“Dr Helen Deely, Acting Assistant National Director for HSE Health and Wellbeing, talks to Mary about the HSE’s announcement that it will make condoms and sexual health information freely available to third level students nationally.” (mp3)
[RTÉ – Drivetime, 6 November]
“Emma O’Kelly, Education Correspondent, reports that the UL has announced a city centre campus to accommodate 2000 students on the banks of The Shannon.” (mp3)
[RTÉ – Morning Ireland, 4 November]
“Students at the University of Limerick have been reacting to the new brand refresh. Earlier this week the university launched its first re-brand since 1989 …” (more, video)
[Katie Martin, Limerick Voice, 24 October]
“How come many Irish students are paying €3,000 a year to attend university or college, when we’re supposed to have free third-level education? Maria Flannery and Cillian Sherlock walk you through what led to the introduction of ‘free fees’ in the mid-90s, where today’s €3,000 figure comes from, and what’s happened in the third-level sector which has left many institutions reliant on that money to keep the lecture rooms open …” (video)
[RTÉ Prime Time, 30 September]
“John, not his real name, underwent electrical aversion therapy at Queen’s University, Belfast, while a student in the 1960s. The Presbyterian student was shown pictures of naked men and given electric shocks if he was aroused …” (video)
[BBC News, 30 September]
“WIT lecturer Dr Ray Griffin talks to Julie Smyth about the upcoming budget, what Paschal Donoghue can do to boost the South East’s economy and why, as an academic working in the region he is frustrated with the Taoiseach’s reported ‘frustration’ regarding the formation of a Technological University for the South East …” (interview)
[Spreaker, 15 September]
“Lorna Fitzpatrick, USI president, tells us how students are spending up to 30 hours a week commuting to college because they can’t afford the high cost of accommodation …” (podcast)
[RTÉ – This Week, 25 August]
“We’re standing here in the main quad in UCC in solidarity with our colleague and friend Aman De Sondy. Aman has received a horrible, racist threatening message, death threat, we’re here in this really lovely peaceful place, and yet things like this happen …” (video)
[YouTube, 22 August]
“Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Minister of State with Special Responsibility for High Education, talks to Mary about third level education funding and the need for financial reform of the higher education sector …” (mp3)
[RTÉ – Drivetime, 15 August]
“Labour Party Education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says third-level institutions are taking advantage of the housing crisis …” (audio)
[RTÉ – News at One, 7 August]
“Dr Brian Gormley, Head of Campus Life at TU Dublin City Campus, speaks to Mary about how the housing crisis impacts student life” (mp3).
[RTÉ – Drivetime, 26 June]
“Joan Donegan, General Secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers, and John Walshe, Former Special Advisor to Education Minister, discuss why Irish universities have not made the top 100 in world rankings in 2019 …” (audio)
[RTÉ – Drivetime, 20 June]
“Students at Dublin’s National College of Art and Design (NCAD) are looking at the housing crisis and Brexit for inspiration with their art and design work. Their showcase will display work from 225 emerging artists and designers, with social issues like migration and climate change also being explored …” (more, video)
[TheJournal.ie, 8 June]
“Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was greeted by a silent protest at the University of Limerick this Thursday lunchtime. Students were demonstrating against the continued use of Direct Provision in Ireland, with UL student life welfare officer Lorcan O’Donnell describing it as ‘inhumane’ …” (more, video)
[Nick Rabbitts, Limerick Leader, 2 May]
“Elaine Keogh reports on what Brexit will mean to students and staff at Dundalk IT …” (audio)
[RTÉ – Morning Ireland, 22 February]
“Plans to expand Ulster University’s Magee Campus are said to be progressing well following the acquisition of the former Foyle College site. The Magee Medical School will be at the core of the expansion …” (more, audio)
[Highland Radio, 25 January]
“Carl O’Brien, Education Editor with The Irish Times, and Dr Oliver Murphy, President of the Institute of Technology in Tralee, discusses an independent review of finances at Institute of Technology Tralee which has concluded that the institution is overstaffed, losing money and experiencing significant cashflow difficulties …” (audio)
[RTÉ – Drivetime, 24 January]
“Jack Power, Irish Times reporter, discusses the news that Trinity College Dublin is hoping to recover €1.7m after 509 students were undercharged registration fees over the past three years” (podcast).
[RTÉ – Drivetime, 17 January]
“Dr Maria Prencipe, UCD Conway Institute, and Professor Mark Ferguson, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government, discusses the launch of Science Foundation Ireland’s annual plan that will be finding 20 research projects across a range of sectors” (podcast).
[RTÉ – Drivetime, 16 February]
“Northern Ireland pupils applying to start university in the Republic of Ireland this year do not know how much they will pay in tuition fees. That is because it is still unclear if they will be treated as non-EU students after Brexit …” (more, video)
[BBC News, 2 January]
