Maynooth University Library are hosting Love Data Week this week 08-12 February, 2021. The hashtag is #lovedata21. The purpose of Love Data Week is to raise awareness and build a community to engage on topics related to research data management, sharing, preservation, re-use and library-based research data services and to highlight the importance of data […]
Maynooth University Library are hosting an online event which will examine Irish Sea Level Change in the Atlantic Context on 8 February from 14:00 – 15:00. The island of Ireland, located at the edge of Europe, is in a vital position to study the changing Atlantic Ocean. It is crucial to understand the evolution of […]
The European University Association recently held their second webinar of the DIGI-HE Webinar series: “A strategic reflection on digitalisation in higher education” which explored the results of the report “Digitally enhanced learning and teaching at European higher education institutions”. The report is based on the findings of a survey of higher education leadership across the […]
Maynooth University Department of Law have announced the launch of two Professional Certificates commencing in February 2021. The Professional Certificate in Whistleblowing Law, Practice and Policy is designed to facilitate participants to consider current concepts, policy, legislation, and good practice relating to whistleblowing law and practice in Ireland. Participants will be introduced to the concept of […]
IADT are running a series of spotlight sessions composed of short talks on every CAO course the college offers. You will have the chance to hear from lecturers and chat to current students about what it’s like to study the course along with a live Q+A to ask any questions you have before the CAO […]
79,303 applicants at close of CAO normal application deadline. The Central Applications Office (CAO) normal application deadline closed at 5:15pm today (Monday, 1 February). The application figure to this deadline was 79,303. This figure does not represent the total number of expected CAO applicants for 2021, as a late application facility opens on 5 March and […]
Education in Ireland in partnership with Diversity Abroad have announced the creation of the Inclusive Ireland Scholarship Programme. Ireland is committed to providing academically rigorous and culturally immersive study abroad experiences for students from all backgrounds and identities. Education in Ireland believe that diversity among our visiting students only serves to enrich our society and […]
90 GMIT students were awarded scholarships in recognition of their academic, personal, sporting, and cultural achievements at a virtual ceremony last week attended by the students, their families, school principals, school guidance counsellors and GMIT staff. The students, who are studying a range of programmes in all five GMIT campuses, are from counties in the […]
LIFT Ireland and NUI Galway have announced the first partnership in Ireland’s third-level sector aimed at improving leadership skills amongst students and staff. LIFT Ireland is an initiative to raise the level of leadership nationwide, working with organisations and individuals in a variety of settings to develop key leadership attributes. Current partners include ESB, Munster Rugby, Bank […]
Simon Harris TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, has re-affirmed Government’s commitment to a Technological University for the South East. Minister Harris was speaking at a new Regional Engagement Advisory Group, attended by Presidents of IT Carlow and WIT and business leaders for the area. Minister Harris said: “It is […]
CAO Application Deadline of 1 February on Monday: Applicants who have not yet started their application are urged by CAO to do so immediately, particularly mature applicants, applicants for the HEAR or DARE schemes, or those who are thinking about applying for a restricted course. The Central Applications Office (CAO) application deadline for undergraduate courses in Irish Higher Education Institutions is Monday, 1 February at 5:15pm. […]
Autodesk, a multinational software company has commited 10-year support to Technological University Dublin’s (TU Dublin) new Design and Construct Centre. Ireland’s very first Centre of Excellence for Construction Education Research, Enterprise, & Innovation will be located at TU Dublin in Broombridge, Cabra and represents a €22 million project. Construction is due to begin in late […]
University of Limerick (UL) has been commended for its resilience and dynamism in responding to Covid-19. UL has successfully completed a review as part of quality checks conducted by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), the state agency responsible for the external quality assurance of further and higher education and training in Ireland. Through its CINNTE […]
Waterford Institute of Technology’s (WIT) outreach team is offering one-to-one virtual Drop-in CAO Clinics bookable in advance ahead of the CAO 1 February deadline. The Central Applications Office (CAO) normal application deadline is 5:15pm on Monday, 1 February. Claire Holden, Schools Liaison Officer at WIT says that the virtual drop-ins are ideal for a prospective […]
Dundalk Institute of Technology is currently offering Digital Pizza Parlour virtual workshops for TY Students within Schools in the North East / South Ulster Region (Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Cavan and North Dublin). The workshops range from weekly one-hour classes to a series of full day (4 hour) workshops. Students engage in Digital Pizza Parlour workshops covering […]
University College Cork‘s Quercus Talented Students’ Programme is a scholarship programme that supports and promotes excellence in academia, sport, creative and performing arts, active citizenship & innovation/entrepreneurship for both prospective undergraduate/level 8 students and students already registered in UCC. In addition to the scholarships in these areas UCC also offer three types of Quercus Academic […]
University College Cork and future cohorts of musicians are to benefit as UCC Department of Music has been awarded the largest gift in its 113 year history. The estate of Sidney V. Regan has bequeathed €2M to the Department of Music at UCC, and the announcement coincides with the unveiling of UCC’s new Sound Studio, […]
The UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science has launched a new Crop Science programme for entry from September 2021. This exciting new programme is the only third level Crop Science degree programme offered in Ireland. With an increasing demand for highly qualified graduates in the area of crop agronomy, graduates from this programme will […]
The All Ireland Programming Competition (AIPO) is an annual computer programming olympiad held at University College Cork (UCC). The goals of the competition are: To encourage and reward young programmers, (male and female). To promote contacts among programmers in Ireland. To select a team for the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) and for the European […]
GMIT Digital West event takes place fully online on 26th January 2021, from 10am to 12.30pm, on the theme of “Digital Transformation”. Hosted by GMIT and sponsored by the Local Enterprise Office (LEO), experts from the public and private sectors and academia will share their experiences of how their organisations successfully transitioned to digital marketing. […]
