02.05.12

More Languages More Options

The Post-Primary Languages Initiative have launched a new video series ‘More Languages More Options’, seven short films on the value of foreign language skills. Each of the short films has a sub-title and these are: ‘Languages for Jobs’ ‘Languages for Science’ ‘Languages for the Workplace’ ‘Languages for Sport’ ‘Languages for the Arts’ ‘Languages for Education [...]

01.05.12

Taught Postgraduate Scholarships

As part of the UL 40th celebrations UL is providing funding for 40 TPG Scholarships to potential applicants for the 2012/13 academic year. The value of each scholarship is €2,000. The successful candidates will receive the scholarship in the form of a reduced fee. LLCC can offer 10 of these scholarships. Full details: www.artsoc.ul.ie/new-scholarships-.php Criteria [...]

23.03.12

Oral exam times

Current students can view their Spring 2012 oral examination times at the following link: ul.ie/llcc/category/oral-exams/

17.02.12

RTE Journalist, Charlie Bird Addresses Journalism Students at UL

RTE Journalist, Charlie Bird recently addressed journalism students as part of the ‘Issues in Irish Journalism’ seminar series held at the University of Limerick. ‘I believe in Public Service Journalism’ was the title of Charlie Bird’s talk which was attended by students and staff of the BA in Journalism and New Media programme. Tom Felle, [...]

06.02.12

Minister for Education Addresses UL Journalism Students

Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn T.D. addressed journalism students at the inaugural 2012 ‘Issues in Irish Journalism’ seminar series held at the University of Limerick. Minister Quinn congratulated the organisers of the series and answered a number of questions put by the students. He said that the internet and on-line media were one threat to [...]

23.01.12

Japan Links Strengthened by Book Donation

UL’s Glucksman Library’s Japan-related holdings received a welcome boost in January with a donation of recently-published books on a wide range of topics from Japan. The donation was provided by the Nippon Foundation’s ‘Read Japan’ project which donates Japanese books to libraries worldwide. The books will prove useful not just to students studying Japanese language [...]

23.11.11

External fee waivers

Applications for Fee Waivers All applicants should first try to identify a potential supervisor and a project. Faculty research areas are available here. Once you have identified a supervisor and have agreed a project with your proposed supervisor you should submit: Brief description of research project including a work schedule Confirmation of intended registration date [...]

18.10.11

Language Learner of the Year 2011

Many congratulations to LLCC student Jessica Gough who won one of four Language Learners of the Year awards. The purpose of this award is to recognise outstanding achievements of individual language learners. This award targets learners, of any age and from any sector, who have tackled the challenges of learning a language and have emerged [...]

01.09.11

Conferrings August 2011

Many congratulations to our students who were conferred from the University of Limerick on 26th August 2011. Pictured are Catherine Curtin, First Place Medal, Bachelor of Arts (Joint Honours), UL President, Professor Don Barry and Aoife O’Dwyer, Cooperative Education Award, Bachelor of Arts in Language and Cultural Studies.

22.07.11

LLCC student to represent Ireland as Erasmus Student Ambassador

Jessica Gough, a University of Limerick Erasmus student has been selected by the European Commission to represent Ireland as the Erasmus Student Ambassador at the 25th anniversary of the Erasmus Programme in 2012. 87 proposals from 33 countries were received by the European Commission from which Jessica was chosen to represent Ireland.  A press conference [...]

21.04.11

George Lee Outlined his Roadmap to Economic Recovery in First Public Lecture at UL

Former Fine Gael TD George Lee  gave  his first public lecture since his surprise resignation from the Dail at the University of Limerick  this Tuesday April 20th. The former RTE Economics Editor was elected to the Dail in the Dublin South by-election in June 2009, but he resigned nine months later amid claims that he [...]

11.04.11

18th Century Limerick Magazine digitized by UL and MIC Academics

A Limerick science and literary magazine entitled ‘Magazine of Magazines’ which was produced in the city between 1751 and 1769 has been digitized and is now fully searchable as a result of a project undertaken by members of the Eighteenth Century Research Group at the University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College Limerick. The official [...]

06.12.10

University of Limerick Journalism Students Launch City Voice and Parish Voice Newspapers

The journalism students at the University of Limerick have produced two newspapers benefiting city and suburban communities in Limerick.  The City Voice has been produced by 30 second year BA Journalism students and the Parish Voice by the current Masters (MA) in Journalism cohort. The City Voice is a contemporarily designed newspaper for the city, [...]

01.12.10

First Seven Weeks Teaching/Advising Award Winner 2010

Dr David Coughlan, School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences was the inaugural recipient of the First Seven Weeks Teaching/Advising Award Winner 2010.  First year students were asked to nominate the teacher/tutor or advisor who has had the most positive impact on their learning experience at [...]

14.09.10

Japanese Ambassador launches Languages Week at UL

Japanese Ambassador to Ireland, Mr T Urabe officially launched Languages Week at UL. This year UL celebrates 20 years of the Bachelor of Business Studies with Japanese at UL. There are now nearly 70 students studying Japanese at UL many of whom have benefited from cooperative education experience in Japan. It is to be hoped [...]

21.08.10

UL set to Host International Conference on the role of Women in Peace Processes

An international conference on the role of women in peace processes, which commences at the University of Limerick next week, is set to generate a transnational dialogue among scholars, activists and artists, exploring women’s experiences of conflict and peace processes.  By examining how women have transmitted and represented memories of repression and conflict historically, it [...]

14.07.10

UL – NUI Galway Alliance Launched PhD New Media & Film

The University of Limerick and NUI Galway have launched a new four-year structured PhD in New Media and Film. This development is one of the initiatives to come out of the NUI Galway-UL Alliance recently launched by An Taoiseach Brian Cowen T.D and will start in September 2010. Also announced at the launch was a [...]

30.05.10

Booker Prize Winner Anne Enright Reading at UL

Man Booker Prize winner for fiction 2007, Anne Enright, gave an evening reading on Saturday 29th May at the University of Limerick. This event was free and open to the public and started at 7pm in the Millstream Common Room, University of Limerick. This event was organised as part of the 11th Annual New Voices Conference running [...]

23.02.10

Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, Emily O’Reilly delivers a lecture at UL

As part of the ‘Investigating Current Issues in Irish Journalism’ Seminar Series at the University of Limerick, Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, Emily O’Reilly delivered a lecture on the Freedom of Information Act in Ireland at the University of Limerick on Tuesday 23rd February. Ms O’Reilly covered a number of important issues relating to openness and [...]

03.02.10

How Stupidity & Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger

Irish Times Columnist, Fintan O’Toole launched the Seminar Series: Investigating Current Issues in Irish Journalism run by journalism faculty at the University of Limerick. In delivering the opening lecture in the series last night, “How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger”, O’Toole said; “When you get very rapid rises in property prices the typical [...]

01.02.10

State of the art Languages Facility Opens at UL

The Minister of State for Overseas Development, Peter Power T.D., today (Monday 1st February) opened a new state-of-the-art Languages Building at the University of Limerick. Speaking in advance on the opening, Minister Power said; “this building will provide a focal point for students, teachers and researchers, helping to promote language learning on campus and throughout the [...]

21.01.10

UL journalism students produce local newspaper to give Southill a voice

The University of Limerick journalism students produced a  local newspaper for Southill – one of Limerick’s most disadvantaged areas. The Southill Voice reveals that there has been a dramatic 160% rise in the numbers of students from Southill attending the University of Limerick over the past decade. And the paper also reveals that 13 elderly [...]