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TUS success at World Skills Ireland (WSI) Cookery Competition

TUS second year Culinary Arts student Jack Rice has won silver at the national finals of the World Skills Ireland (WSI) cookery competition. Jack is currently studying culinary arts at the TUS Moylish Campus in Limerick.

Prior to securing the silver medal at the national competition, he competed successfully in the qualifying round at TUS Athlone Campus.

Following weeks of training and mentoring Jack then went on to take part in the three-day national competition competing against students from five other technological universities and institutes of technology. During their studies, TUS students get to take part in industry events, allowing them to showcase the knowledge and skills on their respective courses.

TUS students win 5 categories at Games Fleadh 2022

The Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) won five categories at the hotly contested Irish Games Fleadh 2022, hosted by TUS, Thurles Campus recently. The popular all island gaming competition returned after a one-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with organisers opting to run a virtual competition this year while once again focusing on a social issue. This year competitors were asked to concentrate on the UN Sustainable Development Goals by designing games around the theme Positive Action to Support Climate Change.

Teams from third level colleges around the country competed for one of the 12 coveted titles, while Year 1 students also participated in Robocode as part of Games Fleadh 2022, the final of which was held on Wednesday March 23 last.

Following the announcement of the winners on Friday April 1st, President of TUS Professor Vincent Cunnane said the 2022 Games Fleadh had once again recognised the skills and talents of the country’s best student game developers, saying “A huge congratulations must go to all competitors who continued to develop their skills amid the challenges of the pandemic, and their teachers, who supported them so that they are ready to take their place in this ever growing €148.8 billion industry. I would also like to acknowledge the support industry leaders have lent to this annual competition, which is indicative of TUS’s ethos of working with employers to ensure our students are at the cutting edge of this ever-developing industry and therefore have the skill set to be work ready on graduation.”