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==History==
==History==
The institute opened in 1970 as a [[Institutes of technology in the Republic of Ireland|Regional Technical College]], and adopted the name 'Institute of Technology, Sligo' on 7 May 1997.<ref>{{Cite ISB|title=Regional Technical Colleges Act, 1992 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1997|year=1997|number=199|signedby=[[Niamh Bhreathnach]] ([[Minister for Education (Ireland)|Minister of Education]])|date=7 May 1997|type=si}}</ref> The first students graduated with degrees from Sligo RTC in 1986.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 September 2016 |title=First degree class from 1986 to gather to celebrate anniversary |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/news/first-degree-class-from-1986-to-gather-to-celebrate-anniversary/35004515.html |access-date=12 April 2025 |work=[[The Sligo Champion]] |via=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>
The institute opened in 1970 as a [[Institutes of technology in the Republic of Ireland|Regional Technical College]], and adopted the name 'Institute of Technology, Sligo' on 7 May 1997.<ref>{{Cite ISB|title=Regional Technical Colleges Act, 1992 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1997|year=1997|number=199|signedby=[[Niamh Bhreathnach]] ([[Minister for Education and Youth|Minister of Education]])|date=7 May 1997|type=si}}</ref> The first students graduated with degrees from Sligo RTC in 1986.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 September 2016 |title=First degree class from 1986 to gather to celebrate anniversary |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/news/first-degree-class-from-1986-to-gather-to-celebrate-anniversary/35004515.html |access-date=12 April 2025 |work=[[The Sligo Champion]] |via=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>


Con Power, who acted as principal of the college from 1972 until 1979,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/lifestyle/an-opportune-book-from-a-man-who-saw-it-all-before/27564291.html| website = independent.ie | title = An opportune book from a man who saw it all before | date = 6 May 2009 | accessdate = 15 April 2025 | quote = He was Principal of Sligo RTC (now Sligo IT) for seven years from 1972 to 1979 }}</ref> was later involved with other state bodies.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/revealed-another-top-adviser-has-dodgy-degree/25957455.html | website = independent.ie | title = Revealed: another top adviser has dodgy degree | date = 18 November 2005 | accessdate = 15 April 2025 | quote = Con Power obtained his doctorate from the Pacific Western University (PWU) which has been criticised for being little more than a "degree mill" [..] He was also Director of Economic Policy with the employers' body, Ibec, and was previously director of the Regional Technical College in Sligo }}</ref> [[Terri Scott]] was the institute's first female president, serving from 2008 until 2014.<ref name="Arrival of the fittest">{{cite news|author=Lorna Siggins|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/education/2009/0324/1224243311988.html|title=Arrival of the fittest|date=24 March 2009|access-date=12 February 2010|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> She was succeeded by Vincent Cunnane in October 2014. Brendan McCormack was appointed as president in September 2016.<ref name="president">{{cite web |url=https://www.itsligo.ie/administration/presidents-office/ |title=President's Office | website = itsligo.ie | accessdate = 21 May 2021 | quote = Dr Brendan McCormack has been President of IT Sligo since September 2016 }}</ref>
Con Power, who acted as principal of the college from 1972 until 1979,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/lifestyle/an-opportune-book-from-a-man-who-saw-it-all-before/27564291.html| website = independent.ie | title = An opportune book from a man who saw it all before | date = 6 May 2009 | accessdate = 15 April 2025 | quote = He was Principal of Sligo RTC (now Sligo IT) for seven years from 1972 to 1979 }}</ref> was later involved with other state bodies.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/revealed-another-top-adviser-has-dodgy-degree/25957455.html | website = independent.ie | title = Revealed: another top adviser has dodgy degree | date = 18 November 2005 | accessdate = 15 April 2025 | quote = Con Power obtained his doctorate from the Pacific Western University (PWU) which has been criticised for being little more than a "degree mill" [..] He was also Director of Economic Policy with the employers' body, Ibec, and was previously director of the Regional Technical College in Sligo }}</ref> [[Terri Scott]] was the institute's first female president, serving from 2008 until 2014.<ref name="Arrival of the fittest">{{cite news|author=Lorna Siggins|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/education/2009/0324/1224243311988.html|title=Arrival of the fittest|date=24 March 2009|access-date=12 February 2010|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> She was succeeded by Vincent Cunnane in October 2014. Brendan McCormack was appointed as president in September 2016.<ref name="president">{{cite web |url=https://www.itsligo.ie/administration/presidents-office/ |title=President's Office | website = itsligo.ie | accessdate = 21 May 2021 | quote = Dr Brendan McCormack has been President of IT Sligo since September 2016 }}</ref>

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The Institute of Technology, Sligo (ITS; Template:Langx) 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).[1] Template:As of the institute had three faculties and nine departments.[2][3]

History

The institute opened in 1970 as a Regional Technical College, and adopted the name 'Institute of Technology, Sligo' on 7 May 1997.[4] The first students graduated with degrees from Sligo RTC in 1986.[5]

Con Power, who acted as principal of the college from 1972 until 1979,[6] was later involved with other state bodies.[7] Terri Scott was the institute's first female president, serving from 2008 until 2014.[8] She was succeeded by Vincent Cunnane in October 2014. Brendan McCormack was appointed as president in September 2016.[9]

Development

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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.[10] This subsequently increased to approximately 3000 online learners.[11]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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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Formal approval was granted in October 2021.[21] Atlantic TU began formal operations in April 2022.[1]

Gallery

References

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External links

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