The largest academic competition in the world, involving more than forty countries worldwide, was hosted over the Christmas/New Year break…

On December 11, Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe launched the 2009 edition of the IPA Yearbook & Diary in the Merrion Hotel, Dublin 2.

Free second level education did it in the 60’s, the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI), launched a decade ago, is doing it now.

Research carried out by UCC and some Institutes of Technology reveals several obstacles preventing migrants from accessing third level education.

At the debate, a British expert on medical ethics congratulated UCC on its “admirable move” in approving the use of embryonic stem-cell research.

Former EU commissioner Peter Sutherland has emerged as a candidate to chair the Government’s forthcoming National Strategy on Higher Education.

The conference, held in Dublin on Nov 19, heard that the HEA is considering measures to encourage more students to take part of their courses abroad.

An EU-wide survey shows that young Irish people believe in technology and think the Government should spend more money on scientific research.

Opposing views on grade inflation were expressed during a conference on ‘Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Challenging Assumptions’.

Trinity College Dublin is currently accepting applications for its ten week evening course on Race and Ethnicity Issues which begins in January 2009.

At the Fine Gael National Conference, education spokesman Brian Hayes appraised the current problems and outlined his vision for third level.

The Master’s in Pharmaceutical Medicine offered by Hibernia College, in collaboration with its industry partner Pfizer, won an E-Learning award…

Lecturers and students unite to warn that the Budget provisions will only serve to intensify the problem of educational disadvantage in this country.

Sean Rowland, president of Hibernia College, has been named the Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 in the Ernst & Young annual programme.

Professor Colm Kenny, lecturer at Dublin City University, found the text inside a larger volume, where it had lain undiscovered for almost 200 years.

This bilingual book discusses the background to the founding of TG4, its language policy, the specific challenges of broadcasting in Irish…

Monday, October 20, saw Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe deputising for An Taoiseach Brian Cowen as leader of the trade and education mission.

Minister Batt O’Keeffe is to ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to examine the amount of time academics spend lecturing their students.

Fine Gael Education spokesman Brian Hayes outlined 32 cuts in education not mentioned by Minister Brian Lenihan in his budget speech.

In outlining the Budget measures, Minister Batt O’Keeffe called on the education partners to “work with him in collectively meeting challenges”.