€1million energy research announced by Government
It’s hoped the contracts will help establish Ireland as a key location for the ‘green economy’.
View ArticleCollege registration fee could hit €3,000, warns education minister
Ruairí Quinn told students in Limerick that the reg fee could be €3,000 by 2015 – double what it was in 2010.
View ArticleTD calls for instalment plan to help with student fees
Fine Gael’s Alan Farrell said a monthly direct debit system would ease pressure on families.
View ArticleWant to go to Harvard? Now you can… online and for free
Two of the world’s top universities have joined forces to offer course materials over the internet.
View ArticleFarming bodies against asset testing for third-level grants
Interest groups say the move could result in children from low-income families being refused maintenance assistance.
View ArticleDo you use what you learn in school... after you leave school?
The Leaving Cert results have been occupying the minds of over 55,000 students today – TheJournal.ie team reflects on how much of the senior cycle curriculum we go on to use in real life…
View ArticleColumn: The Leaving Cert ‘points race’ is bad – but it’s better than...
‘Radical’ new proposals for interviews are really a return to the past, writes Joanna Tuffy TD. Instead, we need a much wider debate on third level education.
View ArticleCAO to give discounts for early online applicants... for 2013
Ninety-eight per cent of college applications were received online by CAO in 2012.
View ArticleColumn: Young people do care about more than drinking, smoking & fighting
Today’s youth want to be involved in building Ireland’s future, writes Daithí de Buitléir.
View ArticleEx-pat executives returning to invest in property market
Property experts have said one of the main reasons ex pats are returning is to educate their children here.
View ArticleStudent union launches campaign site targeting TDs and Senators
The site features information on the cost of college and encourages students, parents and businesspeople to contact their local politicians to voice their opposition to fees and cuts.
View ArticleMore disadvantaged teens stay in school longer
The Lourdes Youth and Community Services are warning ahead of Budget 2013 that this “trend may be undone if funding for youth services are reduced”.
View ArticleOpen thread: how do you plan to save money?
We’d like to know if anyone is planning any early New Year Resolutions in response to yesterday’s budget announcements.
View Article118 students still awaiting decision for last year's college grant
SUSI authorities say dozens of students haven’t been ruled on from last year – leaving them in limbo for their college future.
View Article59,000 new grant applications received by SUSI ahead of deadline
SUSI said today that they are still accepting applications and that delays in processing seen last year are not expected to be repeated.
View ArticleParents provide €421 per month on average to their college-going child
Students spend the money on rent, bills, food, books and going out.
View ArticleColumn: The Leaving Cert poorly prepares students for the realities they now...
The Leaving Cert is an outdated, crude and brutal instrument that fails to prepare young people for either the realities of third level education or modern life in general, writes Paul Rowe.
View ArticleCollege students can pre-order week's dinners online for €10*
*The only catch is they have to cook it themselves.
View ArticleSUSI 'working closely' with the Ombudsman on student grant complaints
A total of 55 cases of complaints against the grant system were accepted by the Ombudsman with 34 of them still open.
View ArticleStudents protest cuts in third-level education
Thousands of students took to the streets today demanding that the maintenance grant be protected.
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