Category: University News
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‘What’s in the Powder’ campaign launched last week by Lord Mayor of Dublin
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The Lord Mayor of Dublin has offered her support to a new drugs initiative called ‘What’s in the…
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Future students could pay as much as €20,000 in loans
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The Cassell report on funding higher education discusses abolishing fees but introducing a loan scheme
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TCD Students Against fees wants to “finish the year with a bang”
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TCD Students Against Fees held a meeting on Tuesday to decide on their structure and the action they…
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NUIG first to appoint Vice President for Equality and Diversity
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NUI Galway became the first ever Irish university to appoint a vice president for Equality and Diversity when…
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UCD to vote on whether they will rejoin the USI.
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UCD students will face a referendum next Tuesday and Wednesday on whether or not their college should re-affiliate…
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All eyes on NUIG for RAG week
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As RAG Week got underway across the country last week, students were queuing from before 9am outside the…
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DCU students rally against introduction of student fees
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DCU is one of many colleges in Ireland to join in on the ‘Students Against Fees’ campaign created…
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LinkedIn reveal top 25 desired employee skills for Irish professionals
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LinkedIn revealed the 25 most desirable skills in potential employees. The list comes from the skills that got…
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Internal investigation shows no evidence of ‘UCD200’
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An investigation by UCD failed to corroborate the existence of a group in which 200 male students supposedly…
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Study finds Irish students lack basic literacy and numeracy skills
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Irish university students have one of the lowest understandings of basic literacy and numeracy in the developed world,…
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UCC ranked as fourth most sustainable college in the world by Global Index
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University College Cork has come fourth in the world ranking of most sustainable colleges according to the Global…
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UCD reintroduces “RAG Week” after five year ban
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UCD’s Student Union have given their support to the reintroduction of ,”RAG Week”, since it’s original ban five…
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DCU make top 50 young universities list
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“The ranking has a significant impact on our ability to develop international partnerships and to attract international students…
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USI host its first post-marriage equality Pink Training
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350 student delegates from universities and IT’s across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland attended Pink Training,…
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DCU lecturers stage Israeli boycott
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Several lecturers in DCU have joined more than 100 academics across Ireland in boycotting Israel’s academic institutions, according…
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‘FF loan scheme would desecrate Ireland’-USI
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The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) slammed Ógra Fianna Fáil for their proposal of a new student loan…
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HEA report shows third-level class divide in universities
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36% of first year DCU students were in receipt of a grant last year, a report looking into…
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Trinity target student housing
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Trinity College established an “accommodation steering group” over a year ago to help combat the student accommodation crisis…
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UL applauded for move on counselling
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New measures are being implemented at the University of Limerick (UL) that aim to combat the increasing number…
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Students are in best position to start up businesses, USI finds
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Students are in the best position circumstantially to begin start-up businesses, according to the Union of Students in…
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Union criticises Trinity recruitment
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Trinity College Dublin’s (TCD) scheme for recruiting new academics has been criticised heavily for being “outside of traditional…
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Tax reliefs for student homes rejected by O’Sullivan
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The Department of Education rejected a series of tax-related proposals by the Higher Education Authority, in an FOI…
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Team Ireland on high after Enactus world cup
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Alison Ring travels to Johannesburg South Africa with team Ireland for the Enactus world cup.