Welcome from the Editor
Dear Reader, Welcome to Issue 3 of our newsletter for the community. I am delighted to report that the name for the new technological university (TU) has been announced. The new TU will be called Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta an Atlantaigh, and you can find out more about this on page three. Colleagues working in communications and marketing across the eight campuses had an important role to play in the naming process. We meet some of them and look at the work they have been doing to ensure all our internal and external stakeholders are kept up to date on our progress towards the new TU launch date. We get a lot of questions from students and parents about what the new TU really means for them. In this issue we answer some of these questions. Having previously worked in Student Services on the Mayo campus I know how important it is to have as much information as possible in terms of third-level options. I hope you will find some of the answers to your questions here. Students are at the centre of everything we do. In this issue we also feature some
of the work being done by our Student Services and Students’ Union teams to support students and give them the best possible allround university experience. We want our students to graduate not just with a degree but with friends for life and resilience to meet whatever challenges life throws at them. We are also celebrating the progress being made in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion with the three institutes recently awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze award. The new TU will be a rich and diverse community where our students and staff will feel valued for their uniqueness. In this issue we bring you the latest updates on our joint efforts to make that happen.
Best wishes, Anne Donnelly anne.donnelly@cualliance.ie
I hope you enjoy reading this newsletter and please feel free to get in touch if you have any queries.
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