Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) has earned its reputation as the leading higher education provider in the North Leinster- South Ulster region (serving Cavan, Monaghan, Louth, Meath, North County Dublin, Armagh and Down) through its first- class teaching and learning, research and engagement. Set in a state-of-the-art 87-acre campus, DkIT provides quality learning and teaching to circa 5,440 students across four Schools in Business and Humanities, Health and Science, Engineering and Informatics and Creative Arts at undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from Level 6 to PhD level, in addition to its track record of excellence in craft apprenticeships.
University College Cork strives to ensure a safe and welcoming campus for new and existing staff and students through effective, transparent and accountable practices and policies. In tackling the issue of sexual assault and rape, the university has recognised the capacity for the bystander intervention module to not only provide a mechanism to educate students on the law and practice governing safe, lawful sexual relations; but also to cultivate a campus culture of zero tolerance of all forms of unacceptable behaviour and empower students to actively contribute to a safe, supportive environment.
Improving mathematics proficiency among Irish school children has long been a topic of national debate. The research team at EPI*STEM, the national centre for STEM Education based at the University of Limerick play a key role in highlighting the subject’s challenges and providing solutions.
Limerick Institute of Technology Access Service is committed to promoting access to higher education for under-represented groups. Directed by the office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Registrar, the LIT Access agenda flows from a philosophy of equality and social inclusiveness. LIT Access Service values strong partnerships and continuously collaborates with organisations who work in areas of severe social, economic and educational disadvantage in our local communities.
Waterford Institute of Technology is one of Ireland’s highest performing higher education institutions when it comes to research. The research community is supported by the Institute’s RSU (Research Support Unit), a unit that facilitates, guides and assists with the cultivation, management and growth of research within WIT.
Fostering a diverse, globally connected student community is rooted in Trinity’s core values of inclusivity and collaboration. The past three to five years have seen the development of a significant number of global partnerships which have increased the recruitment of international students to Trinity.
Mary Immaculate College (MIC) is a leading third-level institution in Ireland in the provision of programmes in the teaching of STEAM at primary level and are at the frontline of teacher education playing an important role in shaping the attitudes and fostering the values of STEAM education for 21st century learners through both formal and informal educational outreach initiatives. The CRAFT Maker Space builds on this work and is an initiative contained within the Mary Immaculate College Strategic Plan 2023.
We are Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) and we are focused on delivering for our nationally significant region through collaboration with key national and regional stakeholders. LYIT is a member of the Connacht-Ulster Alliance (CUA) consortium with IT Sligo and GMIT that is working towards achieving Technological University (TU) status.
Athlone Institute of Technology is the only higher-level educational organisation in the Midlands region of Ireland. We are ambitious, outward focused, welcoming, and engaged in our communities, our region, our country and in Europe. AIT has recently applied with Limerick Institute of Technology to become the next Technological University in Ireland.
In Vision 2020, NUI Galway’s last Strategic Plan (2015-2020), we expressed the strategic aim of being a university that provides a fair, supportive and encouraging working environment with which students and staff engage responsibly: “A key priority over the coming years will be to advance an agenda of achieving gender equality in NUI Galway.” This aim continues as a key theme of Shared Vision, Shaped by Values, NUI Galway’s Strategy (2020-2025), underpinned in particular by the value of respect, one of the four core values identified in the strategy.
Institute of Technology Carlow is one of the leading higher education institutions in Ireland for the provision of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to ‘non-standard’ student cohorts, including mature students and lifelong learners. Within an increasingly diversified and growing higher education landscape, Institute of Technology Carlow has transformed over the past decade.
The University of Limerick (UL) has an excellent track record of expanding the knowledge and skills base of professional and flexible learners. In its many programmes on offer, UL leverages cooperation between industry and academia to combine professional experience on the job, with excellent teaching and research staff to meet the current and future needs of industry.
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) is the only institute of art, design, and technology in Ireland that focuses specifically on the creative, cultural, and technological industries. Our mission is to develop excellent graduates who are highly valued, who live and work as true global citizens, actively contributing to the development of their industries and wider society.
Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) is the leading higher education provider in the North Leinster-South Ulster region, attracting learners nationally and internationally. Central to our strategy is the community served by the Institute – its internal community of learners and staff and external community stakeholders, including employers, enterprise, community organisations and others.
Formed in 2013, the core mission of the University College Dublin Energy Institute is to decarbonise our energy system. The Institute and its current central programme Next Generation Energy Systems (NexSys) brings together researchers from across the island, with the key industry actors, policymakers and communities to resolve the challenges of a just transition to a decarbonised system.
South East Technological University (SETU) is the first technological university in south east Ireland. This gives us an exciting platform to establish our community as a centre for innovation, opportunity, and growth. Through exceptional learning and collaboration, we aim to transform the ambitions of learners, researchers, and businesses across the south east and beyond.
As a regionally engaged university in the west of Ireland, NUI Galway is committed to promoting diversity, to combating educational disadvantage in our region and beyond, and to ensuring university education is for everyone. Our strategic plan is built on a foundation of core values that define NUI Galway’s purpose and priorities: respect, openness, sustainability and excellence.
Comhpáirtíocht phobail is ea Barr na gCnoc a bhunaigh an tOllamh Pádraig Ó Macháin (Ionad na Gaeilge Labhartha, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh) i bpáirt le Phil O’Flynn, Príomhoide, agus foireann Choláiste Phobail Thraolaigh Mhic Shuibhne, Cnoc na hAoine, Corcaigh. Cumasc idir dualgas UCC i leith na páirtíochta pobail agus an dualgas um thaighde agus teagasc is ea Barr na gCnoc.
TU Dublin was established on 1st January 2019 and is Ireland’s first Technological University. The University is a leader in STEM disciplines and it also supports the largest cohort of students of business, media, culinary arts, and the creative and performing arts. A major infrastructural development plan is underway that involves investment of over €500 million in new, state-of-the-art, technology-enabled facilities to enhance our students’ experience.
South East Technological University is committed to lifelong learning, access, equality and inclusion, and to the provision of a comprehensive educational offering. We provide an enriching and transformational learning experience that enables and supports our students to achieve their potential as lifelong learners and global citizens in a caring environment.
The University of Limerick School of Law is committed to serving the broader community, incorporating a multidisciplinary approach underpinned by high quality research of national and international importance. Our researchers believe that research must have an impact in the real world, providing workable solutions to the increasing legal challenges our society faces.
The Active* Consent programme leads education, training and education campaigns on consent, sexual violence and harassment across the island of Ireland. Building up an expertise in this area over the past decade, the programme has been fostered by the University of Galway’s core value of Respect, highlighted in the Shared vision, shaped by values (2020-2025) institutional strategy.
South East Technological University (SETU) is Ireland’s youngest university and the only university in the South East of Ireland. With campuses across the region in Carlow, Waterford and Wexford, along with a presence in Kilkenny and Wicklow, SETU is a regional ‘anchor’ institution; it is an important contributor to the development of the regional knowledge economy, a regional employer of significant scale, and a regional thought and social and cultural leader.
Pathways and Headstart are two community education programmes delivered by Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) in partnership with Louth Local Development (LLD), which provide supported access routes for the most disadvantaged communities who have not traditionally been able to access higher education.
TU Dublin is Ireland’s first technological university, established in January 2019. Deeply embedded in the region, the University has campuses in Dublin city centre (at Grangegorman, Aungier Street, and Bolton Street), and in Blanchardstown and Tallaght.
Atlantic Technological University (ATU) is a multi-campus technological university in the west and northwest of Ireland that delivers a rich combination of academic and research excellence, quality of life and opportunity. ATU’s Department of Life Sciences coordinates a long-standing external partnership with the National Institute of Bioprocessing Research & Training (NIBRT).
Access to the Workplace (ATTW) is a collaborative initiative developed by Dublin City University’s Access Service in partnership with DCU Education Trust and philanthropically funded by LinkedIn and Rethink Ireland. This unique initiative is aligned to DCU’s commitment to transform lives and society. With the support of international professional and employment networking companies LinkedIn and Rethink Ireland, whose missions are building an inclusive and sustainable country, it has continued to grow from strength to strength.
The 5*S (Space, Surveyors & Students: STEM and the Sustainable Development Goals) project is a collaborative science outreach initiative funded by Research Ireland (formally Science Foundation Ireland) and led by the Departments of Geography and Education at Maynooth University, in partnership with Technological University Dublin, Tailte Éireann (formerly Ordnance Survey Ireland), the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI), and the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) Ireland. Each partner contributed to this project with their expertise and resources, culminating in an innovative, national outreach programme.
We are IGNITE, an award-winning business incubation programme run by University College Cork (UCC). We support recent graduates from any discipline and any higher education institution in developing their innovative business ideas into scalable and sustainable start-ups.
The EIRSAT-1 is an award-winning project that brought together university students, researchers, and industry partners to design, build, launch and operate Ireland’s first satellite.
