“A year to the day after doing his Leaving Cert at St Macartan’s College in Monaghan, Peadar O Lamhna found himself hiking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain …” (more)
[Nicola Anderson, Independent, 7 May]
“Fewer than ten graduates each from Black Caribbean and Bangladeshi minority groups make the transition to a research degree each academic year, a study has found …” (more)
[Elizabeth Gibney, Times Higher Education, 27 April]
“Any undergraduate student scanning the various university website pages listing postgraduate courses or giving advice on further study will probably notice one consistent statement running through each, namely that it is ‘hard’, ‘challenging’ or ‘difficult’ to finance a Masters or PhD …” (more)
[William Lord, New Statesman, 30 March]
“Hundreds of extra postgraduate places are to be created at Scottish universities under a £30 million (US$45 million) scheme …” (more)
[Andrew Denholm, University World News, 2 March]
“Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to review the decision that no maintenance grant is paid to new postgraduate students …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 20 February]
“Much of the conversation about plagiarism in academe focuses on professors who steal from their scholarly equals. But growing pressures to publish, particularly in the sciences, can also increase the temptation for professors to defraud their graduate students, some scholars say …” (more)
[Stacey Patton, Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 November]
“Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures for the total number of students who qualified for a postgraduate maintenance grant in each year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 19 July]
“Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures for the total number of students who studied at postgraduate level in each year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 19 July]
“We need to address the decline in home students pursuing postgraduate study before it affects international student admissions …” (more)
[Kim Catcheside, Guardian Professional, 19 June]
“Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlement to higher education grants, including postgraduate study, available to persons in receipt of the lone parents allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 6 June]
“The shortsighted decision to cut maintenance grants for postgraduate students, confirmed by Ruairi Quinn last week, contradicts the Government’s policy on the knowledge economy …” (more)
[Mark Lawler, Independent, 12 March]
“Deputy Catherine Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to postgraduate students for the academic year 2012-13; the way financial supports can be accessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 7 March]
“Frederika Whitehead finds out more about the ways graduate schools are both attracting students and keeping them happy during their studies …” (more)
[Guardian Professional, 28 February]
“Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the elimination of maintenance payments to postgraduate students from the 2012-13 academic year and considering the recent announcement in the Finance Bill 2012 of a range of fiscal incentives targeted to fostering research and development growth in Ireland, he proposes any measures within his remit to encourage greater participation in postgraduate study; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 23 February]
“Students, led by the group Free Education for Everyone Galway, are set to march against the planned increase of Third-Level fees to €3000 by 2015 and the abolition of the Postgraduate grant …” (more)
[Studenty_Galway, 23 February]
“Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if grants or funding will be available for students going to take masters degrees and PhD, 4th level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 16 February]
“Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the new qualifying criteria for new entrant postgraduate students seeking to receive support with their third level fees from next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Questions, 19 January]
“Government plans to raise university tuition fees to £9,000 a year could hit postgraduate courses, a survey suggests …” (more)
[Belfast Telegraph, 20 May]
“Graduates from a leading UK university are being offered £2,000 to stay on and do research rather than try to find their first job during the recession. Durham University said its 102 taught Masters scholarships would ‘give students a real chance to upskill’. A recent survey suggested graduate recruiters were cutting targets, with a reduction of 47% in investment banking. It is likely to mean more intense competition among graduates this year for fewer available jobs. More students could be applying for post-graduate courses as a result …” (more)
[BBC News, 9 February]
