University News Archives – Page 2 of 18

Universities are permitted to continue with campus activities during Level 5 restrictions

October 28, 2020

The government announced a move to Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions nationwide beginning at midnight on Wednesday October 21st.

Students to receive €250 payment under 2021 budget

October 28, 2020

Third-level students are set to receive a €250 payment in the coming year in recognition of the impact of Covid-19 on students, as outlined in the Budget 2021.

DCU to receive almost €3 million in research funding

October 28, 2020

DCU will receive €2.9 million in funding towards academic research that was hindered by Covid-19.

DCU granted €20 million under Human Capital Initiative

October 14, 2020

Minister for Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD has announced that €197 million in funding will be allocated to projects in higher-level institutions under the Human Capital Initiative, including €20 million for

Trinity Launches Ireland’s First On-Campus Testing Program

October 14, 2020

Trinity College (TCD) is the first Irish third level institute to launch an on-campus Covid-19 testing programme available for students and staff.

Female-only professor posts tackle gender imbalance in academia

October 14, 2020

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has approved funding for 15 new female professor positions, to help reduce the gender gap that exists for senior academic roles.

University of Limerick appoints first female president of an Irish university

July 15, 2020

Professor Kersten Mey has recently been named as the new president of the University of Limerick (UL), becoming the first woman in Irish history to hold such a position.

Residents near UCC urge Gardaí to crack down on “student parties” amid tension

June 10, 2020

Frustrated residents living near University College Cork (UCC) continue to speak out against what they claim are parties being held in violation of Covid-19 restrictions, following a confrontation with students renting in the area.

DCU campus accommodation may be made available to HSE if COVID-19 pandemic worsens

March 17, 2020

DCU campus accommodation may be made available to the HSE on an emergency basis if the Covid-19 pandemic worsens.

DCU campus accommodation rent set to increase next year

February 12, 2020

DCU campus accommodation is set to increase the cost of rent by four per cent for the academic year 2020/2021.

24/7 mental health text line launched by USI

November 27, 2019

A 24/7 mental health text line was launched by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) on Monday November 18th.

USI and SIPTU launch postgrad charter

November 13, 2019

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and SIPTU have partnered up together to create a Postgraduate Working Rights Charter highlighting and protecting the working rights of postgraduate students in third-level education.

Fifth of DCU’s student body comes from “affluent” areas

October 30, 2019

Students from affluent backgrounds are far more likely to study high-point courses, according to a recent study.

‘On Thin Ice’ photo exhibition launches in O’Reilly Library

December 15, 2018

The exhibition showcases the work of the Polar Institute in Norway’s 111 day project where they lodged a boat into an ice flow during the winter of 2015 and used it as a station for experiments on what happens to the arctic in Winter.

Controversy over University of Ulster’s plans to erect Irish language signs on campus

December 12, 2018

A University of Ulster Students’ Union (UUSU) council meeting was held in mid-November where a new bilingual signage policy was agreed. This would see Irish language signs replacing existing signage over time across the university’s four campuses in Belfast, Coleraine, Jordanstown and Derry.