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Institute of Technology, Sligo

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Institute of Technology, Sligo
Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Sligeach
File:Itsligo-logo.jpg
TypePublic
Active1971 (1971)–April 2022 (2022-04)
AffiliationAtlantic Technological University
PresidentBrendan McCormack
Academic staff
470[1]
Students6,000[1]
Address
Ash Lane
,
Sligo
,
Connacht
,
F91 YW50
,
Ireland

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Campus70 acres (280,000 m2)
Websitewww.itsligo.ie
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The Institute of Technology, Sligo (ITS; Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta, Sligeach) was an institute of technology, located in Sligo, Ireland. In April 2022, it was formally dissolved, and its functions became part of Atlantic Technological University (ATU).[2] As of 2021, the institute had three faculties and nine departments.[3][4]

History

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The institute opened in 1970 as a Regional Technical College, and adopted the name 'Institute of Technology, Sligo' on 7 May 1997.[5] The first students graduated with degrees from Sligo RTC in 1986.[6]

Con Power, who acted as principal of the college from 1972 until 1979,[7] was later involved with other state bodies.[8] Terri Scott was the institute's first female president, serving from 2008 until 2014.[9] She was succeeded by Vincent Cunnane in October 2014. Brendan McCormack was appointed as president in September 2016.[10]

Development

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File:Sligo IT new learning resources centre.jpg
IT Sligo's "Main Concourse"

IT Sligo developed a number of distance learning options, and as of 2016 reportedly had 1,800 online learners registered on various online programmes.[1] This subsequently increased to approximately 3000 online learners.[11][not specific enough to verify]

In sports, the college has both ladies' and men's Gaelic football and soccer teams,[12][13][14][15] with the men's gaelic football team winning the Sigerson Cup three times during the six years up to 2005.[15][16][17]

In technology, IT Sligo's "Team Hermes" won the software design category of the 2011 Microsoft Imagine Cup (a world student technology competition, held in 2011 in New York).[18]

Atlantic Technological University

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Main article: Atlantic Technological University

As of October 2018, Sligo IT was reportedly working with GMIT and Letterkenny IT to potentially form a Technological University for the West/North-West of Ireland.[19] In October 2020, the constituent IT's were allocated over €5.5 million towards transformation.[20]

Formal approval was granted in October 2021.[21] Atlantic TU began formal operations in April 2022.[2]

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References

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  5. ^ Regional Technical Colleges Act, 1992 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1997 (S.I. No. 199 of 1997). Signed on 7 May 1997 by Niamh Bhreathnach (Minister of Education). Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
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