Category: University News
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Graduate nurses consider emigrating in search of better pay
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Graduate nurses consider emigrating in search of better pay as they are struggling to afford the rising costs…
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ESU to give grants for projects reducing hate speech
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Grants of up to €12,000 will be given to student groups for projects aimed at reducing hate speech…
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Resistance from local residents over student accomodation
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New student accommodation due to be built in Gillian House on Farranlea Road in Cork has experienced some…
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Trinity students lock in to protest supplemental fees
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Sixty Trinity students occupied the Dining Hall last Wednesday in an ongoing protest over supplemental fees of €450…
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Two students hospitalised over bad batch of drugs
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Two NUI Galway students were hospitalised after taking a “bad batch” of drugs.
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Parents warned against obsessing over sending their children to college
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An educational expert has warned parents against obsessing over sending their children to college.
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Funding college is not an excuse for drug-dealing, say SU Presidents
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The NUIG SU President has called the actions of students who sell drugs “wrong and unjustified”, after a court…
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Publisher drops plans to increase fees for research papers after objections
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An academic publishing group has reversed their decision to charge Irish universities additional fees to access older research…
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Student nurses still consider emigrating despite promise of work in HSE
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Student nurses and midwives still consider moving abroad upon graduation a better option for finding work. This comes…
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Maynooth first university in Ireland to have ‘napping pods’
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Napping pods have been introduced in Maynooth University library allowing students to recharge during the day. As part…
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DCU primary teaching students call for financial aid
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Primary teaching students on St. Patrick’s Campus are seeking financial aid for placement from DCU.
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Young women more likely to have degrees than male peers
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Young women are more likely to have a third-level qualification than young men, new figures show.
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Alternative lecturer offered after Trinity professor’s remarks on FGM
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A new lecturer will be provided for Trinity students offended by their lecturer’s remarks on Female Genital Mutiliation…
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90% of primary teaching trainees identify as Catholic
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Influence on state run primary schools by the Catholic church is clearly represented in research by the School…
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Irish students studying in the UK drop for the 5th year in a row
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The number of students that are choosing to study abroad in the UK has dropped for the fifth…
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Universities clamp down on ‘disorderly’ RAG week
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As RAG week kicked off across the country this week, numerous institutions have distanced themselves from the event.…
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University of Cambridge admits “significant problem” with sexual misconduct
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The University of Cambridge has admitted there is a ‘significant problem’ with sexual misconduct on campus, receiving 173…
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2.8m of outstanding student debt recorded in 2016
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College grant overpayments worth €2.8m were left outstanding at the end of 2016, according to a City of…
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Are you getting it? – USI launches safe sex campaign
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The Union of Students in Ireland launched a Sexual Health and Awareness Campaign last week, in collaboration with the…
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Student challenges highlighted in report
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The Minister for Higher Education has published a survey involving 20,000 students about their experience in college.
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UCC to give refugees full scholarships
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University College Cork has been granted the status of “University of Sanctuary” and will provide seven asylum seekers…
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Sinn Féin MEP criticises government for treatment of students
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A Sinn Fein MEP has slammed the Government for treating students like commodities and called for a scale-back…
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Impeached former UCDSU president recieves pro-life award
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Impeached UCD SU president Katie Ascough received a pro-life award from a UK anti-abortion group in January.
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MA in Artificial Intelligence to launch in UL
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The country’s first Masters degree in Artificial Intelligence is to begin in September at the University of Limerick.
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Students frustrated with the hidden fees of J-1 agencies
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Hidden fees and strict rules are making working in America on a J-1 increasingly difficult for Irish students.