The silver anniversary celebrations of Erasmus, the world’s most successful student exchange programme, were launched today by Androulla Vassiliou.

Of the 79,700 new registrants who signed up for retraining with FÁS between January and November 2011, 26 per cent held a third-level qualification.

Statements by university heads opposing technological universities have been seen as “an arrogant dismissal of IoTs as second-class institutions”.

A new Guide launched today urges students to consider language and technology at third level for a potential career in the localisation sector.

Any Government plan to establish new university in southeast makes no sense when current system is seriously underfunded, university heads claim.

The new mapping tool allows users to pinpoint the drive time of a specific area in Ireland from services such as hospitals, schools, fire stations.

University College Cork (UCC) claims the ESB was negligent and caused severe flooding by releasing too much water in too short a time from dams.

New rules which will open the way for institutes of technology to apply for technological university status are to be agreed by Minister Ruairi Quinn.

Under a reform of training structures for priests in Ireland, the Vatican has ordered trainee priests at Maynooth to be segregated from lay students.

Irish third-level colleges are likely to come under still greater pressure this year as fewer students apply to UCAS for places in British universities.

The Confucius Institute at UCC has been named ‘Confucius Institute of the Year’ for its dedicated work in teaching Chinese language and culture.

Students of art and music may have to move between colleges to complete their degrees as part of a plan to eliminate duplication of course provision.

Ireland is ranked joint first in the EU for third-level attainment among those aged 25-34, according to the latest survey from the Central Statistics Office.

Women are twice as likely to have third level education than male partners, according to a new report: ‘Households and Family Structures in Ireland’.

The Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission offers funding for a range of activities for schools, educators and pupils.

Four male students who staged a sit-in at the Department of Social Protection on November 29 have been released. A file has been sent to DPP.

Plans to integrate 39 DIT colleges into a single campus in Grangegorman are to go ahead with private backing and without Government capital funding.

Ireland and Vietnam have launched a new cooperation agreement aimed at increasing the number of Vietnamese students studying in Ireland.

Institutes of Technology Ireland (IOTI) has signed an agreement with Colleges Ontario which will see some 1,000 Canadians studying in Irish institutes.

Dr Hall asks the Minister to share his vision for the enhancement of initial teacher education, induction, continuing professional development, tertiary level.