A pioneering free online learning initiative by IT Sligo is massively living up to its name just days before it hits the worldwide web. The Institute of Technology’s launch of a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) next Monday (November 4th) adds a new ...Read More
Archived News from ITSligo
Strong Sports Scholar Squad For FAI Football Final
IT Sligo will be well represented in the Women’s FAI Cup Final next Sunday when present and past students field out for Castlebar Celtic against Raheny United. Nine of the squad have come through the Institute of Technology’s Sports Scholarship ...Read More
IT Sligo Research Awarded Major Government Funding Boost
Work has started at the Institute of Technology Sligo on a green technology project that is a key part of a pioneering €60 million Government drive to turn top-class research into commercial realities and new jobs for Ireland. A ...Read More
‘XTRA-Ordinary’ Events in Store at Science Fair 2013
The countdown is on to the biggest free show in town, the annual Science Fair at IT Sligo. It is a week of evening lectures on topics as diverse as Mars exploration to ‘fracking’ and shale gas reserves, all ...Read More
Count on it -- Maths is No Problem
IT Sligo’s wide-ranging events during national Maths Week added up to an all-round enjoyable and educational time for the many pupils, teachers and parents. The eighth annual Maths Week was aimed at changing perceptions and underlining the importance of ...Read More
Joint Venture Puts Sports Resources on the Map
Just as Sligo is named the European Town of Sport, sports development in the county receives a huge boost in a collaborative online information initiative by Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership (SSRP) and IT Sligo. For the first time, the ...Read More
‘New Frontiers’ Entrepreneurs Celebrated
The spirit of entrepreneurship in the North West was celebrated at a recent event recognising the achievement of participants in the Enterprise Ireland-funded New Frontiers Programme. Entrepreneurs from Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim and Mayo attended the event in the Mill Park ...Read More
Stonehenge Expert at ‘Archaeology of Gatherings’ Event
IT Sligo organisers of a major international archaeology conference later this month have lined up Professor Mike Parker Pearson, one of Britain’s leading Stonehenge experts, as a keynote speaker. The “Archaeology of Gatherings”, a public event, is aimed at understanding ...Read More
Students Win Highest Club Golf Accolade
An Taoiseach, Mr Enda Kenny, TD, congratulates IT Sligo students Mark Morrissey and Declan Reidy (right) members of the Co Sligo Golf Club which won the All Ireland Senior Cup recently. Joining in the celebration is IT Sligo Mathematics lecturer Cillian ...Read More
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD Visits IT Sligo
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD visited IT Sligo this week and witnessed progress underway in a €35 million capital development programme on its campus. The final stage of the five-year building programme, that is changing the face of ...Read More
Maths Week events at IT Sligo
A range of events are being organised at IT Sligo for national Maths Week which runs from October 12th to 20th. Now in its eighth year, Maths Week promotes awareness and understanding of maths in our everyday lives. On ...Read More
Conference to hear National '"Quality Culture” Needed
Ireland should try to emulate Japan by building a culture of quality at all levels of public and private sector activity, according to Dr Bob Kennedy when he announced details of the national quality management conference to be held in ...Read More
Top Business Diaspora to return to Sligo
Two of IT Sligo’s most internationally high profile alumni will return to Sligo this month to take part in an event organised by IT Sligo and Sligo Chamber on the subject of ‘Sharing Success’. Donard Gaynor and Peter Gallogly, ...Read More