The orientation programme for all 1st year Online students in the School of Engineering will be held on Thursday September 20th and Friday September 21st, 2007 at IT Sligo. It will start at 9.30am on Thursday 20th in the Clarion Hotel beside the Institute. Students who are continuing their studies from last year are welcome to attend the dinner on Thursday evening (special rate) and the classes on Friday.

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“Cryptosporidium and other protozoan enteric pathogens in the Irish Aquatic Environment – Sources, Reservoirs, and Public Health Implications”. A one day workshop at the Institute of Technology, Sligo on October 31.

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IT Sligo welcomes new students for 2007/2008. For information and help see the link above for current students.

An Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern, TD will perform the official opening of our Multipurpose Centre and Research Building today Friday 30th March at 4.30pm in the foyer of the Research/ITSBIC Building.

The Multi-Purpose Centre is the centerpiece of the college’s expanding sports quarter at the western end of the campus. The new building replaces the Aula Maxima as a sports facility and venue for exhibitions and conferring ceremonies. This project costing just over €6.3M was mainly funded by restricted reserves built up over the years from student capitation funding together with support from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism.

The Research Building houses 500sq m of research laboratories and offices and is the first dedicated research building to be constructed for the Institute of Technology sector. It accommodates over 30 research students and staff and includes a state of the art instrumentation laboratory. The building, costing €1.5m, was funded under the National Development Plan, through the HEA in the Programme for Research in Third level Institutions and by restricted reserves built up over the years from student capitation funding, which is a mark of the Institutes commitment to the development of research.

IT Sligo host our ANNUAL CAREERS FAIR 2007 WEDNESDAY 31st JANUARY 10.30am – 3pm AULA MAXIMA.

Dr Richard Thorn, Director of the Institute of Technology, Sligo is the new Chairperson of the Council of Directors of the Institutes of Technology for 2007.

Dr Thorn has been Director of IT Sligo since 2001. His academic background is in environmental and hydrogeological sciences. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin where he completed his PhD degree in 1984. He also holds an MA in Public Management from the Institute of Public Administration.

2007 will be a year of major change for the Institutes with the coming into operation of the Institutes of Technology Act 2006.

Commenting on his appointment Dr Thorn said:

I have three priorities for the year:

• To maximise the opportunities for the Institutes of Technology in their new role under the Higher Education Authority
• To increase understanding of the importance of “cradle to grave” education at all levels in the context of the national skills strategy
• To develop a wider appreciation among our stakeholders of the central role Institutes play in advancing economic development through upskilling the workforce and delivering flexible and part-time education and training.”

Dr Thorn is available for comment or interview on 071 9155201.

Further information:
Roy Dooney,
The Media Group

Phone: 087 2414165 / 01 2301815

Richard Thorn,
Director,
Institute of Technology ,
Sligo

Phone: 071 9155201.