# universities - Wednesday 30 December, 2020
# Universities
# Universities
Harris said Irish institutions needed to do more to tackle sexual harassment.
# universities - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Universities
# Universities
Dr Ní Shúilleabháin revealed last weekend that she had been subjected to regular harassment by a professor at UCD.
# universities - Wednesday 8 July, 2020
# Universities
# Universities
Trump is pushing universities and schools to fully open when the new academic year starts in September.
# universities - Sunday 21 June, 2020
# Academic Worries
# Academic Worries
Some universities are offering online only study options but others will require the students to move to Ireland for their course.
# universities - Wednesday 8 April, 2020
# Higher Education
# Higher Education
Online exams or rescheduled exams will take place instead.
# universities - Sunday 23 February, 2020
# Notabusiness
# Notabusiness
Students protested this week in UCD on more than one occasion about the high cost of rent.
# universities - Monday 3 February, 2020
# Bullying In Academia
# Bullying In Academia
Student reps say there is an “abusable culture” in academia and those suffering bullying are afraid to speak out.
# universities - Friday 17 January, 2020
# 21st Century Workplace
# 21st Century Workplace
Apprenticeships are changing – but attitudes to them need to catch up.
# universities - Sunday 5 January, 2020
# Higher Education
# Higher Education
20 female-only professorships are expected to be in place by September this year.
# universities - Friday 25 October, 2019
# Mumps
# Mumps
In September, Health Protection Surveillance Centre was notified of 69 cases of mumps.
# universities - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
Trinity was again the top Irish institution but failed to break the top 100.
# universities - Sunday 17 February, 2019
# Metoo
# Metoo
There were no reports of sexual assault by students in half of Irish colleges between 2012 and 2018.
# universities - Saturday 16 February, 2019
# Universities
# Universities
The number of official complaints received by universities in recent years “cannot paint the full picture”, activists say.
# universities - Monday 12 November, 2018
# Action Plan
# Action Plan
Mary Mitchell O’Connor said the positions will be for world-class academics and are not ‘easy jobs’.
# universities - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
# Education
# Education
Trinity College Dublin has lost its place in the top 100 universities.
# universities - Sunday 28 May, 2017
# International Students
# International Students
International students studying in Ireland are facing a myriad of problems.
# universities - Thursday 15 December, 2016
# Education
# Education
A new report states that education of students should be focused on in the rankings.
# universities - Sunday 25 September, 2016
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Junior Minister Eoghan Murphy made an effort to impress international viewers on CNBC this week. But did he over-state the case?
# universities - Sunday 14 August, 2016
# College Costs
# College Costs
The burden on students has gone up and up over the last six years.
# universities - Friday 1 April, 2016
# Awareness
# Awareness
The initiative is aimed at increasing awareness levels around drugs.
# universities - Sunday 13 March, 2016
# South Africa
# South Africa
One South African mayor is offering scholarships to female students who can prove they are virgins.
# universities - Tuesday 15 September, 2015
# QS University Rankings
# QS University Rankings
Only one Irish university made the top 100, but four have risen up the rankings.
# universities - Sunday 10 May, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Demand for education expanded during the crisis and it looks set to grow further. We must respond proactively.
# universities - Sunday 17 August, 2014
# Your Say
# Your Say
Should those who got high points get special treatment?
# universities - Saturday 3 May, 2014
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: How many bananas come into Ireland every week?
# universities - Wednesday 30 April, 2014
# Money For Scientists
# Money For Scientists
The €47 million in funding will support 200 researcher positions and 36 research projects.
# universities - Monday 27 January, 2014
# Sugar-coated
From The Daily Edge
# Sugar-coated
More and more Irish students are seeking help to pay college fees.
# universities - Saturday 28 December, 2013
# Education
# Education
The report — part of a new initiative from the HEA — gives detailed profiles of institutions. The authority insists it’s not a “ranking system”.
# universities - Monday 9 December, 2013
# UL
# UL
The plan includes a new city centre campus, facilities at University Hospital Limerick and a team training centre for Munster Rugby.
# universities - Tuesday 26 November, 2013
# Seanad Reform
# Seanad Reform
The government has not as yet considered any further reforms to the Seanad.
# universities - Wednesday 14 August, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
Irish universities have been identified as the worst in the world at attracting industry funding, but it doesn’t have to be that way, writes Barry Heavey.
# universities - Monday 12 August, 2013
# Funding
# Funding
A new study saw universities in South Korea come out on top with businesses investing about €72,959 in each scholar to carry out research on their behalf.
# universities - Thursday 20 June, 2013
# Third Level
# Third Level
NUI Maynooth and DCU make the Times’ annual list, while South Korean universities take up two of the top three slots.
# universities - Thursday 30 May, 2013
# Education
# Education
The details of the re-organisation of the country’s higher education sector were announced by Minister Ruairí Quinn this morning.
# universities - Saturday 18 May, 2013
# Public Pay
# Public Pay
Figures released by Ruairí Quinn show that 55 people under the remit of the Dept of Education earn over €200,000 a year.
# universities - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
# Universities
# Universities
Five students’ unions believe allowing the government to control pay rates will also mean controlled curricula.
# universities - Wednesday 3 October, 2012
# Education
# Education
Neither made the Top 100 but who came out on top between TCD and UCD?
# universities - Friday 24 August, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
‘Radical’ new proposals for interviews are really a return to the past, writes Joanna Tuffy TD. Instead, we need a much wider debate on third level education.
# universities - Thursday 24 May, 2012
# Fees
# Fees
The Higher Education Authority says surging demands on the education system could mean fees could be doubled or more.
# universities - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
# Fees
# Fees
The union’s members have voted in favour of maintaining the USI’s current position in campaigning for fully Exchequer-funded fees.
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