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Proactive Planning Will Make Most Of Regional Differences, Lorcan Sirr, Conor Skehan Apr 2008

Proactive Planning Will Make Most Of Regional Differences, Lorcan Sirr, Conor Skehan

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Planning For A Future That Is Going To Happen, Not Against It, Lorcan Sirr, Conor Skehan Mar 2008

Planning For A Future That Is Going To Happen, Not Against It, Lorcan Sirr, Conor Skehan

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Look After The Risks, Ask The Right Questions – And Know How To Get Out, Lorcan Sirr Mar 2008

Look After The Risks, Ask The Right Questions – And Know How To Get Out, Lorcan Sirr

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Time For Real Values On Commercial Property, Lorcan Sirr Mar 2007

Time For Real Values On Commercial Property, Lorcan Sirr

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Reinventing A Level 7 Programme In Electrical Engineering And Greatly Improving On Student Retention, Eugene Coyle, Mike Murphy, Frank Costello, Leslie Shoemaker Jan 2007

Reinventing A Level 7 Programme In Electrical Engineering And Greatly Improving On Student Retention, Eugene Coyle, Mike Murphy, Frank Costello, Leslie Shoemaker

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Following the successful implementation over a number of decades of a three-year Diploma in Electrical and Control Engineering at Technological University Dublin, the programme entered a period of extreme difficulty and uncertainty in the late nineteen ninetees and early years of the new millennium. As with many such engineering programmes, student numbers seeking to enter began to diminish. Furthermore, engagement and retention of students who had enrolled on the programme became evermore challenging, necessitating some radical moves in the formation and operation of the programme and in putting additional student support mechanisms in place. The situation hit rock bottom between …


Enhancing Educational Programmes For Geomatics In Ireland, Frank Prendergast, William Prendergast, Avril Behan, Helen Murray Jan 2007

Enhancing Educational Programmes For Geomatics In Ireland, Frank Prendergast, William Prendergast, Avril Behan, Helen Murray

Conference Papers

The growing spatial information needs of society, the rapid development of new surveying technologies, and the global demand for appropriately qualified surveyors, have triggered a radical re-evaluation of Geomatics education in Europe. Although significant enhancements to DIT’s educational programmes have been made during the last decade, the provision of new opportunities for learners and innovative changes to existing paradigms of training and education are required. This paper addresses some of the issues confronting educators in DIT, and presents some of the strategies for their enhancement and implementation.


Cop-On To The Risks Of Buying Abroad, Lorcan Sirr Nov 2006

Cop-On To The Risks Of Buying Abroad, Lorcan Sirr

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Anatomy Of A Strike: Waterford Glass 1990, Eddie Conlon Jan 1997

Anatomy Of A Strike: Waterford Glass 1990, Eddie Conlon

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The Down Survey Of Ireland, Frank Prendergast Jan 1997

The Down Survey Of Ireland, Frank Prendergast

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