Higher Education 4.0 Project

ATU / MyCareerPath delivered the workshop “Strengths and Personality Uncovered with ATU/MyCareerPath” to first-year students on the new Master of Pharmacy programme on the ATU Sligo campus recently. For more, read here: www.highered4.ie/article/empowering-future-pharmacists-at-atu

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Atlantic Technological University's Higher Education 4.0 has announced that it is to create two more free, short, online courses to add to the 50 already available on their freecourses.atu.ie website. See full article here: highered4.ie/article/atu-...
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ATU's free course playing vital role in the workplace. “It helps employers meet the obligations they have in relation to health and safety training (for staff).” – Edel Costello, ATU lecturer in Occupational Safety and Health. Learn more here:
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Atlantic Technological University's free, online, short course, An Introduction to Marketing, is a self-directed course on marketing fundamentals requiring only two hours a week for four weeks. Watch Lisa Dunne’s elevator pitch below. For a full list of ATU’s free courses, go to: freecourses.atu.ie

ATU MakerSpace was a big hit with ATU WAVE students over the last academic year. The WAVE programme is a Special Purpose Award for learners with an intellectual disability. One of its main aims is to provide an enriching experience for students. Great to be part of it.
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Atlantic Technological University's free, online, short course (or MOOC), An Introduction to Lean Construction, increases industry knowledge on the principles of lean construction.
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For a full list of ATU’s MOOCs, go to: freecourses.atu.ie

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Photo of a dirty beach: Check out the Ocean Pollution free course at freecourses.atu.ie

“I wanted to deepen my understanding of broader ocean pollution.” We caught up with PhD researcher Fauzia, who studied the Ocean Pollution FREE, short, online course at freecourses.atu.ie. Check out full article at www.highered4.ie
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ATU MakerSpace is delighted to be collaborating with visitors from the EU Green Alliance at ATU MakerSpace’s facility on the Sligo campus this week.
ATU MakerSpace is funded by Higher Education 4.0 under the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) Pillar 3.
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The past year was a busy one for ATU MakerSpace, working with third-level students, hosting second-level schools and youth clubs, along with visiting schools through its outreach programme and participating at various events. For more, go to atumakerspace.ie/tag/latest-n...
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ATU MakerSpace, the initiative inspiring the next generation to embrace the STEM subjects, has revealed that 46% of those who used their Sligo facility over the past academic year were female. For full story, go to: www.highered4.ie/article/atu-...
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The Higher Education 4.0 Project once again features prominently in the June edition of the ATU Magazine. Many thanks to Editor Anne Donnelly for her support. Higher Education 4.0 is funded by the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) Pillar 3.

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Atlantic Technological University MakerSpace is thrilled to be part of an upcoming Pop-Up Fab Lab event ATU Castlebar on Monday (May 26), aimed at providing opportunities tailored to empower small businesses in Mayo. For more, visit www.highered4.ie/article/atu-makerspace-empowering-small-businesses

🚀 Just a week to go to MAKERTHON! 🚀
ATU MakerSpace is delighted to be associated with MAKERTHON. Also supported by Data2Sustain and Údarás na Gaeltachta, this event is your chance to dive into the future of creativity. Scan QR code to register. @gavinclinch.bsky.social

Atlantic Technological University, along with Galway City Partnership, are sponsoring a Rubik’s Cube schools’ competition in Galway Community College’s auditorium tomorrow, Thursday, from 10am to 1pm.
For more, go to: www.highered4.ie/article/atu-sponsors-schools-rubik-s-cube-challenge

ATU hosted a successful Taster Day for Further Education students at its Sligo campus last week. The event was attended by 25 Further Education students, as well as ATU and SCFET staff. For more, go to: www.highered4.ie/article/further-education-students-get-a-taste-of-atu
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A significant funding boost for MyCareerPath, with the Higher Education Authority (HEA) committing an additional €1million to the further development of ATU's online careers platform over the next two years. For more, go to:
www.highered4.ie/article/atu-s-mycareerpath-receives-1million-funding-boost

They all stack up at Atlantic Technological University. Make your introduction, reintroduction or, indeed, continue on your educational journey by availing of one of ATU's free flexible and short online courses at freecourses.atu.ie
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Thinking of moving from Further Education into Higher Education. Why not attend a Taster Day at ATU Sligo tomorrow, Tuesday (April 1) – when you can meet lecturers, including our Progression Pathways team, and support staff to discuss options.
For more, go to: www.highered4.ie/article/atu-...

Congratulations to ATU lecturers Gillian O’Donovan, Clodagh Caslin, Lorraine Murphy and Ruth Walsh, who opened the 7th World Conference on Education and Teaching in Prague last weekend. For more, go to: www.highered4.ie/article/atu-lecturers-open-world-conference-on-education-and-teaching

ATU OFPD (Online Flexible Professional Development) Head of Innovation Gavin Clinch with Director for Learning and Teaching at Budapest Metropolitan University Istvan Vilmos Kovacs, at the Digital Universities Europe conference in Uniwersytet WSB Merito Wrocław, Poland.
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ATU's Head of Online Flexible Professional Development (OFPD), Gavin Clinch, is among the speakers at the Digital Universities Europe conference in Wroclaw, Poland, this week. Gavin will be discussing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in a panel session on Wednesday. @gavinclinch.bsky.social

HigherEd4Life Episode 3: Adaptive Learning Technology ATU Podcast · Episode

In this episode of ‘HigherEd4Life’, Garry Sheahan of McGraw-Hill Education joined HE4.0 Innovation Projects manager Noel Mulkeen, ATU lecturers Orla Warren and Aurora Dimache, and host Stephen Glennon to discuss the hot topic of using AL and AI in colleges and universities.
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ATU MakerSpace, which is inspiring the next generation to embrace STE(A)M as a career choice, was delighted to be among those to exhibit at the Sligo Engineering Fair at the ATU Sligo campus last Sunday.
For more on ATU MakerSpace, go to: www.highered4.ie/atu-makerspace
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ATU MakerSpace will be among those exhibiting at the Sligo Engineering Fair, which returns for its sixth consecutive year, at Atlantic Technological University’s Sligo campus this Sunday, March 2. For more, go to: highered4.ie/articles
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ATU staff on the Killybegs campus can now enjoy the resources that a new professional recording studio – installed under Higher Education 4.0 – has to offer.
For full story, go to: www.highered4.ie/article/he4-0-installs-recording-studio-at-another-atu-campus
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MEET OUR GREAT TEAM
If you want to know more about some of those behind the story and successes of Atlantic Technological University's Higher Education 4.0 Project, check out the ‘Meet the Team’ section on our redesigned website at: highered4.ie/meet-the-team

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YouTube video by HigherEd4.0 Atlantic Technological University's Progression Pathways, developed under Higher Education 4.0.

One of the projects undertaken by lecturers at Atlantic Technological University Sligo is ‘Progression Pathways: Further Education to Higher Education’.
Listen to Ruth Walsh and Gillian O'Donovan speak about their programme at: youtu.be/NG1HwwzfsI8?...
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Free Webinar Today! Atlantic Technological University’s Higher Education 4.0 Project will host a lunchtime webinar focusing on ATU’s free online short courses, often referred to as MOOCs, today (Wednesday) at 1pm. Register at: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5203e8...
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Check out our redesigned Higher Education 4.0 website, and find out more about our Career and Learning Pathways (Theme I) and Innovation Projects (Theme II). There are links to videos, podcasts, news content, case studies and other useful resources. Go to www.highered4.ie
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YouTube video by HigherEd4.0 Lecturer Dr John Scahill on ATU's free online short course on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Don’t forget to register for Wednesday’s webinar (1pm) on ATU's free short online courses. From Lean Construction to Sustainable Development Goals to Fundamentals of Garden Design, there is a MOOC for everybody! Register at events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5203e8...
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