Eight Clare sportspeople, were among the 56 international athletes to receive the Limerick Institute of Technology Sports Scholarship this academic year. 

Beckman Coulter is bringing a miniature wormery to Limerick for Engineering (LFE) at Shannon Airport on Thursday March 5th to demonstrate to students how the biomedical company, which has won awards for its sustainable environmental practices, manages onsite wastewater through a sophisticated filtration system and wormery.

Shannon Airport will become the showcase on March 4th for some of the country’s top young digital media, music and 3D Design talent as well as a world record attempt when some 400 students gather for the fourth annual Camara Ireland’s Tech Féile.

Ei Electronics has come on board Limerick Institute of Technology’s Leaders@LIT Programme, funding Scholarships that will support two LIT Engineering students for the duration of their studies.

The UK’s most prominent policy adviser and campaigner on the causes and consequences of climate change, acclaimed environmentalist Sir David King, will provide the keynote address at the inaugural Future Living Conference which will take place at LIT’s Millennium Theatre this St Valentine’s Day.

Students from Knockanean National School in Ennis took a runners-up award at the recent Intel Mini Scientist Grand Final.

For years Garry Winters dropped his daughter Jessica to the school gates in Shannon as she made her way through primary and secondary school, but now they go through the doors of LIT, Moylish together each morning to study for a degree in Industrial Automation and Robotics.

Online education startup jumpAgrade has partnered with leading educational publisher Folens to make 26 scholarships for an online exam preparation course in Maths available.