25 May, 2021

Today MTU were awarded their second National DELTA Award for Entrepreneurship Teaching and Learning (T&L), 2021-2024. The prestigious award from the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education goes to everyone involved in the MTU-wide entrepreneurship T&L ecosystem. The application team of staff and students from across the University were involved in a six-month application process culminating in an online review with a large international judging panel.

Thank you to the National Forum for their support, vision and commitment to excellence in teaching and learning. The award recognises the value of MTU’s sustained achievements in teaching and learning enhancement, and their plan for further development of teaching and learning that can be shared as good practice across the sector.

The application team:

• Dr Breda Kenny, Head of the School of Business;
• Dr Helen McGuirk, Head of the Hincks Centre (Team Lead);
• Caroline O’Reilly, Head of Department, Management and Enterprise;
• Dr Breda O’Dwyer, Senior Lecturer, Head of CEED;
• Josette O’Mullane, Innovation and Enterprise Manager;
• Hugh McCarthy, Senior Lecturer, Cork School of Music;
• Lisa Murphy, Lecturer, Department of Management and Enterprise and PhD candidate;
• Eilis Seoigh, Administrator, Hincks Centre;
• Trudie Murray, Lecturer, Department of Management and Enterprise and PhD candidate;
• Carole O’Leary, Regional Programme Manager for 3rd Level Student Entrepreneurship;
• Paul Healy, Manager, Rubicon Centre;
• Dr Paul Keane, Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering;
• Dr Hugh O’Donnell, Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering;
• Catriona Fenton, Enterprise Intern, Hincks Centre, Masters Student;
• Clionadh Fahy, Enterprise Intern, Rubicon Centre, Masters Student;
• Dylan Hennessy, Enterprise Intern, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Masters Student.

Congratulation to everyone involved!

More details are available on the following National Forum link:

Teams from MTU, UCC and UL Receive DELTA Awards - National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education