Students and activists gathered outside Leinster House today to protest against the €12 million cuts to the “already grotesquely underfunded” mental health sector. Over 200 people attended the demonstration, which was organized by the Union Read more…
Females are more likely to secure employments after graduating according to a survey conducted by the USI. The survey found that twenty seven per cent of females were successful in securing employment after graduation compared Read more…
The USI praised Irish Muslim leaders who launched an anti-extremism declaration in Trinity College last week. The Union of Students in Ireland, who has said that violence associated with religion has caused a negative and Read more…
Venom from the false black widow spider is being researched for the first time for its anti-cancer properties in NUI Galway. The venom is being tested on different lines of human cancer cells by Doctor Read more…
Two NUIG students have won travel scholarships which will see them volunteer abroad this summer. The scholarships were awarded by Experiment Intercultural Learning (EIL) Explore, a programme which pays for volunteers to travel abroad and Read more…
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has offered her support to a new drugs initiative called ‘What’s in the Powder?’ What started out as a collaborative project between Irish universities UCD, TCD and DIT and The Read more…
The Cassell report on funding higher education discusses abolishing fees but introducing a loan scheme Read more…
TCD Students Against Fees held a meeting on Tuesday to decide on their structure and the action they should take.
NUI Galway became the first ever Irish university to appoint a vice president for Equality and Diversity when they awarded the position to Prof Anne Scott last Friday afternoon.
UCD students will face a referendum next Tuesday and Wednesday on whether or not their college should re-affiliate with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). A group of students led by the national Labour Read more…
As RAG Week got underway across the country last week, students were queuing from before 9am outside the Hole in the Wall pub in Galway City for Donegal Tuesday, the most popular day of the Read more…
DCU is one of many colleges in Ireland to join in on the ‘Students Against Fees’ campaign created by Trinity students back in November 2015. Read more…
LinkedIn revealed the 25 most desirable skills in potential employees. The list comes from the skills that got Irish professionals hired last year.
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An investigation by UCD failed to corroborate the existence of a group in which 200 male students supposedly shared pictures of girls they had slept with, as claimed by The College Tribune.
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Irish university students have one of the lowest understandings of basic literacy and numeracy in the developed world, according to a report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Read more…
University College Cork has come fourth in the world ranking of most sustainable colleges according to the Global Index. Read more…
UCD’s Student Union have given their support to the reintroduction of ,”RAG Week”, since it’s original ban five years ago when the college received negative publicity for their students behavior. Read more…
“The ranking has a significant impact on our ability to develop international partnerships and to attract international students and staff to DCU,” said DCU President, Brian MacCraith.
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The building of a 970 bedroom student accomodation complex in the Docklands is to be suspended pending a planning review.
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350 student delegates from universities and IT’s across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland attended Pink Training, with 20 DCU representatives in attendance, last weekend.
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Several lecturers in DCU have joined more than 100 academics across Ireland in boycotting Israel’s academic institutions, according to a letter published in the Irish Times. The letter states the academics will “maintain this position until the state of Israel complies with international law and respects universal principles of human rights.”
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The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) slammed Ógra Fianna Fáil for their proposal of a new student loan scheme. “Central to the policy is a proposal to introduce an ‘Income Contingent Loan System’ which will Read more…
The Higher Education Authority said in a recent study that 67% of Donegal students receive some level of state funded assistance in comparison to only 35% of students from Dublin.
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36% of first year DCU students were in receipt of a grant last year, a report looking into the distribution of third level grants has shown. Read more…
Trinity College established an “accommodation steering group” over a year ago to help combat the student accommodation crisis in Dublin. This group is currently chaired by the Provost, with the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Bursar, the Students’ Union Welfare Officer and Kevin O’Kelly. Read more…