Institutes of Technology Ireland

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:

1. Athlone Institute of Technology
2. Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
3. Institute of Technology Carlow
4. Cork Institute of Technology
5. Dundalk Institute of Technology
6. Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
7. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
8. Letterkenny Institute of Technology
9. Limerick Institute of Technology
10. Institute of Technology Sligo, Institute of Technology Tallaght
11. Institute of Technology Tralee
12. Waterford Institute of Technology

For more details see http://www.ioti.ie/index.php?page_id=9

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