AWARDS SPORTS LIT Summer Hurling School of Excellence Our popular annual Hurling School of Excellence will take place again this summer from July 25th - 28th at the Moylish, Limerick campus. Open to 13 - 17 year old students, the residential camp gives students an opportunity to improve and enhance their hurling skills in a fun environment where they will work with some of the country’s best intercounty hurlers. Places are limited and can be reserved with the LIT Sports Office at: sports@lit.ie or 061 293492. Limerick’s Fittest School Based on the TV series, Ireland’s Fittest Family, a team of second year Sports Development & Coaching students developed a programme ‘Limerick’s Fittest School’ in a quest to find the fittest school in the region! Over a seven week period, the students managed fitness training programmes with Transition Year students from four schools in the region. At the end of the seven weeks, two students from each school competed in a final at LIT for the crown of Limerick’s Fittest School 2017. Congratulations to students from Coláiste na Trócaire, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick who took the accolade for 2017, beating students from Askeaton, Newcastlewest and Limerick City. Well done to all the Transition Year students that participated in this healthy initiative. STEM in Sport LIT’s Department of Sport has been successful in winning funding from the Science Foundation Ireland Discover programme. The LIT project ‘STEM in Sports’ is managed and delivered by Dr Philip Hennessy and two graduates from LIT’s Masters programme in Strength and Conditioning. The programme aims to engage students from socially disadvantaged areas at a critical stage of their lives with STEM subjects through the medium of sport. The programme consists of 12 weeks of 4 hour long classes involving physical activity, sporting examples and hands-on inquiry based learning to spark interest in real life application of STEM knowledge. It is hoped that the engagement may lead to a better understanding of STEM in their lives and improved engagement with STEM subjects as they enter the Leaving Certificate cycle. The programme aligns with the National Curriculum for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths and each student will receive a Certificate of Completion and attend a graduation ceremony at LIT. Live Q&A Sessions for CAO Applicants LIT showcased a new initiative in January allowing Leaving Certificate students interested in programmes at LIT to connect with current LIT students via Snapchat, in a bid to help them decide their future direction after leaving school. The live Question and Answer session which elicited a huge response from CAO applicants was designed to assist with any last minute queries Leaving Certificate students may have before submitting their CAO applications. With Snapchat one of the main forms of communication among teenage students, it was an ideal opportunity to connect with current first year LIT students to find out what life in college is like and what to expect when starting college. LIT staff were also on-hand to ensure that students received answers to any course specific questions. Such was the success of the initiative that LIT will run additional Q&A sessions on Snapchat during the week 26th - 30th June to assist students with making their final course selection before the CAO Change of Mind deadline of July 1st. CAO applicants can connect with LIT across all our social media platforms: LimerickIT Contact LIT LIT’s Marketing and Communications Office provides a range of services to schools designed to give students relevant information about our programmes, entry requirements, student support services and student life in general at LIT. Our services can include school visits/presentations, information stands at schools, and attendance at schools careers exhibitions. Contact our Schools team who will be happy to assist - email: schools@lit.ie or telephone: 0504 28021. @LimerickIT LimerickIT LITSNAP Limerick_IT SPOTLIGHT
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