GMIT alliance to submit declaration of intent for technological university by year end
Galway Bay fm newsroom - GMIT and its fellow alliance members in Sligo and Letterkenny hope to submit a declaration of intent to seek technological university status by the end of this year.
The process of meeting all criteria could then take up to nine years.The Connacht-Ulster Alliance comprises GMIT, Letterkenny IT and Sligo IT and was set up in 2012.It comes as the Department of Education publishes the Heads of a Bill which will allow for the future establishment of Technological Universities and the mergers of institutes of technology nationwide.Three groups of institutes have already expressed interest in merging including DIT, Tallaght IT and Blandchardstown.Gerard Mac Michael, Head of the School of Engineering at GMIT with responsibility for Collaboration and Alliances says the process will take some time.