Higher Education
Owen Ward’s Vision For a Traveller-Inclusive Education System
This year, Ward expanded NUI Galway’s University of Sanctuary programme to offer scholarships to Irish Travellers as well as asylum seekers and refugees.
TCDSU Votes in Favour of Petition to Reduce Student Contribution Fee
The motion was overwhelmingly passed at TCDSU Council tonight.
AIT-LIT Consortium Apply for Technological University Status
The consortium hopes to see the new technological university created by next September.
€250 Makes a Dent in Students’ Expenses, But the Impact is Somewhat Hollow
While the €250 grant may have been a move towards greater attentiveness to higher education, students grow ever more disillusioned by short-term solutions, writes Faye Curran.
Three Leading Female Professors Confirm Intent to Become Next Provost
Applications close on December 4th, and the election will take place on April 10th.
200,000 Students to Receive Government’s €250 Once-Off Payment
The once-off payments, worth a total of €50 million, will offer financial assistance to full-time third-level students in recognition of the upheaval they have experienced due to the pandemic.
Harris Announces €300,000 Fund to Support Travellers in Higher Education
The money was secured through the Dormant Accounts Fund and will be used to support technology and study space.
Will Higher Education Learn from the Lessons of the Pandemic?
The move to innovative forms of learning and classroom-based assessments came as a shock to higher education institutions – but now they should be incorporated into the norm, writes Tom Boland.
Harris Pushes for More In-Person Teaching Next Semester
The third-level sector has moved primarily online since the beginning of the semester.
DCU, Maynooth, UL to Stay Online for Second Semester
Trinity has yet to make a decision on next year, saying that it is "still open minded".