St. Angela's College, Sligo
Encyclopedia
St. Angela's College, Sligo is a college of the National University of Ireland, Galway
National University of Ireland, Galway
The National University of Ireland, Galway is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland...

 since 2006. Prior to this, since 1978, the college was a recognised college of the National University of Ireland
National University of Ireland
The National University of Ireland , , is a federal university system of constituent universities, previously called constituent colleges, and recognised colleges set up under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, and significantly amended by the Universities Act, 1997.The constituent universities are...

. St. Angela’s College, Sligo was founded by the Ursuline Order in 1952.

The college is located outside the town of Sligo
Sligo
Sligo is the county town of County Sligo in Ireland. The town is a borough and has a charter and a town mayor. It is sometimes referred to as a city, and sometimes as a town, and is the second largest urban area in Connacht...

, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

, on the shores on Lough Gill. It focuses primarily on education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

 and nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....

 courses.

The college offers courses in Home Economics teacher training with one of four options (Economics and Consumer Studies, Gaeilge, Biology and Science, Religious Education). Other courses on offer include: Nursing degrees, Bachelor of Arts in Economics and the Bachelor of Applied Science in Food Studies to name a few.

In 2007 with the closure of St Catherine’s College of Education for Home Economics
St Catherine’s College of Education for Home Economics
St. Catherine’s College of Education for Home Economics, was set up by the Dominican Order in 1929 for the training of secondary school teachers of Domestic Science, the college was known more colloquially as either ‘St Catherine’s’ or simply as ‘Sion Hill’. It was renamed in 1971 St. Catherine’s...

, Sion Hill, Blackrock Dublin, St Angela's became the centre for Home Economics education in Ireland.

Recently erected on the college campus are: 4* student accommodation, a laundrette, a take away and mace store.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK