Two lecturers from the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) have been highly commended for their exceptional contributions to teaching at the prestigious Regional Teaching Excellence Awards.

The awards, which took place at the Millenium theatre on the grounds of the TUS Moylish campus in Limerick last week, celebrated seven finalists from across the region, representing TUS, Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and University of Limerick (UL).

Among the seven shortlisted candidates which included the winner, three lecturers received high commendations - two of them hailing from TUS’s Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD): Damien O’Connell, Programme Coordinator for Critical and Contextual Studies, and Clare-based Gianna Tomasso, Programme Leader for the MA in Instructional and Learning Design.

To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by Programme Leader for the MA in Instructional and Learning Design and is an Assistant Lecturer at Limerick School of Art and Design, Gianna Tomass.

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