NEWS - DEVELOPMENTS ‘Looking after your Mental Health’ Seminar LIT was pleased to join forces with Limerick Sports Partnership and the Mid-West Drugs and Alcohol Forum in April to host a ‘Looking after your Mental Health’ seminar for second level students at Thomond Park. LIT President, Professor Vincent Cunnane gave the opening address and the 650 students in attendance heard about the importance of looking after your mental health and listened to a number of interesting speakers including Olympic athlete Jessie Barr and former Munster Rugby player Cathal Sheridan, who shared their personal experiences, as well as Donal Scanlon who spoke about ‘Mental Health First Aid’ and Professor William O’Connor, Head of Teaching and Research at UL Graduate Entry Medical School. Events such as this seminar aim to promote an increased understanding for students on the importance of looking after their mental health and to seek help and support when required. High Praise for Scholarly Publication and New Research Initiative at LIT One of Ireland’s leading educationalists, Professor Tom Collins posed the question; ‘Why are so many teachers unhappy’ when speaking at the launch of a highly acclaimed publication at LIT Thurles recently. The publication arising from a doctoral study by LIT lecturer Dr. Michael Ryan, is an investigation into the professional lives of second level teachers in Ireland. The book entitled: The Teaching Triangle: Pedagogy, Professionalism and Vocationalism was highly commended by Professor Tom Collins (Education Policy Analyst) and Professor Sarah Moore (Chairperson of the National Forum for Teaching and Learning), for the rigorous manner in which it explored educational practice at second level in Ireland. The book can be purchased online from global academic publisher Morebooks, or at Bookworm Thurles, Co. Tipperary or by contacting the author directly at: michaelfrancis.ryan@lit.ie Limerick and Tipperary Charities benefit from LIT MarketLink Once again, Limerick and Tipperary based charity organisations have benefited from the thousands of euro raised by LIT students across our campuses in Limerick, Thurles and Clonmel through our annual MarketLink initiative. Students from the Marketing and Management, Business and Social Care Work programmes worked in teams where they developed commercial business ideas and sold their products or services at the annual MarketLink Fair in LIT to raise funds for local charitable causes. MarketLink is a hugely successful event in LIT and has raised thousands of euro for various charities since its inception in 2009. This year, the event also featured Ireland’s largest Mannequin Challenge which involved over 200 students on ‘The Street’. Proceeds from this year’s events in Limerick benefited the Children’s Ark Unit at University Hospital Limerick, Rape Crisis Mid-West and Limerick Marine Search and Rescue, while proceeds from MarketLink in Thurles and Clonmel were donated to St Vincent de Paul, Pieta House, Cuan Saor, Novas, Mo Chara Animal Rescue and the Deise Animal Sanctuary. SciFest@LIT 2017 Post primary students from schools all over Limerick, Clare, Tipperary and Laois took part in SciFest@LIT 2017 at Moylish campus on April 26th and Thurles campus on May 3rd. With over 200 projects on display across the two campuses, students really put their knowledge of science to the test. Top prize at SciFest in Moylish was awarded to Ruth Daly from Coláiste Chiaráin, Croom, Co. Limerick for her project ‘An Investigation of the Effect of Water and Soil Toxicity on Daphnia’, while the Thurles competition winners were Seamus Ryan, Christine Delaney and Kate Madden from St Joseph’s College, Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary with their project ‘When in Doubt Swing it out’. The Limerick and Thurles winners now go forward to the National SciFest final in Dublin in November and we wish both projects the best of luck. SPOTLIGHT
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