[dropcap]U[/dropcap]ptake of Erasmus or study abroad programmes in Trinity College (TCD) dropped by 70 per cent in the first semester of this year according to Provost Patrick Prendergast, as reported by the University Times.
Dublin City University has raised almost €21,000 throughout November by growing out their moustaches as part of the Movember initiative. Read more…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a statement, the Irish Universities Association (IUA) said that universities are conscious of the uncertainty students are facing and have therefore planned to begin semester two of the academic year predominantly online.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Union of Students in Ireland (USI) have launched a virtual campaign for international students within Ireland.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he decline in international students attending Irish universities this year was not as drastic as previously expected according to a report from The Times.
Every autumn, Dublin City University graduands, their families and DCU faculty, gather at the Helix to attend the annual graduation ceremonies and celebrate one of the most rewarding days of a student’s educational career. Read more…
Some 1,600 student accommodation in Dublin City Centre will be used by tourists and other renters for short-stay rental, after a deal was struck with Dublin City Council. Read more…
Simon Harris TD, confirmed that an additional €15 million is to be given to higher education institutions for capital works and equipment. Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he government announced a move to Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions nationwide beginning at midnight on Wednesday October 21st.
Third-level students are set to receive a €250 payment in the coming year in recognition of the impact of Covid-19 on students, as outlined in the Budget 2021. Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU will receive €2.9 million in funding towards academic research that was hindered by Covid-19.
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]inister for Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD has announced that €197 million in funding will be allocated to projects in higher-level institutions under the Human Capital Initiative, including €20 million for Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]rinity College (TCD) is the first Irish third level institute to launch an on-campus Covid-19 testing programme available for students and staff.
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]inister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has approved funding for 15 new female professor positions, to help reduce the gender gap that exists for senior academic roles.
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]rofessor Kersten Mey has recently been named as the new president of the University of Limerick (UL), becoming the first woman in Irish history to hold such a position.
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rustrated residents living near University College Cork (UCC) continue to speak out against what they claim are parties being held in violation of Covid-19 restrictions, following a confrontation with students renting in the area.
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU campus accommodation may be made available to the HSE on an emergency basis if the Covid-19 pandemic worsens.
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU campus accommodation is set to increase the cost of rent by four per cent for the academic year 2020/2021.
[dropcap]A [/dropcap]24/7 mental health text line was launched by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) on Monday November 18th.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and SIPTU have partnered up together to create a Postgraduate Working Rights Charter highlighting and protecting the working rights of postgraduate students in third-level education.
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]tudents from affluent backgrounds are far more likely to study high-point courses, according to a recent study.
The exhibition showcases the work of the Polar Institute in Norway’s 111 day project where they lodged a boat into an ice flow during the winter of 2015 and used it as a station for experiments on what happens to the arctic in Winter. Read more…
A University of Ulster Students’ Union (UUSU) council meeting was held in mid-November where a new bilingual signage policy was agreed. This would see Irish language signs replacing existing signage over time across the university’s four campuses in Belfast, Coleraine, Jordanstown and Derry. Read more…
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] 26th annual Pink Training was held in NUI Galway over the last weekend of November, where 21 DCU delegates attended alongside VP for Welfare and Equality Aisling Fagan, who acted as the SU Support Read more…
TD Eamon Ryan is calling for the Dublin Metrolink to be extended out as far as UCD. Read more…
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