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Institutes of Technology Ireland was incorporated in June 2005 as a not-for-profit organisation with charitable status.
It enables the Directors/Presidents of the 13 Institutes of Technology established under the 1992 RTCs Act to co-ordinate the work of the Institutes nationally and it resources the Management Teams of the Institutes in the discharge of their duties towards their respective Institutions.
Specifically IoTI:
- Assists in the development of a common position on higher education policy issues amongst Institutes.
- Promotes and facilitates discussion and consultation between representatives of the Institutes and other educational and research bodies in Ireland on matters affecting or relevant to the Institutes.
- Advises Government, the Higher Education Authority, the institutions of the European Union and other relevant agencies or bodies regarding the views and policies of Institutes.
- Provides information to Institutes and others on important Irish, European and other international educational developments.
- Participates in and contributes to international organisations and committees appropriate to the work of Institutes.
- Administers research funding programmes on behalf of the Department of Education and Science.
- Promotes international relationships with similar organisations in other countries.
- Nominates persons to statutory and other bodies at the request of the Minister for Education and Science and other appointing persons or bodies.
Its web site is at http://www.ioti.ie/
Members
These are:
- Athlone Institute of Technology
- Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
- Institute of Technology Carlow
- Cork Institute of Technology
- Dundalk Institute of Technology
- Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
- Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
- Letterkenny Institute of Technology
- Limerick Institute of Technology
- Institute of Technology Sligo, Institute of Technology Tallaght
- Institute of Technology Tralee
- Waterford Institute of Technology
For more details see http://www.ioti.ie/index.php?page_id=9
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