Analysis by State determines benefits ‘clearly outweigh’ costs of Technological University buildings planned for Galway and Letterkenny, Carlow and Waterford, and Shannon
University aims to return to financial sustainability following €8.6m deficit and falling student numbers
Fewer students awarded first-class degrees but proportion of high achievers is 40% higher than in 2015
Thinking in a Climate Emergency: Artificial Intelligence provides immense opportunity for Ireland, if we can address its voracious requirement for power
Galway and Limerick universities to offer medicine courses next year to ease CAO points pressure
Thousands of students set to walk out of classes to attend national protest over tuition fees and rising costs
Five senior Science Foundation Ireland staff made protected disclosures last December involving claims against Prof Nolan
New national science forum to enhance ability to respond to challenges such as climate change and pandemic threats
Many students say they are forced to commute long distances due to accommodation shortages
Prof Linda Doyle warns of ‘a slow retreat from competitiveness and attractiveness’ as world-class education threatened by high student-staff ratios
Move to include expanded intakes for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, podiatric medicine and physiotherapy programmes
Taighde Éireann-Research Ireland amalgamates Science Foundation Ireland and Irish Research Council with annual budget of more than €300m
Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy refused to grant orders permitting his return to work at SFI pending full determination of his court case
Prof Nolan is embroiled in a legal row with board of Science Foundation Ireland
Science Foundation Ireland to be subsumed into new State agency but unclear if Nolan will be involved
UL student told he would lose his deposit and be held liable for rent if he vacated property after finishing his studies for the year
Case likely to hinge on issue of whether fair procedures were applied when board of science funding body summarily dismissed director general
Plan questioned after similar facility, ‘the Explorium’, reopened this year after pandemic
Director general is challenging dismissal without notice from State agency and rejects findings against him of inappropriate behaviour in dealings with management team
It was particularly egregious that allegations of misogyny were made public when they had been dismissed by an investigator as hearsay, says counsel for SFI director general
Nolan is before the High Court seeking extension of orders preventing his dismissal from state agency
Science Foundation Ireland will in the High Court attempt to justify its decision to dismiss Nolan as director general of the State agency
Science Foundation Ireland director general departs as State research agency is in the throes of a challenging merger
More powerful successor to supercomputer - named after pioneering Irish scientist - is due soon but funding has yet to be approved
Minister for Agriculture declines to comment on investigation of Science Foundation Ireland chief executive Prof Philip Nolan
Money will fund 600-plus research roles in bioeconomy, agrifood, neurological disease and advanced manufacturing
Despite their vital role in higher education, many survive on less than €10,000 a year
Pamela Cullotty left school early with no expectations. Now, she hopes to inspire others in the Traveller community to embrace education
SFI has become a flagship funder of scientific research in our universities, with corresponding aid to industry for collaborative research via the IDA and Enterprise Ireland
Ireland spent two decades building the Science Foundation Ireland brand. We know how well it has served the country
Universities in Ireland required to participate in charter to be eligible for State research funding
Developers of two student housing blocks in Dublin told local planners tenants would be offered 40-week leases
Mr Harris was responding to questions about a report that more than 80 children across five counties are tutored at home because of their inability to secure places at local schools
Union accuses Department of Further and Higher Education of failing to honour 2017 agreement on establishment of new universities
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