:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/RDOIW2CEUKJK72DKI7UTFLALPY.jpg "College applications up strongly for physiotherapy, dentistry and pharmacy, CAO figures show")
College applications for physiotherapy, dentistry and pharmacy courses have seen the largest growth on last year, according to the latest figures from the Central Applications Office...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/JWBOWPPW7VEHZAQETMP2FDWVW4.jpg "Universities say they face shortage of funds to pay existing staff this year")
Universities say they are facing a shortage of funds to pay for existing staff this year due to a gap in Government funding to cover the...
:quality(70):focal(4665x1576:4675x1586)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/BJGEBEKUVZCFJBJU2XSWLM4QMQ.jpg "Prof Hugh Brady: ‘Quality of Irish university experience is slipping, and going to get worse over time’")
Despite an obsession with world university rankings in higher education, most college presidents like to give the impression they are above such tawdry business. To his...
:quality(70):focal(2778x1764:2788x1774)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/WFLBEOANKFHDFL36SV3EMVIKGY.jpg "Trinity is highest-ranked Irish university despite slipping in world standings")
Trinity College Dublin remains the top-ranked Irish higher education institution despite slipping a few places in the latest annual set of world university rankings. The QS...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ZQ4M3IILZ5GPPJM5EGH55KSWKU.jpg "Too many college students are working long hours and try to get by with online notes")
Latest official data shows almost 60 per cent of 25- to 34-year-olds in Ireland have a third-level qualification compared to a European Union average of 41...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/REEITKEYIZEHZL2NRZR4TF7A5U.jpg "TU Dublin ‘pauses’ student intake for college courses to help tackle deficit of almost €9m")
Technological University Dublin is to “pause” the intake of students for 15 college courses in the new academic year due to low student numbers and cost-cutting...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/A3JSIGUOQNG6BPKVJ2H4LW4APQ.jpg "More college graduates go straight into jobs as fewer opt for postgraduate studies")
More college graduates are going straight into employment amid a buoyant jobs market and fewer are opting to complete postgraduate studies, new figures show. A graduate...