The presidents of Ireland’s universities, institutes of technology, and colleges of further education have collectively written to their student bodies urging them to follow social distancing guidelines to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Students at another university in Ireland have joined the protests demanding the reversal of rent increases in on-campus accommodation.

Universities are raising rents for on-campus accommodation this September.

The third-level sector is currently underfunded, and a system of student loans should not be introduced, each of the major parties' spokespeople on education agree.

Students in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway are more likely to stay within their own county to study at third level.

The President of University of Limerick has called on political parties to “make third-level funding a national priority” and accused the outgoing government of cutting supports to the sector.

In the months ahead, there are two schemes specifically designed to help broaden access to third-level for students who have a disability, or who are from a disadvantaged background.

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In a bid to address the gender imbalance at a senior level across third level education, twenty new professorships specifically for women are to be in place by this September.

Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is claiming that Dublin City Council has overcharged it over €300,000 in planning contributions for its new €60m E3 Foundry.

Students from well-off backgrounds are still more likely to go to college than those who are disadvantaged, the first study of its kind has found.

More than 100 companies, including IBM, AIB, Boston Scientific, Glanbia, Fexco and Pfizer, will gather in UCC tomorrow seeking to headhunt graduates.

A Citizens Assembly should be called to address a national crisis in the funding of higher education and research here, the former head of University College Dublin (UCD) has warned.

Trinity College Dublin has fallen 44 places in the latest Times Higher Education Rankings published this evening.

As ‘Freshers’ Week’ gets underway at University College Cork (UCC), new information booklets encouraging students to respect their neighbours have been distributed to the surrounding areas of the university.

Students say they are facing a growing accommodation crisis, with every college in the country increasing the cost of their on-campus living for the new academic term.

Experience may be more important than a qualification when it comes to landing a job as a new survey finds 46% of professionals believe it helped secure their current role.

Maynooth University has today been recognised as one of the leading new universities in the world.

A Dublin housing complex for more than 140 students close to the Grangegorman university campus has been proposed.

A new report by Indecon, commissioned by the Irish Universities Association, has looked at their socio-economic impact.

State-funded schools are closing the gap on fee-paying schools, with college entry rates at a historic high.

Websites offering bespoke essays to those in third level education are to be made illegal.

Trinity College Dublin has announced four new capital developments to build teaching and research facilities as well as student accommodation on its campus over the next two years.

There are calls for third-level institutions to extend their course registration cut-off dates.

University College Cork and Maynooth University are the only two Irish colleges to improve their placings in the latest Times Higher Education World University rankings.

University College Cork has become the first third-level institution outside the US to get a major Sustainability accolade.

Doubts have been cast over a proposal by an American university to site a European campus on an Office of Public Works site in west Waterford, with any likely development now expected to be downscaled.

For many students last week was excruciatingly long and unfortunately ultimately punctuated with bitter disappointment, writes Richard Hogan

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