Tests aimed at assessing skills suited to medicine were introduced in 2009. Now, medical schools want to downgrade their importance amid equity and integrity concerns
Latest official data show about 33% of medicine students from affluent backgrounds, compared with 18% of students overall
UCD generated nearly €290 million from its accommodation units during the 10-year period
‘Sadness and anger’ at damage done to UL’s reputation by botched property deals, acting college president says
Student accommodation income helped drive €34.5m surplus for the year
University says finances are ‘finely balanced’ as it calls for long-term sustainable funding model for higher education sector
Separately, a new report calls for green innovation tax credit to encourage greater investment by business in research and innovation
The North must create more university places if it is to close the productivity gap with Republic and with Britain
Higher education institutions should facilitate open debate – not seek to ‘foster collective understanding’ on controversial matters
Recent controversies at University of Limerick posed ‘significant risk to the university’s future success and reputation’, internal report says
Taoiseach pays tribute to ‘exceptional work being carried out by the Irish research diaspora across the US’
The views of 512 international students were reported in the study for the Irish Council for International Students
Against growing demand for student beds Ireland’s approach to rent caps needs a rethink
Issue had arisen because university was bound by HEA regulations, court finds
Across the first half of the 20th century few women went on to third-level education and, of these, fewer took science degrees
Within nine months of graduating 80% of graduates employed, with most earning up to €40,000 a year
Fewer students awarded first-class degrees but proportion of high achievers is 40% higher than in 2015
Everyone wants senior cycle reform to succeed, but if junior cycle is an indication, there are real grounds for concern
Galway and Limerick universities to offer medicine courses next year to ease CAO points pressure
Higher Options offers students the opportunity to attend talks or talk directly with representatives of third level institutions
There have never been so many courses, so many options for college and life
There are alternative college admission models, such as university entrance exams and interviews, but none is perfect
University of Galway president says top students may end up going overseas
Minister for Education Norma Foley announced in April that there will be no change from last year, with grades to stay at the same level
Over 80,000 applicants have registered their aspiration for a place on one of more than a thousand courses on offer at Ireland’s third-level institutions.
Studying overseas: Gregory Hendricken Phelan (23) from the Carlow-Wicklow border is in his final year at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Ireland’s capacity to win the next wave of business investment is under threat due to interventionist policies in other jurisdictions
Research has found universities play a key role in perpetuating unsustainability and are increasingly being run as businesses
Prof Nolan is embroiled in a legal row with board of Science Foundation Ireland
Although UL’s governing authority agreed to pay €10.9m, the price rose by €1.08m in the final contract signed only nine days later
TUS is a multi-campus technological university with 2,000 staff across four counties
Universities are, in many respects, authors of their own misfortune – which threatens to become a misfortune for all of us.
South East Technological University’s gender expression and identity policy sparked controversy last year
Higher Education Authority officials set to visit TU Dublin and UL amid concern over spending
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