Come to our Open Evening on Thursday, 2^nd September from 6-8pm. Our friendly team will be there to give you expert advice on finding the course that best suits your needs.

Our Lecturers and Educational Advisors will be available to discuss our Postgraduate, Part-Time and Online courses and your learning needs.

See below for a list of the courses which you can choose from:

School of Business and Humanities

BUSINESS AND MARKETING

• Higher Certificate in Business
• Bachelor of Business in Management Applications
• Bachelor of Business (Hons)
• Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Business Administration
• Master of Science in Marketing

HUMANITIES

• Higher Certificate in Arts in Advocacy Studies
• BA in Applied Social Studies
• BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Care and Education

COMPUTING

• Higher Certificate in Computing
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• LANGUAGES
• Single Subject Certification in Beginners or Advanced French/German/Spanish.
• Sign Language

School of Science

• Special Purpose Award in Occupational Safety & Health
• Higher Certificate in Science in Good Manufacturing Practice
• Higher Certificate in Science in Environmental Management.
• BSc in Environmental Management.
• BSc in Pharmaceutical Science
• BSc (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Science
• Postgraduate Diploma in Biopharmaceutical Science
• MSc in Biopharmaceutical Science
• Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Protection
• MSc in Environmental Protection
• Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs
• MSc In Industrial Pharmaceutical Science

School of Engineering

• Certificate in Automation and Instrumentation
• Higher Certificate in Science in Supervisory Management
• BEng in Mechatronics
• BEng (Hons) in Mechatronics
• BEng in Polymer Processing
• BEng in Electronic Engineering
• BEng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering
• BSc in Construction Management
• BSc in Manufacturing Management
• BSc in Quality
• BSc (Hons) in Quality Management and Technology
• Higher Diploma in Science in Quality
• MSc in Quality
• Postgraduate Diploma in Energy Management
• MSc in Energy Management
• Certificate in Engineering in Lean Sigma Quality
• Qualifier programmes for Electronic Engineering Quality and
• Manufacturing Management.

Learning More . . . it couldn’t be easier!

Rebasoft is a leading edge network security management software company. Their software helps complex organisations manage their network activity helping to control access and network activity in business critical applications. Rebasoft have secured a deal with the a major stock exchange to deploy network management software on their trading systems.

Serial entrepreneur Mike McGrath, Chief Strategy Officer of Rebasoft, started out in 1993 setting up LAN Communications which became the leading  Network Integration company in Ireland. This was sold to Eircom in 1999. Having set up an managed services business in LAN Comms saw the business opportunity for network management tools that lead to the setting up and sale in 2007of Crannog Software to Fluke Networks.  Now resident in Rosses Point Sligo, the selection of the Innovation Centre at IT Sligo for a new development facility was a convenient choice.

“Rebasoft is growing rapidly and we needed to link with a higher education provider to acquire talent and collaborate on research and development. The Innovation Centre at IT Sligo was an obvious choice,” said McGrath.

“The Innovation Centre at IT Sligo is the perfect location for our software development team as we can hire their network engineering graduates, work with the School of Computing on course development, and more importantly work with like-minded entrepreneurs and developers who stimulate our thinking in the Innovation Centre” he continued.

Welcoming the announcement today,  Professor Terri Scott, President of IT Sligo said, “This announcement of 10 new jobs for the North West is evidence of our close liaison with industry and entrepreneurs. We make it easy for enterprise and the wider community to get direct access to the expertise and support they require.”

Since 2006, the Applied Social Studies Degree course at IT Sligo has sent 30 third year students on placement to work as volunteers in the township of Kayamandi, located in Stellenbosch South Africa. Following the success of the programme, with major progression for the township and positive feedback from the students involved, the college now intends to expand the programme to the degree in Early Childhood Care and Education. In January 2011, 8 students will have the opportunity to go to South Africa for 13 weeks.

The students, placed by programme coordinator and mentor Margaret Gilmore, will work under the supervision of Elsa Pretorius, Director of Prochorus Community Development Programme, a social development organisation in South Africa, and for 13 weeks they will help provide early childhood care and education for young people ranging from toddlers to teenagers.

Kayamandi means “sweet home,” yet ironically 65% of the population live in shacks, an average family consists of eight people and often three generations are forced to share a two-bedroom shack. IT Sligo students contribute to these families by providing parent and toddler supports, giving literacy classes, teaching sports and recreation and drama classes. Through the direct involvement of IT Sligo, 30 crèches have been established providing much needed early childhood care and education for over 500 children.

“The Applied Social Science and Early Childhood Care degrees equip IT Sligo students for employment across a range of sectors” says Roisin McGlone, lecturer in Department of Humanities, “and armed with this experience in Africa, students have an advantage over their peers when going out into the workforce. They have gained not just a degree, but life experience,” she continued.

“I visit the project annually and I see the students gaining confidence. They grow in self belief when they realise their ability to survive in a challenging environment like an African township. They develop a sense of empowerment, and in their own way, empower these communities aswell.” she concluded.

Grainne Queenan, a graduate of the course and volunteer at Kayamandi said she “felt very privileged to have played her small part,” and added that when interviewed for her current position, her experience was beneficial as it clearly demonstrated her ability to work as part of a team and use the limited resources available efficiently and effectively.

Fundraising pays for flights and accommodation the students travelling out to the South Africa in January. The students choose to live in the township community with house parents and by doing so contribute directly to supporting these families’s limited incomes.

Their concept is to have ’something for everyone’ and it appears to be working! On their mezzanine level you can find fresh home-grown vegetables, designer Mexican jewellery, fresh bread and cakes, picture framing and photo enhancement, soaps, free-range hen and duck eggs, home-made preserves, stained glass and small piercing jewellery item. Good luck and every success to Paul and Ronan in their entrepreneurial venture!

Fr John will be joining us at IT Sligo just in time for the new academic year. He is already familiar with IT Sligo, having been a student here before leaving to pursue a career in the priesthood.

“I was a student of civil engineering for two and a half years in IT Sligo but then God had other plans, so I left to go to the seminary in Maynooth.”

He aims to bring pastoral care to both staff and students here at IT Sligo, and he hopes his work here will help students to have a meaningful college experience.

IT Sligo’s Innovation Centre hosted a workshop presented by Intertrade Ireland to prepare contestants for the All Island Seedcorn Competition.

Left to Right: Niall McEvoy – Head of Innovation IT Sligo, Louise O’Gorman – IT Sligo, Gráinne Lennon – Intertrade Ireland, Connor Sweeney – InterTrade Ireland. Photo:SligoToday.ie

This competition promotes entrepreneurs to compete regionally before entering the all island Best Emerging and Best High Growth categories. Every business plan submitted is reviewed by their investment experts and companies will be given individual feedback, upon request.

Short listed companies will also get a unique opportunity to pitch to investors and business leaders. More competition details may be found on:

www.intertradeireland.com

Patrick is an IT Sligo graduate in Recreation & Leisure Management and one of our Sports Scholarship Students.   Since emerging on the professional cycling scene at the 2009 Ras Patrick had improved his international credentials and is now based in Belgium. On a recent visit home to Sligo he returned to his Alma Mater to thank IT Sligo.

Patrick has just completed his winter training in Florida and is now home in Sligo to begin his 2010 Campaign.  While at home he called to his first cousin, Eamonn O’Hara the well-known Sligo Gaelic footballer, for some advice on winning!