Ninth Level Ireland

“Three institutes of technology in Munster yesterday announced details of plans to create a new entity with technological university status. Cork Institute of Technology, the Institute of Technology Tralee and Limerick Institute of Technology wish to form the Munster Technological University under proposals outlined in the Government’s National Strategy for Higher Education …” (more)

[Barry Roche, Irish Times, 31 January]

“A wider course choice and greater international recognition could be among the results of the creation of a Munster Technological University (MTU) …” (more)

[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 31 January]

“The Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup final will go ahead on Sunday, despite fears that finalists DCU would look for a postponement. DCU are due to open their Sigerson Cup campaign against Cork IT next Tuesday …” (more)

[Cliona Foley, Independent, 24 January]

“Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update of the full list of capital projects at Cork Institute of Technology; and the capital projects at CIT that are affected by the recent Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan 2012-2016 …” (more)

[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 29 November]

“Student leaders at CIT have claimed that their TD emailing campaign was a resounding success. The ‘Email Your TD’ campaign saw a total of 83,500 emails dispatched to Irish politicians during a blitz of emails …” (more)

[Donal MacHenry, StudentNews.ie, 29 November]

“A garda crackdown on a controversial student drinking festival, which had wreaked havoc in a Cork suburb, has been hailed a complete success. There were just four arrests during the so-called ‘Christmas Day’ event in Bishopstown last Thursday …” (more)

[Eoin English, Irish Examiner, 28 November]

“The clamour for some kind of university status from several institutes of technology is continuing to build. Waterford’s long battle has gained renewed impetus after the abrupt closure of the TalkTalk call centres. In Dublin, DIT, Blanchardstown IoT and Tallaght IoT have joined forces in a bid to gain redesignation as a ‘technological university’. In Cork, the local IoT has a long-standing demand for some form of university status on the table …” (more)

[Seán Flynn, Irish Times, 25 November]
[see also the new Criteria for Designation to TU Status]

“Cork Institute of Technology will be occupied from 8.30am this Tuesday the 22nd of November. The invaders will descend on the Circus Maximus in the name of democracy, rather than fascism however …” (more)

[Tom Mc Carthy, Cork Studenty.me, 21 November]

“CIT Students Union was tonight making final appeals to students at the institute of technology to email their local public representatives as time ran out until the big day …” (more)

[Peter Kelly, StudentNews.ie, 15 November]

“Togher Garda Station has advised students that McCarthy’s Bar and the Bishopstown Bar, two stalwarts of what one student coins ‘Armageddon around B’Town’, have withdrawn their support for CIT Christmas Day …” (more)

[Tom Mc Carthy, Cork Studenty.me, 7 November]

“The owner of the main bar at the centre of the so-called ‘CIT Christmas Day’ declared yesterday that his premises would no longer have anything to do with the event …” (more)

[Liam Heylin, Irish Examiner, 29 October]

“A Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) protest over supplied equipment at this week’s Student Yachting World Cup in France has fallen on deaf ears, leaving George Kenefick and his eight crew struggling to keep pace with the front runners …” (more)

[David O'Brien, Irish Times, 28 October]

“The administration and student centre at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), which ran €6 million over budget has been chosen as one of the world’s best-designed education buildings …” (more)

[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 17 October]

“Gardaí and residents in Bishopstown, Co Cork, have objected to the liquor licence being renewed for two bars in the area unless the bars’ owners gave undertakings not to have anything to do with the so-called CIT Christmas Day …” (more)

[Liam Heylin, Irish Examiner, 1 October]

“Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn, TD, today in Cork met the first students starting an industry-led master’s degree programme in cloud computing which was jointly developed by Cork Institute of Technology and global technology company EMC …” (more)

[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 15 September]

“A Cork city bar has apologised to two male students who were allegedly asked to leave the licensed premises at the weekend for kissing. The Old Oak live music and late night bar on Oliver Plunkett Street issued a statement last night, after meeting the two customers …” (more)

[Brian O'Connell, Irish Times, 24 August]

“EMC Ireland’s managing director Bob Savage is to be the new chairman of Cork Institute of Technology’s governing body …” (more)

[Irish Examiner, 4 August]

“I was delighted to attend my first meeting outside of Dublin since becoming President and to be in Cork on Thursday last for the STEM Conference …” (more)

[A President's Blog by PJ Rudden, 27 June]

“Prior to the election, former president of Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Prof Kieran Byrne, briefed staff about exploratory talks with Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), as part of an effort to reach, what was at the time, unpublished, ‘back of the envelope’ criteria for technological university status …” (more)

[The Norman Wyse Commentary, 20 June]

“In the last week, the long awaited (in certain quarters) Criteria for Designation to Technological University Status has been released by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). These criteria arise from a Dr Simon Marginson’s response to the HEA in the context of the Hunt report, arising from the reluctantly released, much ignored and quickly superceded Port report …” (more)

[The Norman Wyse Commentary, 17 June]