It’s been confirmed that the Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has signed the Statutory Order to allow St. Angela’s College, Sligo to become part of the Atlantic Technological University.
The incorporation is effective from 1 November 2023.
It has been described as another landmark moment in the development of higher education in the North West.
The incorporation sees ATU become the second largest TU and one of the largest Higher Education Institutions in the country.
As part of the move, the Ursuline Order has gifted the St. Angela’s Lough Gill campus and additional lands to the TU as part of the transfer of assets.
The Order’s legacy of over 70 years of dedicated service to higher education in Sligo is also being recognised in the incorporation.
The terms and conditions of all staff are safeguarded and from 1 November next students who would otherwise have enrolled with St. Angela’s for the academic year 2023/2024 will do so as Atlantic Technological University students and graduate with ATU qualifications.
Sligo Leitrim TD Frank Feighan says the move is another exciting development for education in the North West, the Fine Gael elected representative has also confirmed that talks are continuing to take place at government level in order to ease the current student accommodation crisis in Sligo.
