Yewande Biala graduated from Athlone Institute of Technology with a First class Honours in Biotechnology.

Irish-owned IT solutions and managed services company, Arkphire, has named Oliver Surdival as head of cloud services as part of its continuing growth strategy.

The dangers associated with wearing a defective hurling helmet were highlighted during a recent Dublin SHC fixture when a player almost lost his finger.

Most Irish colleges have been graded above international averages for teaching and learning standards in an international ranking system.

Almost one third of hurlers admit to modifying their helmet against GAA regulations, potentially increasing their injury risk.

Gardaí pursued and subdued a young man after he produced a knife and threatened officers in Athlone.

The lack of women in senior positions in third-level colleges remains a problem, despite improvements, the Higher Education Authority has told college presidents.

Irish innovators are set to boldly go where few have gone before as growing numbers get a chance to develop technologies bound for space.

A team of secondary students from Kildare will be representing Ireland at a European space competition this summer.

The mother of a teenager from Kerry whose terminal cancer inspired him to exhort his peers not to take their own lives, has urged those with depression to seek help early.

The Banking Inquiry has been advised not to hear evidence from the former Anglo boss David Drumm by video-link; a brawl at a Mass in Meath had to be halted by the priest; and Donal Óg Cusack had some home truths for the Cork GAA community. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

The number of college students seeking counselling has hit a record high, as “mounting” waiting lists take their toll on an already overstretched and under- resourced support service.

Pulsed light technology, a radically new method of ultraviolet disinfection, is an effective way of eradicating a diarrhea-causing parasite from Irish water systems, according to research.

A class of 11 students who went to court last year to be allowed complete a cancelled audiology degree at Athlone Institute of Technology should be able to begin clinical placements with the HSE in January.

The constant demands on young GAA players is contributing to high instances of hip, groin and thigh injuries, according to a recent study.

Injuries among school and collegiate GAA players are much more likely to occur at the start and end of the calendar year, a study has found.

Gardaí believe that a computer programmer, whose body was discovered yesterday, was murdered several days ago and dumped under a load of rocks in a quarry.

The expected cross-country debate never materialised at the Athletics Ireland General Congress which finished ahead of schedule at the Moran’s Silver Springs hotel in Cork on Saturday, where Ciarán Ó Catháin was re-elected as president for a further two years.

Guided at just under €1m is the 71-bed Midlands hotel, the Creggan Court, part of a roadside complex in the centre of Ireland, at Athlone.

The college that went ahead with a degree in audiology in 2012 without proper funding or approval has been told to set aside €100,000 of its budget for student services.

I’m counting down the hours to the weekend’s World Indoor Championships as Sopot in Poland hosts the most important event of the global athletics calendar.

Two events took place over the weekend designed to showcase Gaelic sports internationally.

Twenty-one students at Athlone Institute of Technology, who had been told last month that their degree programme in audiology had been cancelled, will be able to complete the course.

The decision to cancel the country’s first undergraduate course in audiology has been described as a “fiasco”, the High Court has heard.

The High Court is hearing a legal challenge taken by two students from Athlone Institute of Technology over the cancellation of their course.

Two third-level students have brought a High Court challenge against the decision to cancel the country’s first undergraduate audiology course.

Two second year college students have gone to the High Court to fight the closure of their degree course at the Athlone Institute of Technology.

The British Academy of Audiology has said it ended its interaction with Athlone Institute of Technology last year on the college’s audiology degree that was ended after a year last week.

Athlone Institute of Technology was told a year ago not to go ahead with the country’s first audiology degree, which was cancelled this week, leaving 21 students with an uncertain future.

More than 20 students training to be audiologists are in academic limbo after Athlone Institute of Technology cancelled the course a year into their studies.

Up to 150 struggling students at Athlone Institute of Technology have been forced to accept free food boxes because they could not afford to feed themselves.

A new tailor-made diploma programme in leadership has been launched by Barry Group in conjunction with the Athlone Institute of Technology.

Government TDs have urged Defence Minister Alan Shatter to revisit the decision to disband the army’s Western Brigade.

Ireland could become a world leader in cloud computing thanks to a new €1.2m research programme.

Ireland could become a world leader in cloud computing thanks to a new €1.2m research programme, it was claimed today.

THE family of a young man who is believed to have stabbed his mother to death had tried to have him placed in psychiatric care in recent weeks.

MORE than 450 people have each been admitted to hospital at least 10 times due to deliberate self-harm in a seven-year period, a conference on mental health heard yesterday.

Concerns are being raised over a trend on social networking site Facebook which shows college students kissing and carrying out various acts of foreplay.

Daniel Skukalek of Athlone Institute of Technology was today crowned the 2011 Knorr Student Chef of the Year at the competition’s final held in Limerick Institute of Technology.

POOR levels of interaction between students and lecturers are impacting on the quality of education at third-level, a student representative has told TDs and senators.

A trainee teacher, and the mother of four children, has been given permission by the High Court to challenge Roscommon Co Council's decision that she is not entitled to a Higher Education Grant.

ALARM was raised last night as it emerged third-level institutions have dumped a €790m pension deficit on taxpayers.