Since its inception over a decade ago, NITL has built partnerships with academic institutions throughout Ireland with a view to making its learning programmes as widely available and accessible as possible. Programmes have been run in Cork, Dublin and Belfast using this model.

NITL is delighted to announce its new partnership with Griffith College Limerick (GCL). This will make NITL’s flagship Executive Masters in Supply Chain Management available to individuals and companies in Limerick and throughout the mid-west region. It is expected that the first module will run during the 2009/10 academic year. NITL’s genuinely modular approach means that programmes and modules are easily transferable without in any way damaging the quality of the learning experience.

Commenting on this new partnership with GCL, Edward Sweeney of NITL stated that: “The recent economic turbulence has hit the mid-west region particularly hard with high profile job losses in Dell and elsewhere. There is a recognised need for individuals with the right experience, knowledge, skills, competencies and qualifications in SCM to ensure that the region benefits from the upturn when it occurs. Making this prestigious programme available in the region provides a welcome boost in this regard”. Kevin O’Sullivan, Director of GCL, commented that: “We are delighted with the opportunity to provide NITL's qualifications in the region. The need for highly skilled practitioners and strategists in SCM is more important than ever to ensure the continued viability of existing businesses and to contribute in attracting attract new enterprises to the region”.

For further details of the programme visit http://www.nitl.ie or http://www.gcl.ie.