Ireland’s National Technological University Transformation for Recovery and Resilience national project (N-TUTORR) is supported by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and coordinated by the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA). The N-TUTORR project is an innovative collaboration that sought to harness the learnings in the sector during the Covid 19 pandemic, across the Technological Higher Education (THE) sector. The intention was to transform the student experience through technology and staff/student collaboration, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The N-TUTORR thematic areas include six core themes: Academic Integrity, Digital Transformation in Teaching and Learning, Education for Sustainability, Employability, Equality Diversity & Inclusion and Universal Design for Learning which are subsequently divided into three streams; Student Empowerment, Staff Capabilities and Digital Ecosystems.

This paper will introduce the N-TUTORR project, a €40 million national project across the Technological University (TU) sector within Ireland. This project has significantly advanced Ireland's Higher Education (HE) landscape by leveraging innovative pilot projects and practical implementations by empowering students, developing staff and implementing new infrastructure, both physical and digital. The paper will be anchored around key examples from the project, illustrating its impact through the lens of its six core themes on the students of the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS). In addition, actionable suggestions for future research which enhance the impact of such initiatives as the N-TUTORR project and progress the future of HE in Ireland and beyond particularly for our students will be investigated.

Keywords: Post-COVID learnings, Student experience, student-staff partnership, Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland, the N-TUTORR Project.