A review of gender equality among third-level staff is to recommend ways to improve women’s representation at senior academic levels.

The third person killed in the Boston Marathon bombings was a graduate student at Boston University who was originally from China’s northeastern city of Shenyang, a state-run Chinese newspaper reported today.

Sixteenth birthdays don’t come much sweeter.

While Ireland remains a popular study option for US students, equally a world of educational opportunity awaits the Irish stateside with a range of financial supports on offer, writes Education Correspondent Niall Murray