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DCU to receive almost €3 million in research funding
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU will receive €2.9 million in funding towards academic research that was hindered by Covid-19.
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Fifth of DCU’s student body comes from “affluent” areas
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]tudents from affluent backgrounds are far more likely to study high-point courses, according to a recent study.
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National survey shows equal gender enrollment in postgrad research
[dropcap]An[/dropcap] equal amount of men and women enroll for postgraduate research in Ireland, according to the Higher Education Authority. The HEA recently published a Factsheet on Postgraduate Research in Ireland, which looks at the many Read more…
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Universities to lose research funding if more women are not promoted
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hird level institutions have been warned they could lose access to research funding if they fail to promote more women to senior positions in colleges.
DCU News
DCU receives an Erasmus+ Programme Award
DCU is one of twelve higher level institutes in Ireland that has been awarded with an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Programme.
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National News
Uni students receive less grants than ITs
A study by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) showed that university students receive less grants on average than IT students. Read more…
DCU News
Student accommodation building plans scrapped
The building of a 970 bedroom student accomodation complex in the Docklands is to be suspended pending a planning review.
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University News
67% of Donegal students receive third level assistance
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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NCAD expresses no confidence in management
The majority of staff members at NCAD expressed no confidence in the college’s management in a meeting with trade union SIPTU. Read more…
National News
Students three times as likely to drop out of ITs as universities
New research from the Higher Education Authority has revealed that students are three times as likely to drop-out from ITs than universities, as Laura Colgan reports. Read more…
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Universities want higher fees if there’s no more funding
Irish universities have called on Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to hike student fees if he won’t allocate further exchequer funding to third-level. Read more…
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Plans for South-East Technical University gain momentum
Waterford Institute of Technology and Carlow IT are soon to submit plans to the Higher Education Authority, bringing the establishment of the South-East’s new Technical University another step closer, as Elaine Carroll reports. Read more…