WIT to make case for change to university status

WIT management insists the institute is ready for the transition to a university, writes South-East Correspondent Neans McSweeney.

SENIOR academics and management at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) are putting the finishing touches to a submission outlining the case for university status for the college.

The submission will be made within weeks to Government, to the Minister for Education & Science and to the Higher Education Authority, the body which has responsibility for planning and development in the higher education sector.