School of Informatics and Creative Arts Student Awards
Awards in the School of Informatics and Creative Arts.
There are a number of annual Undergraduate Student Prizes awarded in the Department. These awards recognise students who excel in particular areas of their programme of study.
The current awards include:
Award Name | Programme of Study |
| Michael Van Dessel Choral Conducting Scholar Award | BA (Hons) Music |
| John Moore Film Award | BA (Hons) Film and Television Production |
| Fís - Best in Show Award | BA Creative Media and BA (Hons) Creative Media |
| Outstanding Contribution to Drama Research | BA (Hons) Drama and Performance |
| Outstanding Contribution to Audio and Music Production Research | BA (Hons) Audio and Music Production |
| Outstanding Contribution to Film Research | BA (Hons) Film and Television Production |
| Outstanding Contribution to Creative Media Research | BA (Hons) Creative Media |
| Outstanding Contribution to Music Research | BA (Hons) Music |
| Best Presentation of a Research Project | All undergraduate students in the Department |
Michael Van Dessel Choral Conducting Scholar
The Michael Van Dessel award was launched in recognition of the contribution made by Michael Van Dessel (1899—1974) to music in this region as teacher, choral conductor, performer, organist, pianist, cellist, accompanist and musical director. An authority in sacred music, he held posts at both St. Patrick’s Church and St. Joseph’s Redemptorist Church in Dundalk, and to many he was regarded as Dundalk’s ‘most distinguished musician’. The 2018 recipient of the Michael Van Dessel Choral Conducting Scholar Award is Tara Raftery. Read More
John Moore Film Award
The John Moore Film Award is awarded annually to the best short film produced by a third or fourth-year student on the BA (Hons) Film and Television Production. John Moore is a film director based in Hollywood and known for his work on movies such as Flight of the Phoenix, Behind Enemy Lines, The Omen and A Good Day to Die Hard. Given John’s roots in Dundalk, it is a great honour for Dundalk Institute of Technology to present the award and we are delighted with the continued support from John in the development of our BA (Hons) Film and Television Production degree.
