CIT chief ups ante for status change

CORK Institute of Technology president Dr Brendan Murphy has reiterated his call for the college to be designated as a technological university, saying it would deliver many benefits.

The college applied for the change in status to the Department of Education last March, adding to similar applications from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).

“The national and international standing of CIT will be enhanced and consequently the institute will be better able to recruit partners, staff, researchers and students from abroad,” Dr Murphy said yesterday.