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With school kids off for the summer, the annual question of what to do to keep them occupied springs to fore once again. MIC's CRAFT Maker Space are holding five summer camps with students from across the Mid-West where science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) are blended in a fun and educational way. 

As the leading third-level institution in Ireland in the provision of programmes in the teaching of STEAM at primary and second level, MIC is committed to promoting STEAM among early years, primary and second level students, teachers, parents and the general public, through a wide range of outreach activities and events.

STEAMing is a three-year programme (September 2019–August 2022) of research and development in STEAM education and training. The project addresses the need, identified by all European countries, to increase knowledge and competence in STEAM (Science, Technology, Art and Design, and Mathematics) education, at all levels, in order to foster essential innovation and creativity.

Learn about the Department of STEM Education at MIC, and how it is committed to providing equitable access to STEM experiences and literacy for all learners. The disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, known collectively as STEM, play an important role in today's world.

The STEM Education Conference will take place on 22-23 May 2026 at MIC Limerick. The theme and title of the conference is 'Integrated STEM for a Future-Ready Generation: Implementing Ireland’s new primary STEM curriculum through interdisciplinary learning and emerging technologies'.

In this case study, Dr Michael McNamara outlines how integrating digital technologies, particularly Virtual Reality (VR) and generative AI (GenAI), can enhance teaching and learning about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on SDG 4: Quality Education and SDG 14: Life Below Water.

Is cúis mhór bhróin dúinn a fhógairt go bhfuil ár gcara is ár gcomhleacaí, Stiofán Newman, tar éis bháis. Bhí sé ina léachtóir díograiseach i Roinn na Gaeilge, Dámh na nDán, ar feadh tríocha bliain. D’éag sé ar an Déardaoin 13 Samhain in Ospidéal na hOllscoile, Luimneach, agus a mhuintir grámhar ar fad timpeall air.

The MIC Library Stores hold material that is less in demand than the stock in the main library. Material held in the stores will have one of the following locations listed when you find it in the Library Catalogue: Dock Road or Treaty Store. Visit this page to learn more about: Requesting material from the external stores, How long do requests take?, and How will I know if my request is available?

A new book from MIC academic Dr Sarah O’Brien tells the stories of Irish immigrants in post-Famine America. Of Memory and the Misplaced draws from 30 memoirs written between 1900 and 1970 and shows the prevalence of intimate and taboo themes in ordinary immigrants’ writing, such as domestic violence, same-sex love, and famine-induced trauma.

A new collaboration between Mary Immaculate College (MIC) historians and Limerick City & County Council explores how everyday life, teaching and learning continued – sometimes with difficulty – throughout the turbulent period of the Irish Revolution. Produced as part of Limerick City & County Council’s Decade of Centenaries programme, Studying Revolution: Accounts of Mary Immaculate College, 1918-1923 collates primary source material to tell the story of how staff & students navigated the revolutionary period, how ordinary life was interrupted and of the times that the war quite literally arrived at the College gates.