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Teaching and Learning Innovation Awards
In March 2025, the Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) awarded 16 T&L Partners in Innovation Fellowship awards. Supported by the National Forum for the enhancement of T&L in Ireland under the HEA National Forum T&L SATLE funding. This new annual TLC award involves staff working with students as partners across ATU campuses on a variety of transformative education initiatives. Case studies and outputs will be presented at a special all staff T&L Showcase event planned for February 2026 on the ATU Donegal campus.
The next award call for proposals will be announced in 2026.
| Project Leader | Project Team | Faculty | ATU Campus | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mossy Kelly | Students of Physics and Instrumentation | Science and Computing (Applied Physics) | Galway | The Unexamined AI is not worth using: Combining Socratic Inquiry and GenAI in Standard homework problem sets |
| Anne Conlon | Ms. Sharon Boyle, Ms. Laura Hegarty, Dr. Gabriela Gliga, Dr. Janine McGinn, Dr. Meghann Drury-Grogan | Business | Killybegs | Digital West 2025 |
| Rita Melia | Allan McGee, Elaine McHugh, Mark Johnston, Davy Walsh, Mary Skellington, Anne Wiseman, Sheila McArdle, Mairead McCluskey | Science and Health | Mayo | Rejuvenation of the Woodlands Trail ATU Mayo |
| Trish O’Connell | Trish O’Connell | Science and Health | Galway | Real World Manufacturing Process Simulation (Kinesthetic Learning) |
| Blaithin McGrath | Blaithin McGrath, Edel Costello, Mary Hannon, Akin Akande, Cian Taylor | Science and Health | Sligo | Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL): Empowering Student Partnerships and maximising Career readiness in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) |
| Dr. Syan Kumar | Dr. Syan Kumar, Dr. Akinlolu Akande | Science and Health | Sligo | Universal Design for Learning in Information Technology Education: Developing and Distributing Excel Manuals for Enhanced Student Engagement in Undergraduate Modules at ATU Sligo |
| Dr. Rachael Shaw | Dr. Rachael Shaw | Business | Galway | Learning Business Analytics through a Student-Designed Gamification Pilot |
| Mary McCormack | Lorna Moynihan and students from year 4 in the academic year 25/26 | Business | Galway | ATU Marketing and Sales Summit |
| Grainne McCaughey | Grainne McCaughey, Mary Clare Conneely, Yemi Taiwo | Design, Education and Humanities | St. Angela’s | STACS Sustainability Initiative |
| John Carty | John Carty | Business | Galway | THE (Tourism, Hospitality, Event) Marketing and PR Masterclass |
| Dr. Marie Finnegan | Marie Finnegan | Business | Galway | Study on the Use of Artificial Intelligence by Undergraduate Finance and Economics Students for Learning Support |
| Eva Murphy | Eva Murphy, Mary Nolan | Engineering and Computing | Sligo | Integrating “Where there is no Engineer” into Engineering Education |
| Davy Walsh | Rita Melia, Mary Skellington, Allan McGee | Design, Education and Humanities | Mayo | Outdoor Classroom |
| Tomi Zlatar | Tomi Zlatar, Wijekoon, Mudiyanselage Lakmal Wijethunge, Yengi, Emmanuel Justine, Evans Acheampong, Aine Meehan, Perry Share, John Prender, Emmet Brady, Yvonne Sarsfield | Science and Health | Sligo | Virtual Reality as a tool for promoting Empathy and Inclusion Awareness of Vulnerable Groups: the elderly, people with disabilities and migrants |
| Elaine McHugh | Elaine McHugh | Science and Health | Mayo | Immersive Classrooms: A Student Partnership Approach to Integrating Virtual Reality in Psychology Education |