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Meeting planned to discuss student accommodation issues

Posted in Governance and administration on September 24th, 2021 by steve

“The Department of Further and Higher Education has said it will host a meeting of college presidents next week to discuss the student accommodation issue. The department said it has been engaging with the Department of Housing on a number of issues, including the use of privately-owned student accommodation being used for other purposes …” (more)

[Samantha Libreri, RTÉ News, 24 September]

Tags: DHERIS, student accommodation, USI

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€12 million to improve energy efficiency and support decarbonisation in higher education – Ministers Harris and Ryan

Posted in Governance and administration on June 8th, 2021 by steve

“Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris and Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan today (Monday, 7 June 2021) announced funding of €12 million for the second call of the Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Pathfinder Programme (EEDPP) for the higher education sector – a 50% increase on the first call last year …” (more)

[gov.ie, 7 June]

Tags: climate change, DHERIS, Eamon Ryan, funding, Simon Harris

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