ORCID
- Yvonne Galligan: 0009-0007-9861-2054
Abstract
Technological universities (TUs) mark a notable change in the Irish higher education landscape and were recently founded by mergers of former Institutes of Technology (IoT). The emergence of these five new Irish universities coincided with the increasing emphasis from policymakers on equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the Irish higher education sector. This chapter explores how EDI has been integrated into these new universities. It examines distinctive aspects of the TU sector, focusing on features which are particularly relevant to the work of EDI and provides short case studies from the five TUs discussing key challenges and opportunities faced when integrating EDI into overall structures, policies and strategic plans. Finally, it summarises progress to date, outlining some of the challenges and opportunities for EDI in the TU sector into the future.
Keywords
Challenges, Diversity and inclusion, Equality, Integration, Mergers, Opportunities, Technological Universities
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Publication Date
2025-01-01
Publication Title
Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN
9783031895012, 9783031895029
ISSN
2524-6445
First Page
155
Last Page
173
Deposit Date
2026-05-01
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Recommended Citation
Duggan, Marian; Galligan, Yvonne; Kenneally, Allison; Linehan, Margaret; McCormack, Jacqueline; and MacNamara, Noirin, "Advancing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Ireland’s Technological University Sector" (2025). Research Outputs: 2025-Present. 1.
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/libraryro/1