€2 Million Lost in Bureaucracy: Mental-Health Funding for Students Disappears When Needed Most
Student activists and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science are currently at odds over whether…
Opinion: Berlin Bar Scandal Just One Element of the Problem When it Comes to Rising Covid Cases
Outrage was sparked on Twitter on Sunday when a video of the D2 bar, Berlin, was released. The footage showed…
Employers Who Take on Apprentices to Recieve €3,000.
A financial incentive scheme for employers to recruit apprentices was launched on Wednesday, August 12th by Simon Harris TD, Minister…
Study Shows Students Feel a Lack of Government Support Post-Pandemic
79% of college students said that they feel that the government is not doing enough to support them during the…
Asylum Seekers Without Leaving Cert Can Access Third-Level Grants
Asylum Seeker applicants who have not completed the Leaving Certificate but have spent at least three years living in Ireland…
Universities Can Exercise One-Metre Distancing With Face Coverings
UCD, along with the other Irish institutions of higher education, has welcomed new guidelines allowing for one metre social distancing…
Masters of Education Students Receive €1 million from Department
The Department of Education has promised ring-fenced funding of €1 million for students undertaking a Professional Master of Education (PME).…
Free College Courses to Upskill Workers Post-Pandemic | Government Stimulus Plan
Measures to stimulate job creation and upskilling of workers announced today by the government include subsidies for employers, thousands of…
BREAKING: Two-Metre Distancing Next Year to Significantly Reduce In-Person Learning in Irish Universities
A two-metre social distancing rule will be put into effect on university campuses that re-open this autumn. The two-metre rule,…
Legislation Agreed by Cabinet for “Economically Focussed” Department of Higher Education
On the 13th of July, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD, welcomed government…
No Sign of Fee Reductions for an Upcoming Year of Blended Learning
Several Irish universities, including University College Dublin (UCD), have ruled out fee reductions for students this Autumn semester despite fundamental…
How the New Department of Higher Education Will Affect Students
With the formation of a new government comes the announcement of the new Department for Higher Education, Innovation and Science.…