Atlantic Technological University (ATU) student Barry Breslin, from Dunkineely, and Technological University Dublin lecturer Owen McFadden, from Gweedore, are members of teams awarded project funding under the new ‘N-TUTORR—Transforming Learning’ initiative.
The N-TUTORR ‘Students as Partners in Innovation and Change’ funding grants have been awarded to 131 projects across the seven institutions that make up Ireland’s Technological Universities sector, including ATU. A total of more than €650,000 is being awarded under the programme, with each project receiving up to €5,000 in funding.
Mr Breslin is a student at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Donegal. He is among a team of students and staff to be awarded funding for a project that will see them develop a pilot, peer-led wellness café model in a third-level setting to foster mental health.
Pictured at the announcement of projects awarded funding under the new N-TUTORR—Transforming Learning initiative are L-R: Dr Carina Ginty, Dr Ruth Quinn, Barry Breslin, Annette Cosgrove, Jessica Duffy, Dr Jacqueline McCormack and Dr Ellen McCabe from Atlantic Technological University, which has campuses in Donegal, Sligo and Galway. Photo: Jason Clarke
Mr McFadden is a lecturer at Technological University of Dublin (TU Dublin) and he is leading a project awarded N-TUTORR funding titled ‘Total Immersion Gingerbread Challenge’.
This project is bringing together TU Dublin students from diverse cultures and backgrounds to collaborate on an Irish tourism brand theme that they will represent in the form of a gingerbread house.
Mr McFadden has also received funding under the N-TUTORR programme for a solo project titled ‘Dynamic Digital: Heritage Tourism Expedition’. The aim of the project is to push the boundaries of the keystone “Digital T Student” module of the International Hospitality and Tourism Management programme at TU Dublin.
Owen McFadden, Technological University Dublin lecturer, from Gweedore, Co Donegal, with Ursula Donovan, from Newbridge, Co Kildare, fellow lecturer at TU Dublin, whose ‘Total Immersion Gingerbread Challenge’ project has received N-TUTORR funding. Photo: Jason Clarke
The announcement of the N-TUTORR funded projects took place at an event in the Spencer Hotel, Dublin, on 23rd May.
Funded by the European Union—NextGenerationEU, N-TUTORR is coordinated through the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA), with support from the Higher Education Authority (HEA).
