Students at IT Sligo have been turning classroom theory into hard cash for charity.   Since September, 30 marketing students have helped raise €25,386 for six charities in the North West by working with them and making practical use of ...Read More

An information evening for adults who are interested in returning to education or taking up a course at third level for the first time will be held in IT Sligo on Wednesday January 16th. Information will be available on the ...Read More

An information evening about the IT Sligo access programme Breaking the Mould will be held on Wednesday, January 23rd. Breaking the Mould is targeted at students who may otherwise not be able to receive a higher level education for a ...Read More

IT Sligo civil engineering graduate, Glenn Gordon, has received the highest marks awarded in a prestigious Irish Research Council (IRC) scholarship scheme that drew nearly 500 applications from universities, Institutes of Technology and other third level colleges in Ireland and ...Read More

A number of events promoting the importance of mental health awareness were organised by students at IT Sligo recently.   Rugby Star Quinlan Shares His Experience Munster rugby star Alan Quinlan visited the Institute as part of the Students’ Union’s Speaking ...Read More

Triathlons have experienced double digit growth in Ireland since 2007, with more than 140 events now taking place across the country each year. However, while 20,000 Irish people took part in Triathlons last year, the average age of participants is ...Read More

Students who created a series of successful thought-provoking drama pieces for IT Sligo’s annual Live Art Week say the experience has made them more committed than ever to pursuing careers in creative arts. Following in Sligo’s tradition of experimental theatre, ...Read More

ORRECO, a company based in IT Sligo’s Innovation Centre which provides an applied bio marker (Blood and Saliva) testing service for elite athletes around the world, is part of the team behind athlete Fionnuala Britton’s huge success this week.   Fionnuala ...Read More

An undergraduate at IT Sligo who is a Reserve Garda waded into a bitterly cold lake on an October night to help save the trapped driver of car that had somersaulted off the road and landed on its roof in ...Read More

Applications from budding entrepreneurs in the North West are now invited for the next programme of New Frontiers. New Frontiers is a National Enterprise Support Programme designed to create sustainable knowledge and technology businesses. It is perfect for anyone who ...Read More

Dr Don Cotton, one of IT Sligo’s most respected academics, has received national recognition for lifelong commitment to environmental conservation. In a ceremony at the Royal Irish Academy, he was presented with the Distinguished Recorder Award 2012 of the National ...Read More

Imaginative design is “a must” in any new-look rape counselling premises in Sligo, say students The message emerged from a novel competition that gave final year Interior Architecture students the opportunity to provide advice to counsellors at the Rape Crisis ...Read More

IT Sligo students promote leisure tourism in fishing competition [caption id="attachment_20604" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Ronan Keane, Caroline Barlow and Keelan Mannion, taking part in the IT Sligo/R.N.L.I Inaugural Sea Angling Competition at Streedagh Beach in Sligo,yesterday."]  The North West of Ireland ...Read More