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Dell Technologies Limerick recently hosted the ninth annual MIC Dell VEX Robotics Competition, welcoming over 400 primary school students and their teachers from 23 schools across Limerick, Clare, and Tipperary. Delivered in partnership with Mary Immaculate College (MIC), the Mid-West VEX IQ Regional Final gives young learners the opportunity to showcase their robot which they had spent months designing, building and coding. Teams competed in robot skills and teamwork challenges, working collaboratively to solve problems and score points.

Mary Immaculate College (MIC) in partnership with the Embassy of France in Ireland, has launched a new scholarship initiative to support the next generation of primary teachers to undertake immersive language training in France.

Mary Immaculate College and the Gaelic Players Association are delighted to announce an extension to the MIC GPA Sports scholarship scheme. Originally introduced in 2021 for a three-year period the MIC GPA Sports Scholarship is open to Gaelic Players Association (GPA) members who are undertaking postgraduate study at MIC. Under the revised scheme, successful applicants can avail of fee waivers of up to €4,600 per annum.

Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and The Hunt Museum have announced details of a culture and climate conference which is to take place in Limerick this February. The Culture and Climate Action Conference, which will take place on Saturday 23 February, draws on the academic excellence in climate from MIC’s Geography Department and follows the Hunt Museum’s emphasis on showcasing Ireland’s pioneering spirit regarding renewable energy resources in its ongoing Night Candles are Burnt Out exhibition.

Mary Immaculate College and the Ambassador of Ireland to the USA, H.E. Geraldine Byrne Nason recently hosted a gathering of educational partners in Washington DC. Close to 100 guests were present at the event at the Ambassador’s residence, including the Presidents and representatives of MIC’s partner universities, who were also attending the annual meeting of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) in the American capital at that time.

Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will open new opportunities for teachers, school leaders, and students across Kerry.

Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and the University of Limerick (UL) came together this week to celebrate Ireland’s remarkable legacy as a global pioneer in university-level modern language education. The event was the third in a four-part national series leading up to next year’s milestone anniversary: 250 years since Trinity College Dublin (TCD) first established professorships in French, German, Italian and Spanish in 1776—positions that laid the foundations for modern language study in Irish higher education. The final event in the series will take place in TCD in 2026.

Mary Immaculate College (MIC) has teamed up with digital skills specialists from Microsoft Dream Space to empower early year educators with the skills to inspire and engage children with technology, coding and robotics in a fun and interactive way. This important Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) education collaboration has been established under the Creative Arts and Future Technology (CRAFT) Maker Space with MIC’s Department of Enterprise & Community Engagement.

Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and the Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years (LINC) Programme are proud to once again support the national Shine Green Ribbon Campaign, which this year carries the powerful call to action: 'Step Up to Stamp Out Stigma.'

Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and Tipperary Education and Training Board (ETB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to recognise existing cooperation between the two institutions and cement plans for further collaboration in the Further and Higher Education sector.

Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and Tipperary Education and Training Board (ETB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to recognise existing cooperation between the two institutions and cement plans for further collaboration across the education sector.

The Department of STEM Education in Mary Immaculate College (MIC) has collaborated with the University of Limerick (UL), and the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) to bring the Limerick Festival of Science 2024 to audiences across Limerick and Clare. The festival will run in venues across Limerick city and county, as well as county Clare throughout the month of November. This year’s festival, following the national Science Week theme of ‘Regeneration’ will present a range of activities and experiences to celebrate the role of science and STEM in the lives of people in the Mid-West region. The Limerick Festival of Science is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and part of Ireland’s Science Week (10-17 November 2024). This year, events organised by the STEM Department in MIC will take place across two weeks in November. Teaching Fellow in STEM Education, Mairead Ryan, who coordinates the Limerick Festival of Science in Mary Immaculate College said she is delighted to launch such a broad programme of events: “The participation of staff and students across the MIC community is much appreciated, as this has helped to develop the diversity of events for public engagement, as well as the variety of interactive workshops for primary school and secondary school pupils in the coming weeks”.