Two English-language schools catering for non-EU students have successfully challenged new government accreditation requirements.

Celebrating 40 years of Higher Education in 2014, Griffith College has developed a reputation for running some of the most effective, focused and successful undergraduate, postgraduate and Adult Education courses in the country.

An educational quality mark to be in place by the end of the year should ensure below-standard colleges for international students can no longer stay in business, the Dáil has been told.

Some English language schools have abused their status to act as fronts for people seeking work in Ireland, Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has warned.

Ex-chairman of Institute of Technology Tralee Flan Garvey has offered to “go back and clean up the mess that is damaging” it.

A team of leading academics will meet staff and students of Institute of Technology, Tralee (ITT) next month in a research degree review prompted by the plagiarism case of the college’s former chairman.

Institute of Technology Tralee chairman, Flan Garvey, who had a plagiarism finding against him overturned on appeal, is to quit almost three years before his term ends.

Ireland’s qualifications watchdog is to carry out a statutory review of the validation processes for postgraduate research degrees at Institute of Technology Tralee in light of the “unintentional” plagiarism in a thesis by the chairperson of the Institute’s governing body.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn is awaiting a response from Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) on the outcome of an investigation of plagiarism against its own chairman.

An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal.

Three external academics have been chosen to investigate allegations of plagiarism against IT Tralee chairman Flan Garvey.

The chairman of Institute of Technology Tralee has handed over his duties on the governing body while claims he plagiarised other people’s work for a degree at the college are investigated.

The statutory body which lecturers want to investigate a plagiarism claim against their college’s chairman says Institute of Technology Tralee has proper procedures to do so itself.