A business based in the Innovation Centre at IT Sligo, Epona Biotech, has fought off stiff competition to be named the Best Emerging Company in the 2010 All-island Seedcorn Business Competition.   More than 200 companies from all over the ...Read More

More than 1,600 second level students from across the country visited IT Sligo for the Open Day yesterday.   The Institute was buzzing from 10am yesterday morning with students arriving in bus loads with their teachers to be greeted by ...Read More

Former IT Sligo student and star Monaghan footballer Paul Finlay has been shortlisted in a panel that will form the prestigious Sigerson Cup Team of the Century. Paul was a member of the very first IT Sligo team that won ...Read More

Ballymote native and professional rugby player with Atlantique Stade Rochelais in France, David McGowan, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Management at the IT Sligo Conferring.   David was able to study online part time through IT Sligo ...Read More

IT Sligo opens its doors for the annual Open Day this Thursday, November 25th from 10am to 3pm.  The Open Day provides a valuable opportunity for prospective students to meet with staff and students at IT Sligo to discuss the ...Read More

A community Christmas concert in aid of the North West Hospice called The VERY BIG Christmas Concert will be held at the purpose-built Knocknarea Arena on the IT Sligo campus from 8pm on Thursday, December 2nd. Following the success of ...Read More

A company located in the Innovation Centre at IT Sligo Verus Precision won an award for business start-ups at the National Enterprise Awards.  The award announcement was made by the Minister for Trade and Commerce, Billy Kelleher T.D., at the ...Read More

More than 1,800 students will be conferred at the annual IT Sligo conferring ceremonies today and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday).   The first cohort of students from five new programmes in the School of Business and Humanities will be conferred ...Read More

One of Ireland’s leading authorities in archaeology, Professor Emeritus Peter Woodman, will visit IT Sligo this Thursday to deliver a lecture entitled ‘New thoughts on Ireland’s first settlers’. Professor Peter Woodman is internationally recognised as the leading authority on the ...Read More

IT Sligo recently made appointments to the posts of Head of Development and Business Operations and Communication Manager.   Sinéad McGovern has been appointed the position of Communication Manager and Gordon Ryan has taken up the position of Head of ...Read More

An IT Sligo academic has co-authored a new book which looks  at how countries are facing up to waste management problems across the globe, and the far reaching implications it has for all of the world’s citizens.   Dr. Liam ...Read More

The latest cohort of prision officer students studying the Higher Certificate in Custodial Care (HCCC) programme through IT Sligo learned all about the facilities available to them through the new Yeats Library when they visited the IT Sligo campus as ...Read More

Lecturing staff from IT Sligo took part in the 2010 HEAnet National Networking Conference which was held at the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny last week. The annual conference attracts IT Service Managers, Senior Technical personnel and key academics and researchers ...Read More

This Sunday, IT Sligo student Mark McGoldrick will fulfil a long held ambition when he takes his place on the Sligo Rovers team bench, in the FAI Cup final against Shamrock Rovers. It will also be the first major football ...Read More

IT Sligo, in partnership with Northern Regional College (NRC) and Ayr College, has) launched a €3.2million KITE (Knowledge and Innovation Transfer in Engineering) project, funded by the EU’s INTERREG IVA Programme, at the NRC Farm Lodge Campus in Ballymena. The ...Read More

Last week the IT Sligo Charitable Sports Club held the final of their Charity soccer competition played over the previous 6 weeks, with over 100 players and eight teams participating. A notable feature of this year’s final was that it ...Read More

A fire breathing dragon, jugglers, model aircrafts, liquid nitrogen and skeletal bones from the past, all harmoniously blended together at IT Sligo’s annual Science Fair on Sunday, for what has undoubtedly become the biggest, free fun day out for families ...Read More

Students studying Interior Architecture at IT Sligo discussed the findings of a project which explores the ‘boundaries of belonging’ experienced by Sligo residents, at a conference called Space, Place and Nature: Connecting our Build Heritage & the Urban Environment which ...Read More

Are we alone in the Universe? Is there an extra terrestrial intelligence out there that we have yet to encounter or is it actually here amongst us already? Could a catastrophic volcanic eruption or space impact be the end of ...Read More

A former IT Sligo student and multiple award winning sports woman, Emma Mullin, has been appointed as IT Sligo’s first FAI Football Facilitator. A winner of the All Ireland Senior Cup with Mayo and a native of Kilmaine in Mayo, ...Read More

Free workshops on how to use professional networking facilities like LinkedIn, clinics on CV preparation, and advice on interview techniques, are just some of the attractions at the IT Sligo Graduate Fair, which will be held in the Knocknarea Arena ...Read More

Science Week at IT Sligo kicks off with the annual Science Fair this year this Sunday from 12 noon to 5pm. The Science Fair is the largest, free event for families in Sligo and promises to be a fun-filled event. ...Read More

Have you wondered if there was a magic formula to make it easier to study at school or college? An exciting pilot is being conducted at IT Sligo, testing an innovative online service called ‘Simplify Learning’, to find out if ...Read More

The IT Sligo Badminton Team secured 2nd place at the International Student Badminton Tournament, which was held recently  at the University of Limerick’s Sports Arena. IT Sligo’s team mark was 37.5 out of 42, while the winning team University of ...Read More