College is not easy. It’s academically rigorous, socially demanding, and certainly economically challenging, but it’s an utter privilege to be there. Okay, perhaps socially demanding is a stretch—the multiple nights out a week aren’t particularly stressful! But what’s not a stretch is the financial pressure that students and their parents are put through. Read more…
The pandemic has accelerated the demand for tech-savvy students in the language, business, health, science and engineering sectors. The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) outlined how young people with competent technology skills in Read more…
Chinese tech giant Huawei is offering 50 Irish STEM students €5,000 as part of a programme to learn about technology and Chinese culture. Read more…
Known as STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), disciplines in this field have traditionally been male-dominated, with women comprising just 25 per cent of STEM-related roles in Ireland, according to the Central Statistics Office. Read more…
The faces behind the fashion are Irish women who have leveraged conversations around mental health, fashion and sustainability. From women such as Roz Purcell, Louise McSharry, Dr Doireann O’Leary and IamIrish founder Lorraine Maher, each woman has a positive, powerful contribution to make that extends far beyond a piece of clothing. Read more…
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]nline learning is becoming the “new normal” for students across the country as they start a new academic year.
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]rtificial intelligence (AI) is a phrase that has been around over 50 years but only now is it taking precedence all over the world.
Humans are crucial in the development in AI, with research indicating that companies that put an emphasis on emotional intelligence have better success in adopting AI. Read more…
Eoin Harte analyses a study based on how often and how easily people skip online video advertisements. Read more…
Communications company invested €15 million into Dublin. Read more…
A further €4.5 million will be put towards the merging of three Institute of Technologies in Dublin. Read more…
With the like of Google and Facebook becoming so prominent in our everyday lives, some people now care more about their technology and social media profiles. Read more…
Tugann Ali cur síos ar deich bealach ina bhfuil an Ghaeilge beo sa 21ú hAois Read more…
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ireless technology might not be the utopia you think it is.
A new lab-on-a-chip centre at Dublin City University will be known as the Fraunhofer Project Centre (FPC). The centre is to be co-funded by the German research institution and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). Read more…
DCU and Intel have signed an agreement this week which will see the two organisations collaborate on talent development and advanced technologies, strengthening their long-standing partnership.
Long gone are the days where meeting a partner was confined to weekends down in the local, at a party or at a disco in your local GAA club. Technology has seen the rise of Read more…
Shirley Donlon looks at the latest selfie essential. Read more…
Kevin Kelly shares all the latest must-have technology for Summer 2015.
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Have Apple gone too far with their new gold €11,000 watch? Read more…
Cian Roche weighs out the pros and cons of digital media against its traditional print counterpart. Read more…
DCU are to hold a talk to engage more young girls in the technology, science, engineering and math field. Read more…
Five UCC students created the energy-neutral smart beehive and faced stiff competition from international competitors. Read more…
” Over 22,000 attendees from six continents descended on Ballsbridge and claimed the RDS as their own for three days to see what the plucky start-ups have to offer.”
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In a world where a plane mysteriously vanished, is technology all it’s cracked up to be? Read more…