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THE Institute of Technology Tralee has secured €1.031 million in funding and 418 places under the Government’s Springboard+ initiative for the academic year 2020/2021. In total, IT Tralee is offering 15  Springboard+ programmes through its Life Long Learning Department, as part of its suite of part-time courses. Programmes offered at […]

THE Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) and  Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) will  join to become the Munster Technological University on January 1, 2021. An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD, Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD and Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor made the announcement […]

DR Brendan O’Donnell has been appointed as Interim President of the Institute of Technology Tralee. Dr O’Donnell stated that he was “honoured to be appointed and looking forward to working with the Governing Body, staff and students and all our stakeholders to ensure that the Institute continues to grow and […]

A FAMILY showcase event took place at IT Tralee’s North Campus on Saturday, as part of National Science Week and again it was a massive success. The daylong event offered a vast array of fun, educational and interactive events for all ages including VR experiences, scientific testing, robotics, weather forecasting, […]

TRALEE will host the 1st annual ‘Freshers Fest’ from Tuesday, September 10 to Thursday, September 12. This brand-new festival will see a stage erected in the ‘festival square’ hosting live acts until 10pm on two nights, followed by live music in the bars of Tralee, and a host of events […]

KERRY Group has announced that the Group will contribute €500,000 to assist completion of the €16.5 million Kerry Sports Academy at the Institute of Technology Tralee, North Campus. The Kerry Sports Academy development is the largest educational capital project to be undertaken in Kerry in recent years. Scheduled to open […]

FASHION and fun were served up in equal measure on Thursday night as IT Tralee students strutted down the catwalk for a great cause. The students at the St Vincent de Paul Society in the Institute of Technology Tralee organised their special annual fashion show at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel […]

IT Tralee hosted two interesting and very well attended events at the weekend as part of the Kerry Science Festival. Friday night saw the North Campus host a STEM Enterprise and Career Expo from 6pm-9pm which aimed to connect students, graduates and job seekers with STEM businesses and enterprise from across […]

DESPITE the fact that the Department of Education  has decided that national and secondary schools will not open tomorrow, this does not apply to third level institutions. A case in point is our local college in Tralee. They have issued the following on their Facebook page; “The IT Tralee will […]

THE Institute of Technology Tralee has announced that they have successfully tendered for eight new courses under the Government’s Springboard+ initiative. The courses, which will run from September 2017 are in the areas of Software Development, Computer Services Management, Culinary Skills, Food Business Innovation, Biopharmaceutical Processes, Industrial Instrumentation, Mechatronics and Quality Management. […]

A KENMARE secondary school student was winner of a culinary competition in the IT Tralee yesterday. Students from across Munster travelled to the ITT for the final service in the 2016/2017 Flogas Ireland and Failte Ireland sponsored Schools Apprentice Chef Programme. Seventeen year old Pádraic Randles from Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine, Kenmare, Co […]

LAST week saw the annual Institute of Technology of Tralee’s Steps to Success Networking Event for the Computing and IT Departments take place. This is a unique careers module delivered to final year students to assist in the transition from the world of college to the world of work. The aim […]

THIS is very good indeed. Remember when the guys at IT Tralee did Pulp Fiction Kerry Schtyle a few years back? Well more students from the college have given Star Wars the Kerry accent treatment in this new video. It was recorded, edited and mixed by third year Music Technology BA group […]

AN increase in sexually transmitted diseases at the University of Limerick campus has prompted a call for Kerry students, who have been in the area recently and were sexually active, to get checked out. A rise in cases of gonorrhoea and chlamydia has been reported at the university, which is working with the […]

MINISTER for Education and Skills, Mr. Richard Bruton, T.D. has appointed Mr. Lionel Alexander as Chairperson of the Governing Body of the Institute of Technology, Tralee. Mr. Alexander has been selected by the Minister having come through the process run by the Public Appointments Service. The appointment is for a period of five years. Continued below…   […]

TO celebrate the 2016 European Week of Sport, the CARA Centre based at the South Campus of IT Tralee organised an event themed ‘Bring Back The Mile’ this week. The 2016 European Week of Sport and Physical Activity is being celebrated across Ireland from 10-18 September. The week is for […]

A CENTRE at the Institute of Technology Tralee will receive €200,000 in government funding it was announced recently. Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD and Minister of State for Regional Economic Development, Michael Ring TD announced last Thursday an investment package of almost €1.5 million in Dormant Accounts […]

IT TRALEE students came away with two gongs last night at the Union Of Students in Ireland Student Achievement Awards. Held in Dublin Castle, the awards, now in its fourth year, are the annual opportunity for the Student Movement in Ireland to recognise the contribution of students to the life of Ireland and the student […]

THERE are plans to sell the IT Tralee South Campus in Clash and move students up to their north base in Dromtacker. In a presentation to Kerry County Council on Monday, President of the ITT, Dr Oliver Murphy revealed that the integration of all facilities was their objective and that the […]

TUI members in Institutes of Technology, including IT Tralee, have voted by a margin of 92% to engage in a campaign of industrial action in order to tackle a number of  issues in their sector. In a vote with a 56% turnout of members, announced yesterday, the Union said strike […]

IT Tralee’s St. Vincent de Paul Society is holding their annual Fashion Show this Thursday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. All the clothes modelled on the night by students are from St. Vincent de Paul shops nationwide and they aim to prove that you can be on trend with clothes that are reasonably priced. […]

LECTURERS and students at IT Tralee held a protest last Thursday outside the South Campus over funding and educational concerns. It was part of the national protest by the Teacher’s Union of Ireland against the cutbacks in education, as the TUI Branch Secretary of ITT, Anne M Courtney explained. “On a daily basis, lecturers […]

IT Tralee students enjoyed a night at the races in The Greyhound Bar on Tuesday night, all for a great cause. It was organised by students from the Travel and Adventure Tourism Management course at the college as Marguerite O’Brien from Ballylongford explained. “As part of our events management module […]

IT TRALEE students are holding their annual ‘Christmas Away From Home’ for all the students on Tuesday, December 1. The day entitled ‘ITT’s Christmas on Campus’ raises valuable funds for well- deserving charities. This year the ‘ITT’s Christmas on Campus’ is being organised and managed by the 3rd year Event […]

THE IT Tralee will this week host a number of events to assist students and their families as they consider their college options. On Thursday from 7.30pm to 9pm the Institute will host an information evening for parents of Leaving Certificate students or anyone considering a college application in 2016. Guest […]

THE IT Tralee Students’ Union will be holding a sit-in protest on campus on Thursday in response to what they describe as unsatisfactory library hours which are having a direct effect on the student experience in the college. “IT Tralee is currently riding high on the crest of a wave that was […]

FUNDING has been approved for works on the N22 Ballyvourney to Macroom road and a bypass of Adare. This comes as part of a €6bn investment in the road network announced by the Government today in its €42bn capital investment plan for the country. Meanwhile, €7.5 million has been allocated to […]

IT TRALEE and the Kerry Education and Training Board reaffirmed their partnership on Monday evening in the North Campus. Both organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding to continue to maximise opportunities for learners in Kerry. The MOU reaffirms both organisations commitment to working collaboratively as they have done since 2007. […]

IT Tralee and the Cycle Against Suicide are among Kerry nominees in the upcoming Shannon Group European Sport Tourism Awards which takes place next week. The shortlist was announced during the week for the Awards which attracted over 200 nominations from across Europe and Ireland. The Institute of Technology, Tralee is up […]

The bank holiday weekend has come and gone, so many of us will have to make do with just the two days off…here’s a few ways to spend your time…  FRIDAY 1. Running from Thursday, May 7 to Saturday, May 9 at the ‘R Block’ at IT Tralee North Campus, final year […]