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Learn about Mary Immaculate College’s tradition of hosting Artists-in-Residents and how four well-known practitioners and an established theatre company create and stage work on-campus in conjunction with MIC students, staff and the Lime Tree Theatre.

Art, in its many media, plays a part in both the academic programmes and extracurricular activities in Mary Immaculate College. MIC strives to enrich the lives of students and staff through introducing art into the surroundings, hosting cultural events and fostering an atmosphere where the community can express itself. Through the College Art Collection, its Artists-in-Residence, its regular exhibitions, its focus on the Irish language/Gaeilge, the Lime Tree Theatre on the Limerick campus and its long tradition of the performing arts, MIC strives to embrace the arts and culture in all its forms.

Learn about the Department of Arts Education and Physical Education at MIC which includes four specialist teams in the areas of Drama Education, Music Education, Visual Art Education and Physical Education. The staff of this department lecture in these areas across both undergraduate and postgraduate level programmes.

A dozen events including workshops, live performances, exhibitions and lectures were held at Mary Immaculate College on Tuesday 28 March as part of this year's Arts for All day. This year's event was held to coincide with MIC's schedule of events as part of Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival 2023.

The Ashling Murphy Memorial Entrance Scholarship is jointly awarded by Mary Immaculate College and the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) to the amount of €4,000, which will be a bursary awarded to a first year Bachelor of Education student for their exceptional achievement (solo, ensemble and in the community) and talent in the field of traditional Irish music.

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The Audio Research Centre of MIC was established by the Media and Communications Studies Department as a hub for researchers, broadcasters, technologists and creative practitioners in the field of sound.

MIC Limerick Campus has an extensive audio-visual collection which is held on the first floor of the library. Learn more about the audio-visual library's collections which include: DVDs, Newspapers (microfilm), Irish Folklore Collection (microfilm), Irish Life & Lore (CDs), and Material for School Placement.

Aurora is Advance HE's leadership development initiative for women. MIC supports female staff to undertake the Aurora programme and to develop the leadership skills and networks of female staff.

In this module future primary teachers learn about social justice issues and how to begin to address these issues in Physical Education. Sometimes these ideas can feel out of reach for beginning teachers. We used a combination of analysing physical activity participation experiences, case studies and scenarios, as well as observation and teaching with primary-school aged children to promote applied learning. We made explicit links between these activities and the module assessment.