News & Events

Welcome to News and Events at Shannon College.

Please feel free to leave comments or ask questions on the news events posted below. We’re always interested in hearing what’s happening with our graduates, students and industry partners, so if you have a news story or event you’d like us to post,  please contact Sarah Geraghty, Marketing Manager (sarahgeraghty@shannoncollege.com).

Class of 2009 Start Year 2 Work Placement

Written by college on All News, Banner, June 17th, 2010

Girls on Grass The class of 2009 have finished their first year of studies at Shannon College and are travelling now to start their Year 2 professional work placement. Over 80 students will begin the 12 month paid, professional internship in leading hotels around Ireland and Europe…

Best Paper Award at THRIC 2010

Written by college on All News, Banner, THRIC Conference, June 16th, 2010

THRIC WinnerThe ‘Best Research Paper’ award was presented to Margaret Walsh at the recent THRIC conference held at Shannon College. The winning paper; Creating Superior Competitive Advantages for the Small Tourism Firm Through Capitalising on the Firm-Level Dynamic Capability of Innovativeness…

Work Placement in 66 Hotels in 11 Countries

Written by college on All News, Featured, April 20th, 2010

Map of Placements Shannon College has internship partners around the world, providing students with operative and trainee management internships…

‘ICE’ Winners

Written by college on All News, Banner, April 7th, 2010

Three Shannon College students; Zhongyi (Ellen) Ren, Patrick Farrell and Patrice Lacken; scooped first place in the Group Innovation Challenge as part of the ‘Innovation: Creativity & Enterprise’ (ICE) module at NUI Galway…