidents and staff

Statement from tertiary education providers in the Republic of Ireland

Follows from the speech of An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, post the cabinet statement on Tuesday, 24 March 2020

To all students of the technological sector and the THEA institutions:

Learners can be assured that you will be advised shortly by your institution of the revised assessment approach

Technological Higher Education Association: Statement of Academic Continuity

Detailed institutional contingency plans and risk mitigation measures being put in place to meet the unprecedented challenge of the Covid 19 public health crisis

Presidents of Irish Universities and Institutes of Technology contact up to 250,000 students to reinforce the critical importance of social distancing.

The Presidents of all of Ireland’s Universities and Institutes of Technology have today (Monday March 16th) issued a plea to every student to fully follow set guidelines on social distancing

Job opportunity: UASiMAP project is looking for two external experts

EURASHE project ‘Mapping Regional Engagement Activities of European Universities of Applied Sciences’ (hereafter-UASiMAP) is searching for external experts

Research & Innovation Priorities for the Technological Higher Education Sector

Response to a request from the HEA Committee on Research and Graduate Education

IUA, THEA and USI recommend using the National Training Fund to address higher education funding crisis

State Funding per student to third level institutions is now 40% less than it was a decade ago

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan, CEO THEA

Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., Minister of State with special responsibility for Higher Education, announced the funding of 20 senior academic posts across the Irish higher education system

Professor Vincent Cunnane takes up office as Chair of the Board of the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA)

President of Limerick Institute of Technology, Professor Vincent Cunnane, assumes the chair of THEA for the 50th anniversary year of Technological Higher Education in Ireland

Irish Research Funders support over 8,500 researchers to take part in Research Integrity training

The programme is fully financed by the Irish research funders and has the capacity to train up to 15,000 staff and students

THEA welcomes Ministers' announcement of funding for additional undergraduate places

Almost 1,800 new undergraduate places across 94 new courses will be created in TU Dublin and the Institutes of Technology.

Student success in technological higher education

An analysis of the 'withdrawal' question added by 9 of the 12 technological HEIs in the 2019 StudentSurvey

THEA Welcomes Regional Technology Cluster Fund Announcement

The clusters will enable IoTs and TUs to connect and engage with SMEs and multinational corporations in a strategic way on common areas of interest

AIT Exotic Mushrooms May Hold Cure to Tackling Pneumonia and Sepsis

With superbugs poised to become humanity’s greatest threat, shiitake mushrooms may hold the key to preventing ‘global disaster’ of increasing antimicrobial resistance.

DkIT Student Entrepreneurship Award

DkIT Engineering student wins Entrepreneurship Award

GMIT Aquavitae Colin Hannon

AquaVitae Project: Developing Atlantic Ocean aquaculture production in a sustainable way

GMIT EMPOWER

EMPOWER, the women’s entrepreneurship programme delivered in GMIT’s Innovation Hubs

GMIT MET Gateway

Medical and Engineering Technology (MET) Gateway at GMIT

GMIT Rural Food Entrepreneurs Lisa Ryan & Maria Mc Donagh

Supporting Rural Food Entrepreneurs

IADT My Patient Space

Collaborative Research at IADT – My Patient Space

IADT ThinScale

Internationally Scaling – ThinScale Technology Flying from the Media Cube nest

IADT GladCloud

GladCloud – Growing in Scale

IADT Media Cube

The Media Cube of Innovation

WIT RIKON Keltech

WIT RIKON Kel-Tech partnership

WIT Spearline

Spearline Communications locates Global Sales Headquarters in ArcLabs Research and Innovation Centre, Waterford Institute of Technology

WIT TSSG Case Studies

The TSSG (Telecommunications Software & Systems Group) Gateway

WIT UPMC

UPMC Whitfield Hospital and WIT Partnership

LYIT Cancer Fatigue Study

Irish Clinical Research Team to Study Breast Cancer-related Fatigue

LYIT Centre for Personalised Medicine

Centre for Personalised Medicine

LYIT Wisar

Truck intruder detection system

LIT BioEconomy

LIT and Irish Bieconomy Foundation awarded €4.6 Million by Enterprise Ireland through the Regional Enterprise Development Fund.

LIT Cook Medical

Developing disruptive technologies for the manufacturing industry

LIT MunmumSaha

“Is the open and inclusive innovation ecosystem really that open to all potential entrepreneurs?”.

IT Tralee ACE

Agritech e-learning and virtual reality

IT Sligo PEM

Technical expertise in Engineering at IT Sligo

IT Sligo Verus

Verus Metrology Partners – An I.T Sligo Success Story

IT Tralee RDI Hub

The RDI Hub Killorglin is a large scale collaborative project, between Fexco, ITT, and Kerry County Council, which secured €3.5 Million Euros in funding from Enterprise Ireland.

IT Carlow Design +

Design + Gateway: Scale modelling of Erosion Control Armoured Block

IT Carlow R Innovate

IT Carlow leading the way in rural innovation

WIT New Frontiers

New Frontiers at WIT

DkIT Connected Health and Wellbeing

DkIT Launches New Research & Innovation Institute of Connected Health & Wellbeing

WIT Amplitude Conference

Fostering Successful R&D Collaborations at Amplitude 2019

AIT SURE Conference

AIT Graduates Scoop Top Prizes at SURE National Science Conference

AIT Zero Gravity 3D Printing

Athlone IT Developing ‘Zero Gravity’ 3D Printing Technology for Use in Space

Powering the regions

We speak to Mark Christal, Manager of the Regions and Entrepreneurship Division in Enterprise Ireland (EI), about how EI supports regional development and enhances the STEM sector in Ireland

A gateway to the future

EI has committed €26 million to invest in the Future Technology Gateway Programme between 2018 and 2022. They have had over 500 companies involved in over 700 projects through the Technology Gateway,

CIT CAPPA

Centre for Advance Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA) CIT and Water Technology Ltd.

CIT Exxcel Programme

Celebrating new start-ups by female entrepreneurs at the Rubicon Centre

CIT McKesson PhD Scholarship

McKesson joins forces with CIT to offer first ever female PhD scholarship

DkIT Disruptive Technologies

DkIT & Nova Leah Secure €3.7M Funding to Support Innovative Medical Device Research Projects

AIT 'One Pill 3D Printing'

One pill to cure them all? Athlone Institute of Technology researchers working on ‘made to order’ personalised healthcare technology.

AIT APT & COMAND

AIT receives EI funding for technology solutions.

AIT Arran Chemical Company

Athlone Institute of Technology and Arran Chemical Company Form Unique Industry-Academia Research Partnership

AIT Students Live Digital Marketing Projects

AIT Students to Collaborate with Industry on Live Digital Marketing Projects

AIT Polymer People

Ireland’s ‘Polymer People’ Lead Smart Manufacturing Revolution

The Technological Higher Education Association welcomes the publication, by the Department of Education and Skills of the Report of the Technological University Research Network

With the welcome decision by Athlone and Limerick to work towards application we now have an emerging Technological University sector that has a footprint in every region

THEA submission to creative industries roadmap

THEA has grouped the responses under the suggested headings of Skills; Support for creative businesses, Innovation, Creative spaces + places, International

2019 Irish Survey of Student Engagement - Results published today 24 October 2019

More than 43,000 students took the surveys. Highlights include record participation in national StudentSurvey.ie and higher levels of engagement among international students in Ireland.

Response to the publication by the Higher Education Authority of the spatial and socio-economic profiles of higher education institutions

We would urge Government to use the evidence in this newly published Report, in particular the deprivation index scores, to ensure that public monies are targeted where they are most needed

THEA welcomes landscape funding and in particular the allocation of funding towards Technological Universities

The significant proportion of funding allocated to Technological University consortia is significant because it signals the continuing support of Government for the Technological University sector

THEA and BEACON SFI Bioeconomy Research Centre enter into collaboration

This agreement will further develop Ireland’s bioeconomy through partnerships in research, development, innovation, education and training opportunities with a particular focus on regional development

THEA welcomes announcement from AIT and LIT to seek Technological University status

The TUs will offer a system of higher education which, through its distinctive academic learning environment, is designed to meet the employment and skills needs of Ireland’s regions

Minister announces €90m Technological University Transformation Fund

THEA welcomes budgetary announcement from Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor, TD

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan, Chief Executive THEA, Budget 2020

Students should give active consideration to all of their options when considering CAO offers on Thursday

Statement from Dr Jim Murray, Director of Academic Affairs and Deputy CEO, Technological Higher Education Association (THEA)

THEA welcomes announcement from the Department of Education and Skills inviting views on detailed legislative proposals and consultation report on reform of regulation of higher education

THEA CEO, Dr Joseph Ryan, noted that “This is an important conversation that will help to shape the ongoing reform of the higher education landscape and THEA encourages the widest engagement."

Statement from THEA following announcement of Department of Education and Skills regarding Munster Technological University

CIT and IT Tralee are well advanced toward designation as a unitary Technological University in Q1 2020

THEA response to SFI Strategy 2020 - 2025

THEA aims to support the technological higher education (THE) sector to scale, broaden and deepen their activities in RIE

THEA welcomes Senior Academic Leadership Initiative

We see this is a significant new tool in addressing gender inequality in higher education and look forward to affirmative action to effect positive change in our institutions

THEA congratulates It Carlow and CIT on receipt of Athena SWAN bronze award

IT Carlow and CIT awarded Athena SWAN bronze award

New three-year strategy for the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning launched

Minister for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. launches new strategy

Minister for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O'Connor TD launches GMIT's Strategic Plan 2019 – 2023

The GMIT Strategic Plan 2019 – 2023 represents the next stage in the development of GMIT as it transitions to a Technological University (TU) together with its CUA partners, LYIT and IT Sligo

THEA welcomes announcement of €13.7m investment in IT Sligo

€13.7m announced for IT Sligo under Project Ireland 2040

The technological higher education sector celebrates International Women's Day

As a sector, we have benefited enormously from the contribution of strong successful female role models

A €4 Million Programme to Encourage Young People, who are Not in Employment or Education, back into the Work Place is Launched at LIT

The programme, designed to encourage young people from Ireland, Poland and Spain to return to studies or the labour market, was launched during NEF (New Education Forum) at LIT, Thurles Campus

CIT Success in SFI Funding

SFI has announced that CIT’s application “The SFI Centre for Research Training in Advanced Networks for Sustainable Societies” has been awarded more than €13 million euro

Funding wins of close to €1m will help education enhancement at WIT

National and EU funding secured for 2019, 2020 and 2021 to enhance teaching & learning, to open access for lifelong learners and to lead in EU Policy experimentation for adults with low skills

THEA, the IUA, and QQI team up with ETS TOEFL to host all-day information seminar on language indicators for international student admissions

The day was well attended by admissions officers, international officers and academic from throughout the sector

IADT launch Strategic Plan 2019-2023

Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O'Connor officially launched IADT's new Strategic Plan 2019-2023, Better Futures Created Together, at the National Film School.

Graduate Employability and Employment: the Technological Higher Education perspective - Dr Jim Murray

The provision of education and training programmes, relevant to the needs of employers, has long been the lifeblood of the institutions that comprise the technological higher education sector.

THEA reaction to HEA analysis of completion rates in Irish higher education

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan

GMIT ENGINEERING LECTURER DEVELOPS DIGITAL BADGE RECOGNISING ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALITIES IN GRADUATES

Civil Engineering student Conor McLoughlin from Swinford awarded Digital Badge

THEA welcomes Emer Costello and delegation from South African Technology Sector

Delegation from SATN visits THEA at start of Irish tour

Dr Annie Doona takes up office as Chair of the Board of the Technological Higher Education Association

President of Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology (IADT), Dr Annie Doona, takes over as Chairperson of the Board of the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) on 1 January 2

President of Institute of Technology Tralee, Dr Oliver Murphy, completes his term as Chairperson of the Board of the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) on 31 December 2018.

Dr Annnie Doona, President of Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology begins her term of office as Chair on 01 January 2019

THEA welcomes appointment of Prof David FitzPatrick as first president of TU Dublin

First President of Technology University Dublin announced

THEA publishes Strategic Plan 2018-2023

The Strategic Plan was collaboratively devised through an extensive consultation and engagement exercise involving THEA's members and 15 stakeholder organisations

Full submission by THEA to Oireachtas Committee Education and Skills

Apprenticeships and Traineeships

Opening Statement to Joint Committee Education and Skills

Dr Jim Murray, Director Academic Affairs THEA; The uptake of apprenticeships and trainee-ships

Statement from Technological Higher Education Association

In support of the launch of Gender Action Plan 2018 - 2020 by Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor

AIT Researcher Develops Ground-breaking Coronary Health Technology

A researcher from Athlone Institute of Technology has made meaningful strides in stent technology through her work with polymer and biodegradable medical devices.

Full STEAM ahead!

Jessica Fuller, Head of Creative Engagement at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT) speaks about the crossover between traditional STEM and arts, and its impact on industry.

WIT SEAM’s 3D Metal Printing Activity – An Example of Disruptive Innovation

3D Metal printing (Additive Manufacturing) technology is changing how manufacturing of complex engineering components will be achieved not just in future but for applications today.

GMIT Energy Engineering: Heat pumps fuelled by the wind

Everybody loves the smell of peat burning in the fireplace on a crisp autumnal evening and the crackling sound of burning wood in the stove.

Gemma Dardis: Interdisciplinary Visual Arts

Gemma Dardis based in the faculty of Art and Design at LIT is engaged with an interdisciplinary research project that explores the best practices that integrate the arts and STEM fields.

Institute and Industry Collaboration – TSSG Technology Gateway and Pay With Fusion

There has been a new wave of digital banking apps where the route to market has largely been to build a core, prepaid-card based account by integrating some budgeting and financial management aspects.

DIT collaborating with EU partners to transform stroke treatment

Researchers at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) are applying the power of machine learning to prevent and treat stroke, one of the most severe medical problems worldwide.

DIT researchers drive innovation in food sector

DIT researchers were awarded seven grants totalling €1.4 million in a recent round of funding from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

AIT spearheads 2nd phase of major EU cybersecurity research effort

Researchers from Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) have launched the second phase of PROTECTIVE, an EU-funded cybersecurity research project.

CIT’s Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA)

The CAPPA centre at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has been successful in being part of a collaborative team called to the second phase of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF).

Irish tech firm Nines in solar cell breakthrough

Nines Photovoltaic (Nines PV), an Irish technology company based in the Synergy Centre at IT Tallaght, has developed innovative new processes to reduce the production costs of solar cells.

Mature student developed own patent at DkIT

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) mature student, Mark Travers, has used his construction industry experience to develop a safer scaffold system.

Arburg 3D printer to revolutionise Irish manufacturing industry

A revolutionary additive manufacturing device, with the capability to 3D print complex objects, made its Irish debut at an Athlone Institute of Technology industry showcase this week.

AIT joins forces with University of Minnesota to tackle complex diseases affecting health of our bees

Professor Neil Rowan, Director of the Bioscience Research Institute at AIT is working to investigate the decline in honey and bumble bee health and wellbeing.

Ireland’s leading plastics researchers to fight global plastic waste problem

Athlone Institute of Technology has launched a new research initiative to make plastic more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Fighting Fires Before They Start

Conor Jordan of Institute of Technology Carlow has worked with Aiden Owens of Carlow Fire and Rescue Service to develop a software tool to improve emergency management.

Development of enzyme-free glucose sensors

Diabetes mellitus is expected to effect over 366 million people by 2030.

Revolutionising reading in the classroom

Aon Scéal, an app for primary school classrooms which brings together technology and education, is being developed by LIT student David Byrne for his MSc.

GMIT MARINE & FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE

Kerrie Ni Dhufaigh is a PhD student of the GMIT Marine and Freshwater Research Centre.

How can we create gender balance in STEM?

The first time DIT PhD student Rachel Harding read a physics book, she knew this “absolutely fascinating subject” was the area of study she wished to pursue in college.

Understanding the effects of music on human working memory

Rokaia Jedir is a first year postgraduate research student at Limerick Institute of Technology, and the newest member of the Interactive Systems Research Group (ISRG), led by Dr. Flaithri Neff.

Institute of Technology Carlow researchers work for soil nutrient sustainability in ReNu2Farm

Intensification of agriculture to industrial scale brings, together with the much-desired food provision, various consequences at the expense of the planet and its ecosystems.

SURE Conference showcases the scientists of tomorrow

One hundred recent graduates from Institutes of Technology across the country showcased their expertise at the first SURE Conference, held at AIT, DIT and WIT.

Developing innovative technologies for the advancement of cardio- vascular care

Sharon White, Senior Research Engineer at Enterprise Ireland’s Medical Engineering Technology (MET) Gateway is working on a device to treat heart failure.

Earn while you learn: an innovative approach in industry/academia

Growing demand for skills in the ICT sector led to the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown’s (ITB) establishment of the Learn+Work Programme in Networking Technologies.

Will robots replace teachers and nurses?

A new Red C survey of 1,000 adults has found that 39pc of Irish adults are concerned that robots or Artificial Intelligence (AI) will take their jobs.

Enhancing hip replacement surgery

Researchers from IT Tralee, Bon Secours Hospital Tralee and Lero are collaborating on a project funded by Science Foundation Ireland.

DIT student wins National James Dyson Award

For his final-year project, Evan Stuart, Product Design student in DIT, designed an ‘everlasting shoe’ with replaceable, biodegradable parts.

Interdisciplinary research and opportunities for Ireland’s Institutes of Technology

In recent years, the European Research Area has pursued the development of research frameworks which focus on the major challenges that face society.

THEA response to Innovation 2020

Stakeholder Consultation on the Mid-term Review of Innovation 2020

Gender Equality in the Irish Technological Higher Education Sector workshop

Institute of Technology Carlow and Waterford Institute of Technology host Gender Equality in the Irish Technological Higher Education Sector workshop

Further €0.8 million funding allocation to support technological university development and other higher education landscape restructuring

Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor announces further funding for technological higher education sector

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan following announcement of Budget 2019

The time for technological higher education is here and now

SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (SURE) CONFERENCE HOSTED AT WIT

The event took place at the WIT Arena and was attended by close to 150 graduates, students and staff from Cork IT, Carlow IT and WIT and industry

DIT SURE Conference showcases the scientists of tomorrow

Over 100 recent science graduates from Institutes of Technology across the country presented their research at three simultaneous conferences hosted by DIT, AIT and WIT

DIT receives Athena SWAN Award for gender equality

DIT has been awarded the Athena SWAN Bronze Award in recognition of its commitment to advancing gender equality for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Joint Call for Government to Address Higher Education Funding Crisis

Unions representing students & teaching staff have joined forces with the representative bodies of universities and institutes of technology to call on the government to respond to the growing crisis

AIT.ie: Arburg 3D printer to revolutionise Irish manufacturing industry

A revolutionary additive manufacturing device, with the capability to 3D print complex objects, made its Irish debut at an Athlone Institute of Technology industry showcase this week

AIT: Making connections: easing the transition to third level

For many of the 40,000 first-time college students entering third level this September, first year will be a time of great fun and frivolity; for new experiences and pushing boundaries.

Waterford Institute of Technology appoints Vice President for Research, Innovation and Graduate Studies

Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) has announced the appointment of Dr Mark White as the Institute’s Vice President for Research, Innovation and Graduate Studies

Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor's remarks while launching THEA's Gender and Diversity Statement

Minister launches THEA Gender & Diversity mission statement during opening remarks to European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education

Publication of Gender & Diversity Statement

THEA publishes first Gender & Diversity Statement for higher education institutions

THEA Gender & Diversity Statement

Published by the Technological Higher Education Association, August 2018

Statement from Dr Joseph Ryan following release of CAO offers

Dr Joseph Ryan congratulates leaving cert students

MINISTER HEATHER HUMPHREYS TURNS THE SOD MARKING COMMENCEMENT OF GMIT IHUB EXTENSION WORK

This extension will double the size of the Innovation Hub to about 2,400 m2

THEA to publish Gender Equality Statement for technological higher education sector

The overarching mission statement in this policy outlines a commitment by all Institutes of Technology to ensure equality of access to education and opportunities for career advancement to all persons

Dr Joseph Ryan writes about funding for higher education

As government prepares for the autumn financial statement, its decision-making process is a clear yet difficult one: where to allocate scarce resources amongst competing demands.

THEA seeks €404.5m investment in technological higher education sector over 5 years

The Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) has written to the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donhoe TD, on behalf of the 14 Institutes of Technology

IMPACT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE (EDUCATION AND TRAINING)(amendment) BILL ON THE TECHNOLOGICAL HE SECTOR

Dr Jim Murray outlines how the new Bill provides for the granting of award-making powers to the technological sector

WIT WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY DUBLIN

Waterford Institute of Technology welcomes the Minister for Education and Skills' announcement this week of the decision to grant TU4Dublin’s application for designation as a technological university

Minster for Education and Skills Turns the Sod on Institute of Technology Carlow’s New €15million South Sports Campus (Tue. 17th July, 2018)

Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD this morning turned the sod on Institute of Technology Carlow’s new €15million, 31-acre South Sports Campus.