473:*LIT traces its roots back to the 1852 foundation of the School of Ornamental Art on Leamy Street. For much of the history of the institute, it was constituted as the Municipal Technical Institute, before becoming the Limerick College of Art, Commerce and Technology (Limerick CoACT) in 1980, a Regional Technical College in 1993 and an Institute of Technology in 1997.
466:â With the constituent Colleges originally established in 1887, Dublin Institute of Technology was reestablished in 1992. It was the first third level college to be called an Institute of Technology and was created under separate legislation with different powers than the other thirteen colleges. This includes the awarding of its own degrees up to doctorate level.
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senior management team; a
Registrar, who is the chief academic officer of the institution; a Governing Council, which oversees operational affairs; an Academic Council, which oversees academic affairs. Each academic school has a Head of School and each academic department of a school has a Head of
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The building programme commenced in 1968, with the first institutions formally opened their doors in 1970, and other colleges were added during the following decade. Some colleges developed from earlier institutions and colleges, involving amalgamation, but most were completely new institutions. A
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we do not foresee any final fixed pattern of courses in the colleges. If they are to make their most effective contribution to the needs of society and the economy, they must be capable of continuing adaptation to social, economic and technological changes. Initiative at local and national levels
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we believe that the long-term function of the colleges will be to educate for trade and industry over a broad spectrum of occupations ranging from craft to professional, notably in engineering and science but also in commercial, linguistic and other specialities. They will, however, be more
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a further serious difficulty in the task of raising the standards of technicians in
Ireland is the lack of a nationally recognised technician diploma. The absence of such a diploma deters many parents from considering sub-professional technician careers for their
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was announced for the city. Finally, in 1993, CoACT (College of Art, Commerce and
Technology) became Limerick RTC. Two additional institutions were created since then, bringing the total to thirteen, before the amalgamation of three into Ireland's first
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will largely determine how far this vital characteristic is developed. We are concerned that the progress of these colleges should not be deterred by any artificial limitation of either the scope or the level of their educational achievements
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status. This was in recognition of the high standards, including university level research, which takes place at them. The institutes are governed by the
Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006. Having been given
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The individual institutions are structured similar to other universities, particularly Irish ones. Each institution has a
Director, who is the chief operational officer of the institution, usually assisted by an
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which emerged independently of the
Regional College system. The Technological Universities Act of 2018 allowed the merger of two or more IoTs into Technological Universities, which saw the creation of the
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87:(1964) reports greatly accelerated the trend in Ireland for education reform and development particularly in technical education, similar to that in other Western countries at the time.
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31:. In 2018, there were a total of fourteen colleges that use the title of Institute of Technology, which were created from the late 1960s and were formerly known as
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Following the enactment of legislation in 2018, the various institutes of technology began a merger process to create five technological universities:
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type courses particularly in business, engineering and science, this was very much the founding principle. During the late 1970s degrees at
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immediately concerned with providing courses aimed at filling gaps in the industrial manpower structure, particularly in the technician area
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148:. As of June 2023, only Dundalk IT and DĂșn Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology remain independent Institutes of Technology.
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770:"New Technological Universities will be created under the reforms set out in Ireland's National Strategy for Higher Education"
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announced plans to join an existing TU. It had previously investigated the possibility of becoming a TU in its own right.
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Mulcahy, D.G. (1981). Curriculum and Policy in Irish Post
Primary Education, Institute of Public Administration, Dublin
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from 2001 onwards, in 2019 the institutes were designated as awarding bodies up to masters level in their own right.
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113:(1967), was an important milestone in framing the institutional structures and functions calling for:
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Twentieth Century Ireland, Wolfhound Press, Dublin
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Committee on Technical Education, Report to the Minister for Education
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levels were also allowed. In recent years there has been a rapid expansion in
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in 1993. In the late 1990s, all of the institutions were upgraded to
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List of higher education institutions in the
Republic of Ireland
816:"DkIT outline vision to achieve Technological University status"
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Regional Technical College for Limerick was cancelled after a
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris
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94:(1964) report identified significant skills gaps, including:
721:"TU Dublin now Ireland's largest institution as ITs merge"
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Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
491:, and placed on an independent basis thereafter by the
844:"Strike at Dundalk Institute of Technology called off"
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The institutions were run under Section 21 (2) of the
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from 1970 until 1992 as special subcommittees of the
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DĂșn Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
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Universities and colleges in the Republic of Ireland
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in 1963. A year later, a site for an institution in
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The idea of the institutions was first announced by
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Institutes of technology in the Republic of Ireland
50:Technological University Shannon: Midlands Midwest
1068:Science and technology in the Republic of Ireland
27:) is a type of higher education college found in
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874:Council of Directors of Institutes of Technology
504:to confer their own awards in some cases up to
141:
191:
894:
597:
584:Further Education and Training Awards Council
295:
580:Higher Education and Training Awards Council
594:but these are nearly always the exception.
570:Traditionally awards were conferred by the
333:
312:
901:
887:
713:
534:The institutions traditional courses were
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107:Steering Committee on Technical Education
582:, and other awards are conferred by the
399:
354:
572:National Council for Educational Awards
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193:Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown
170:
136:National Institute for Higher Education
16:Higher education institution in Ireland
1050:
762:
420:
254:
212:
882:
660:"Technological Universities Act 2018"
604:Technological Universities in Ireland
378:
1058:Education in the Republic of Ireland
841:
813:
586:. Some specialised courses, such as
233:
633:South East Technological University
454:South East Technological University
335:Letterkenny Institute of Technology
314:Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
225:South East Technological University
58:South East Technological University
13:
92:Training of Technicians in Ireland
85:Training of Technicians in Ireland
14:
1084:
867:
842:Wall, Martin (15 November 2019).
628:Atlantic Technological University
443:Waterford Institute of Technology
401:Institute of Technology, Tallaght
391:Atlantic Technological University
346:Atlantic Technological University
325:Atlantic Technological University
54:Atlantic Technological University
729:. 1 January 2019. Archived from
618:Munster Technological University
493:Regional Technical Colleges Acts
357:Limerick Institute of Technology
46:Munster Technological University
835:
807:
745:"Higher Education Institutions"
640:Dundalk Institute of Technology
613:Technological University Dublin
489:Vocational Education Committees
422:Institute of Technology, Tralee
280:Dundalk Institute of Technology
214:Institute of Technology, Carlow
172:Athlone Institute of Technology
42:Technological University Dublin
782:
737:
704:
695:
686:
677:
652:
478:
380:Institute of Technology, Sligo
257:Dublin Institute of Technology
37:Dublin Institute of Technology
1:
645:
565:
546:level were introduced, later
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979:TU Shannon: Midlands Midwest
790:"Technological Universities"
235:Cork Institute of Technology
35:. The exception to this was
7:
814:Ryan, Olivia (1 May 2021).
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33:Regional Technical Colleges
10:
1089:
910:Technological Universities
794:Higher Education Authority
775:Higher Education Authority
749:Higher Education Authority
601:
598:Technological Universities
1031:
1010:
921:
485:Vocational Education Acts
166:Year amalgamated into TU
165:
163:Technological University
162:
159:
156:
153:
914:Institutes of Technology
142:Technological University
497:Institute of Technology
81:Investment in Education
21:Institute of Technology
370:TUS: Midlands Midwest
183:TUS: Midlands Midwest
536:National Certificate
592:professional bodies
590:, are validated by
576:statutory authority
502:delegated authority
733:on 1 January 2019.
664:Irish Statute Book
160:First Established
111:The Mulcahy Report
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1019:
1016:
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1009:
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991:
988:
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963:
960:
956:
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945:
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665:
661:
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643:
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631:
629:
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621:
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616:
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581:
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541:
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941:Letterkenny
933:Galway-Mayo
929:Atlantic TU
799:23 December
588:accountancy
578:became the
479:Legislation
405:ITT Dublin
83:(1962) and
1052:Categories
1033:See also:
965:Munster TU
916:in Ireland
646:References
566:Validation
544:Bachelor's
530:Programmes
516:Management
433:Munster TU
426:IT Tralee
246:Munster TU
1001:Waterford
947:TU Dublin
508:level by
412:TU Dublin
270:TU Dublin
204:TU Dublin
146:TU Dublin
60:in 2022.
44:in 2019;
987:Limerick
959:Tallaght
552:Doctoral
548:Master's
506:Doctoral
100:children
64:Creation
1018:Dundalk
983:Athlone
754:18 June
669:18 June
574:, this
560:nursing
29:Ireland
997:Carlow
973:Tralee
855:2 July
827:2 July
726:RTĂ.ie
523:ad-hoc
74:Carlow
937:Sligo
510:HETAC
458:2022
450:1970
437:2021
429:1977
416:2019
408:1992
395:2022
387:1970
374:2021
366:1852
350:2022
342:1971
339:LYIT
329:2022
321:1972
318:GMIT
304:1997
301:IADT
287:1970
284:DkIT
274:2019
266:1887
250:2021
242:1974
229:2022
221:1970
208:2019
200:2000
187:2021
179:1970
154:Name
969:Cork
951:City
912:and
857:2021
829:2021
801:2021
756:2023
671:2023
558:and
550:and
538:and
447:WIT
384:ITS
363:LIT
263:DIT
239:CIT
218:ITC
197:ITB
176:AIT
105:The
90:The
79:The
56:and
48:and
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