Higher Education Authority Archives

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.

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.

National survey shows equal gender enrollment in postgrad research

March 7, 2018

An equal amount of men and women enroll for postgraduate research in Ireland, according to the Higher Education Authority. The HEA recently published a Factsheet on Postgraduate Research in Ireland, which looks at the many

Universities to lose research funding if more women are not promoted

November 15, 2017

Third level institutions have been warned they could lose access to research funding if they fail to promote more women to senior positions in colleges.

DCU receives an Erasmus+ Programme Award

February 10, 2016

DCU is one of twelve higher level institutes in Ireland that has been awarded with an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Programme.

Uni students receive less grants than ITs

December 2, 2015

A study by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) showed that university students receive less grants on average than IT students.

Student accommodation building plans scrapped

December 2, 2015

The building of a 970 bedroom student accomodation complex in the Docklands is to be suspended pending a planning review.

67% of Donegal students receive third level assistance

November 18, 2015

The Higher Education Authority said in a recent study that 67% of Donegal students receive some level of state funded assistance in comparison to only 35% of students from Dublin.

NCAD expresses no confidence in management

April 22, 2015

The majority of staff members at NCAD expressed no confidence in the college’s management in a meeting with trade union SIPTU.

Students three times as likely to drop out of ITs as universities

February 19, 2014

New research from the Higher Education Authority has revealed that students are three times as likely to drop-out from ITs than universities, as Laura Colgan reports.

Universities want higher fees if there’s no more funding

February 19, 2014

Irish universities have called on Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to hike student fees if he won’t allocate further exchequer funding to third-level.

Plans for South-East Technical University gain momentum

November 6, 2013

Waterford Institute of Technology and Carlow IT are soon to submit plans to the Higher Education Authority, bringing the establishment of the South-East’s new Technical University another step closer, as Elaine Carroll reports.