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HEA institutions provide an additional 2,225 Higher Education places

Two metre physical distancing rule to apply on college campuses

Maynooth and Limerick universities sticking with re-opening plans despite three-week delay for CAO offers

17 Jul, 2020
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CAO, coronavirus, Joseph Ryan, MU, THEA, UL, undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions

IUA / NUI / THEA / TU Dublin Statement: concerning students who have studied Leaving Certificate 2020 subjects outside school and who have not been able to obtain calculated grades in those subjects

Face Coverings Now Mandatory for Students and Staff Returning to Institutes of Technology in September

THEA ‘Strongly Encourage’ Students to Start and Continue Their Studies For The Coming Year

Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor thanks the tertiary education sector for implementing alternative examination arrangements

08 Apr, 2020
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assessment, coronavirus, DES, exams, IUA, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, QQI, THEA
Governance and administration, Teaching

Students reassured they won’t be penalised if they can’t take part in assessment replacing traditional exam

08 Apr, 2020
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assessment, coronavirus, exams, IUA, Lorna Fitzpatrick, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, THEA, USI
Teaching

Coronavirus: Third-level students will not have to sit traditional exams

08 Apr, 2020
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assessment, coronavirus, IUA, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, online assessment, QQI, THEA
Teaching

Universities finalise arrangements for end of year exams amid coronavirus closures

03 Apr, 2020
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assessment, coronavirus, exams, internet, IUA, THEA
Teaching

In Election, a Simple Message to Politicians: Don’t Fail Third-Level

01 Feb, 2020
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elections, funding, IUA, Jim Miley, Joseph Ryan, Lorna Fitzpatrick, THEA, USI
Governance and administration

Country ‘sitting on a timebomb’ over crisis in third-level funding, says Trinity Provost

Students and colleges warn third level sector is ‘losing ground’ on rivals

23 Jan, 2020
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funding, IUA, Jim Miley, Joseph Ryan, Lorna Fitzpatrick, NTF, THEA, USI
Governance and administration

Third-level timebomb must become a election priority

Higher education colleges call for pre-election commitment to €100m annual funding boost

23 Jan, 2020
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funding, IUA, Jim Miley, Joseph Ryan, Lorna Fitzpatrick, THEA, USI
Governance and administration

Higher Education interest groups present joint funding plan ahead of general election

As Election Looms, Trinity to Host Cross-Party Higher Education Debate

Two more institutes of technology come together with aim of becoming a technological university

Munster tech university deferred amid financial concerns and ‘lack of clear vision and strategy’

First women-only professorships due to be appointed before end of this year

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