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Minister Mitchell O’Connor congratulates the inaugural DELTA awardees
Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. Minister of State for Higher Education last night presented the inaugural DELTA (Disciplinary Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment) awards. Eleven projects were successful in receiving awards, from nearly 50 applications.
The DELTA awards are organised by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Working in close partnership with the sector, the National Forum is ensuring that our students enjoy a learning experience of the highest quality.
These awards recognise the value of teaching at a national level. They demonstrate an outstanding commitment by institutions to enriching teaching and learning in their disciplines, and preparing graduates for the working world. The projects showcase the range of innovation, disciplinary excellence and dedication in our higher education institutions, that all contribute to improving teaching and learning across the sector.
The Minister said,
“These Awards are strongly aligned with the principles and ambitions of the 2018 Action Plan for Education. It is particularly heartening to see the wide range of institutions and discipline areas of the projects. It highlights something that is very important to me – that there is clear, focused and ongoing commitment to teaching and learning enhancement in our institutions; as this is one of the fundamental foundation stones for an excellent and renowned higher education sector”.
The winning projects are:-
Discipline | Institution | Project Name |
Arts/ Law | University of Limerick, School of Law | Clinical Legal Education through Experiential Learning |
| IADT, Faculty of Film, Art, and Creative Technologies | Critical Thinking and Creative Practice |
Health | University of Limerick, The Graduate Entry Medical School | Integrated Medical Education – Learning for Life |
| UCD, Radiography and Diagnostic Imaging - | Incorporating educational and healthcare technologies to enhance Radiography and Diagnostic Imaging education and training |
| Dublin Institute of Technology, Higher Cert. in Pharmacy Technician Studies | Innovations in Pharmacy Technician Studies |
| University of Limerick, Department of Clinical Therapies | Interprofessional Education at the University of Limerick: Training allied healthcare students for best practice |
Sciences | Dublin Institute of Technology, Chemical Education Research Team | Supporting, Engaging and Challenging DIT Chemistry Undergraduates by Emphasising Real World Applications and Applying Technology Effectively |
Engineering/ Construction | Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Building Information Modelling Implementation Group GMIT (BIGG) | Using a collaborative academic-industry reciprocal learning framework to establish GMIT as an international leader in Building Information Modelling (BIM) education and campus management |
Business | Dundalk Institute of Technology, Department of Hospitality | Embedding Graduate Attributes into all Programmes |
| Cork Institute of Technology ACE (Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship) | Entrepreneurship Education at Cork Institute of Technology |
Social Sciences | Dublin Institute of Technology, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism | Students in Action Initiative |