2023 Winners

Please see below the winners and finalists from The Education Awards.

Overall Excellence Award

Winner::

University of Limerick

Best Language School

WINNER:

Coláiste na hÉireann/ Gaelchultúr

FINALISTS:

  • Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre
  • Centre of English Studies (CES)
  • City Language School
  • Coláiste na hÉireann/ Gaelchultúr
  • Irish College of English

Best Further Education Provider

WINNER:

Drogheda Institute of Further Education

FINALISTS:

  • Cavan Institute
  • College of Management and IT
  • Drogheda Institute of Further Education
  • Law Society of Ireland Diploma Centre
  • LIA
  • O Fiaich Institue
  • Pitman Training
  • Progressive College
  • RCSI

Best Erasmus Programme

WINNER:

FINALISTS:

  • Ballyfermot College of Further Education
  • O Fiaich Institue
  • School of Medicine, University of Galway
  • The Well Project - Southern Regional College
  • University of Limerick

Best Collaboration Project

WINNER:

Global Summit comes to University College Cork

FINALISTS:

  • CPD Programme Development & Delivery - TU Dublin and Janssen Sciences Irleland
  • DkIT Level 9 Certificate in Perinatal Mental Health
  • Future Cast
  • Global Summit comes to University College Cork
  • Griffith College Faculty of Law and the Irish Institute of Legal Executives
  • POWER AGEING - Dublin City University Anti-Bullying Centre
  • Tonight with Gerry Kelly - Havelock Street Productions and Belfast Metropolitan College

Best International Collaboration Project

WINNER:

Dundalk Institute of Technology and Heilbronn University Graduate School

FINALISTS:

  • Dundalk Institute of Technology and Heilbronn University Graduate School
  • ED-HOC INTERNATIONAL
  • EDGE - MTU
  • Flúirse Career College & Ansam Training
  • SPuMoNI - National College of Ireland

Best Marketing / Communications Team

WINNER:

University of Limerick

FINALISTS:

  • MCR Team - Southern Regional College
  • Trinity College Dublin Communications Team
  • University College Cork
  • University of Limerick

Best Library Team

WINNER:

Dublin Business School

FINALISTS:

  • Dublin Business School
  • Hibernia College
  • Law Society of Ireland Library

Best Student Experience Award

WINNER:

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - Griffith College

FINALISTS:

  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - Griffith College
  • Dublin Business School
  • LIA
  • MA Drama and Theatre Studies - University of Galway
  • Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research Training in Foundations of Data Science
  • The id Project - University College Cork

Best Student Campus Award

WINNER:

University of Limerick

FINALISTS:

  • University College Cork
  • University of Limerick

Career Impact Strategy Award

WINNER:

The SURE Network

FINALISTS:

  • DBS Graduate Work Readiness Programme
  • Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Degree Programme - Munster Technological University
  • Setanta College
  • The SURE Network

Best Online Learning Experience Award

WINNER:

Munster Technological University (MTU)

FINALISTS:

  • College of Management and IT
  • Diploma in Legal Studies and Practice - Griffith College
  • Higher Diploma in Computer Science - SETU
  • Law Society of Ireland Diploma Centre
  • Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years (LINC) Programme
  • LIA
  • MSc in Management of Operations - DCU
  • Munster Technological University (MTU)
  • Online Teacher Summer Course Programme - Flúirse
  • The Blended Undergraduate Law Programme at Griffith College

Best Education Outreach Award

WINNER:

Explorers Healthy Ocean Project & Ocean Champions Award - Camden Education Trust

FINALISTS:

  • ‘A Day in Life of a Scientist’ Campaign - SSPC
  • Current Chemistry Investigators - Trinity College Dublin and the Atlantic Technological University Sligo
  • Cyberwise - University College Dublin
  • Debunking the Myths - The Science Behind Our Sexual Health - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • Explorers Healthy Ocean Project & Ocean Champions Award - Camden Education Trust
  • Farmer Time - Airfield Estate
  • Junior Cycle Workshop Programme - TU Dublin
  • Parenting 365 - ELI @ NCI
  • Professor Fluffy Programme - University College Cork
  • Towards Greener Fragrances - Queen`s University Belfast

Student Engagement & Communications Award

WINNER:

University of Limerick

FINALISTS:

  • Griffith Halls of Residence
  • Insurance Institute of Ireland
  • Transitions at MTU
  • UCC Skills Centre
  • University College Cork
  • University of Limerick

Best Use of Educational Technology/ICT Initiative of the Year

WINNER:

University of Limerick

FINALISTS:

  • City Colleges
  • College of Management and IT
  • PAT Business School
  • University of Limerick

Best Research Project

WINNER:

The Student Psychological Intervention Trial (SPIT) - Atlantic Technological University, Donegal Campus

FINALISTS:

  • GetReskilled
  • Irish Travellers` Access to Justice - ECHS, University of Limerick
  • SAMI Lab - National College of Ireland
  • The Student Psychological Intervention Trial (SPIT) - Atlantic Technological University, Donegal Campus

Best Graduate Training Programme

WINNER:

BMS

FINALISTS:

  • AbbVie`s Operations Development Program
  • BMS
  • Grant Thornton Ireland
  • Pfizer GBS Dublin

Best Internship Programme Award

WINNER:

Graduate Leadership Programme- Ulster University

FINALISTS:

  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Graduate Leadership Programme- Ulster University

Best Masters Programme

WINNER:

M.Sc. in Translational Oncology - Trinity College Dublin

FINALISTS:

  • DBS MSc Digital Marketing
  • DBS MSc Supply Chain Management
  • LL.M. in International Law - Faculty of Law, Griffith College Dublin
  • M.Sc. in Translational Oncology - Trinity College Dublin
  • MA Art and Environment - TU Dublin
  • MSc AgriFood Sustainability & Technology - University of Galway
  • MSc in Co-operatives, Agri-Food and Sustainable Development - Cork University Business School, University College Cork

International Engagement Award

WINNER:

Young Future Leader Programme - NCI

FINALISTS:

  • Setanta College
  • Young Future Leader Programme - NCI

Excellence in Education by a Professional Body

WINNER:

LIA

FINALISTS:

  • Law Society of Ireland Diploma Centre
  • LIA
  • PAT Business School & ACCA

Excellence in Diversity, Inclusivity, Equality

WINNER:

Leading Equality Diversity & Inclusion in the HE Sector and Beyond- SETU

FINALISTS:

  • Blossom4life
  • Brigit`s Basket - NCI
  • Dublin Business School
  • Leading Equality Diversity & Inclusion in the HE Sector and Beyond- SETU

Excellence in Sustainability

WINNER:

University College Cork

FINALISTS:

  • RCSI
  • University College Cork

Best Industry/Business -Academic Collaboration

WINNER:

NCAD - Department of Nursing ATU Donegal, HSE and Axia Digital (Ireland)

FINALISTS:

  • Advanced Certificate/Special Purpose Award in Phlebotomy - TUG, MRHP & MRHT
  • Certificate in the Fundamentals of Understanding and Responding to Domestic Abuse - Dundalk institute of Technology
  • Current Chemistry Investigators - Trinity College Dublin and the Atlantic Technological University Sligo
  • Drogheda Institute and Amazon Web Services Data Centre Technician Programme
  • MACSI – University of Limerick
  • NCAD - Department of Nursing ATU Donegal, HSE and Axia Digital (Ireland)
  • P-TECH - National College of Ireland
  • Student Inc.- MTU, UL, UCC, ATU, TUS & MIC

Best Community Academic Collaboration

WINNER:

The Open Door -MTU, Cork ETB, IASIO & Cork Prison (IPS)

FINALISTS:

  • Ashfield College & Shamrock Rovers
  • Setanta College x GPA
  • Smart Money Habits - LIA AND RPI
  • South East Technological University, Amanda Coogan and Dublin Theatre of the Deaf
  • The Open Door -MTU, Cork ETB, IASIO & Cork Prison (IPS)
  • Unhappy Endings? - Mary Immaculate College
  • University of Limerick City Centre Campus Mural