The Bronwyn Conroy Beauty School has been at the forefront of beauty therapy training in Ireland for over 40 years and is renowned for the quality and professionalism of its students. The high esteem in which the Bronwyn Conroy Beauty School is held ensures that all graduating students are much sought after by employers within […]
Trinity College Dublin is providing an Evening Lecture Series on ‘Psychology: The Science of Behaviour and Mind’ for the upcoming 2015/2016 semester. This lecture course will present an overview of contemporary psychology and introduce participants to cutting-edge research undertaken by School of Psychology staff. Topics include:* how babies learn to talk, stress and heart disease, brain […]
Portobello Institute, Ireland’s leading private training college prides itself on offering intensive post leaving certificate training to students of all ages. Established in 1981, the Institute has successfully established itself within the market place as an exceptional college choice with notable success rates. Portobello students Louise McMahon and Nerea Fernandez discuss their experiences. Making your mark in the […]
Three Irish colleges have been included in the prestigious Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 2014 league table. They are: Dublin Institute of Technology, which made its debut on the list, entering at 94th place; Dublin City University (DCU), which placed 92nd on the list; and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, which landed in […]
Almost half (49%) of the lecturers in Irish public universities are women – a fact that seemingly suggests a strong sense of gender equality. However, according to a recent study, all is not quite as it seems. According to Pat O’Connor, a sociology professor at the University of Limerick, the gender gap widens as […]
There was some good news for Irish emigrants this week when it was announced that colleges would cut fees for children of Irish emigrants. Previously, if a student was not resident in Ireland for three out of the previous five years then he or she would be required to pay the same fees as an […]
Ireland might be almost ready for a new kind of university. New legislation is currently being prepared which would allow institutes of technology to apply for technological university status. It’s been estimated that the necessary legislation will be drawn later this year, meaning that applications for the new status could start to come in by […]
It can be tough to determine how well a college performs. Do we measure performance by the amount of publicity a college’s activities receive? The amount of funding it benefits from? The products it creates? Or maybe the employment levels of its graduates? Oftentimes, comparing one college’s performance against another’s can be confusing, disorientating, […]
New figures from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) show that Irish students are among the top performers in the world when it comes to maths, reading and science. This year’s results are a huge improvement on figures released last year’s, which indicated a significant slump in basic reading and numeracy standards. However, […]
According to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton, there are around 6,000 vacancies in the IT sector in Ireland. When talking about Europe, this figure fills out to a whopping 700,000. Some commentators believe that part of the problem with finding employees for these roles lies in the evident lack of female […]
From 2014 on, Irish universities and colleges may face cuts of up to 10 percent to their state funding if their performances do not meet new measures. Colleges will soon be assessed on their ability to retain students as well as how successful they are in matching them to industry needs. A failure to reach […]
It seems that up until now, not enough serious consideration has been paid to the the transition that post-primary students face as they head into higher education. Which seems a bit strange for a number of reasons. For one thing, the leap from primary to secondary school is a huge leap that marks a vital […]
It looks as though the long-mooted shake-up of the Leaving Cert points system may happen after all. According to Minister of Education Ruairi Quinn, the plan is to gradually phase-in changes from September 2014 so that the new system is in place for students sitting the Leaving Cert in 2017. These plans recently overcame […]
About now, students up and down the country will be enjoying a well-earned break having negotiated the travails of the Leaving Certificate. Some will be anticipating college life and the fresh set of challenges that await them. And indeed they are fresh challenges: moving from home, meeting new people and settling in to a new […]
Though not the be-all-and-end-all measure of academic performance, the world university rankings from the Times Higher Education are taken very seriously by colleges, organisations and students around the world. Making an appearance on the list can greatly enhance a college’s international reputation and prospects. Thankfully, the latest list is not without Irish representation. The latest […]
The CAO recently announced (in its Strategic Plan 2013-2017) aims to extend its services to cover applications to all courses in further and higher education, including all post-secondary part-time programmes. The aim of the expansion is to make it easier for to students to navigate the options that are available to them. It seems an […]
Getting to college has always been a commendable achievement in an academic sense, but the funding challenges faced by students now makes it a financial one too. The value of further and third-level education to students has never been higher. Jobs are becoming more complex and because there is still a shortage for them, competition […]
The growth of Ireland’s knowledge economy looks set to continue according to the Higher Education Authority’s (HEA) analysis of the latest CAO preferences, as reported by the Irish Times. The major subject areas in terms of first preference applications were technology (20 per cent of all first preference applications), science (7.5 per cent), computing (6.6 […]
According to figures released earlier this week by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, Ireland has the highest proportion of young people who have attained a third-level education. The EU target for third-level (or equivalent) education attainment in those aged between 30 and 34 currently stands at 40 per cent. Though the European average for 2012 […]
So the CAO system is to receive its first-ever shake up. The proposed reforms of Ruairí Quinn, Minister for Education and Skills, are still a little shy of detail, but they have been outlined. The three main changes are: A significant reduction in CAO Level 8 (honours) courses. There will now be far less course specificity as […]
