October 1st 2021 announced as the “establishment” day date of TUS: Midlands Midwest
October 1, 2021 has been announced as the first day of the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest. From the first day in October, Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) and Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) will cease to exist, and more than 15,000 students and 1,200 staff across the Midlands and Midwest will be […]
LIT launches inaugural LIT Summer Academy for next year’s Leaving Cert students
Limerick Institute of Technology has launched its inaugural LIT Summer Academy for next year’s Leaving Cert students. The weeklong academy will help prepare students for Leaving Cert 2022 while also giving them a preview of the college experience. The Summer Academy will give participants an opportunity to catch up on lost face-to-face teaching hours […]
Chair of Tipperary Energy Agency appointed Dean Flexible and Work Based Learning at LIT
Limerick Institute of Technology’s Director of Industry Engagement Seamus Hoyne has been appointed LIT’s new Dean Flexible and Work Based Learning. A native of Laois, Seamus is respected throughout Europe for his work in renewable energy and energy management. In 1998 Seamus was appointed the Managing Director of the Tipperary Energy Agency (TEA) and […]
LIT Unveils Plans for New Academic Year
Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) has unveiled details of life on campus during the new academic year. In May the Institute of Technology, which has campuses in Limerick, Tipperary and Clare, announced a roadmap for reopening its campuses to students, all of whom had been learning remotely since the beginning of the Covid-19 restrictions in […]
LIT is awarded more than one million euro for Minor Capital Works
Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) has been awarded just over €1 million for necessary works and improvements to be made to its five campuses during the 2020-2021 academic year. A 36% increase on last year’s funding, the €1,023,000 is part of the €25 million Devolved Capital Grant approved by Minister for Further and Higher […]
LIT welcomes €168 million package of supports for further and higher education institutions
Limerick Institute of Technology has welcomed the €168 million package of supports for further and higher education institutions and students, announced by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD and Minister of State Niall Collins TD. President of LIT Professor Vincent Cunnane said, “The funding will support us as […]
UK’s Most Prominent Climate Change Policy Advisor, Sir David King, to address conference at LIT, Moylish
The free conference Future Living will take place on February 14, 2020 at the Millennium Theatre, LIT, Moylish Campus. The Conference will focus on Fashion, Food and Festivals and examine the sustainability challenges within business. The UK’s most prominent policy adviser and campaigner on the causes and consequences of climate change, acclaimed environmentalist Sir […]
The LIT Thurles Class of 2019 is assured LIT’s core values of inclusivity, equality and access to learning will be extended to even more people as it prepares for life as a Technological University
THE experiences, benefits and internationally recognised qualifications obtained by the LIT, Thurles class of 2019 will be opened up to even more students in the future, as the Institute of Technology embarks on the road to a Technological University with consortium partners, AIT. That was the message to the new graduates during the conferring speeches […]
LIT and AIT Confirm Move to Form Technological University Consortium
New TU to have “regional focus with a national reach and an international outlook” LIT has confirmed that it is forming a consortium with AIT to develop a new Technological University (TU) for the Mid-West and Midlands. The governing bodies of both institutions met last week and formally confirmed the formation of a new TU […]
€4 Million Programme to Encourage Young People, who are Not in Employment or Education, back into the Work Place is Launched at LIT
The FOLM (From Outdoors to Labour Market) Programme will teach participants life skills in the wilderness, before coaching them on how to access further education and employment. LIT will facilitate the FOLM project in Ireland, with young people from Tipperary, Clare and Limerick to take part in the initial programme. A €4.075 million outdoor education […]
