Two more major universities are expected by the end of this week to lend their support to the new campaign aimed at preventing sexual harassment and violence in third-level education.

Laws may have to be introduced to force graduates, who emigrate, to pay a minimum amount off any deferred fees, the authors of a report into possible new funding models for third-level education have said.

A definition of consent is urgently needed in Irish law but while we wait for the law to catch up, Jessica Casey hears how colleges are educating students on sexual consent

The Union of Students of Ireland (USI) today launch an appeal to encourage more householders to offer ‘digs’-style accommodation — and for students to avail of them.

The Cassells report proposed three different options to the higher education funding issues. The option given the most attention, both in the media and in the report itself, is the proposed loan scheme, writes Annie Hoey

A suicide prevention initiative aimed at students was unveiled at Trinity College Dublin yesterday.

Most people emigrating from Ireland are employed workers or fresh graduates, creating concerns of a skills shortage as the economy begins to recover.

Ruairi Quinn railed against Church patrons and inequality in education. But his follow-through often seemed ineffective as he got tangled up in his desire to appear ‘responsible’, writes Conor Ryan

LEARNER drivers are being ripped off because they are being duped into booking their theory tests on unofficial websites, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has warned.

Christmas time can trigger a rise in the frequency and severity of abuse against women and children.

People will be “astounded with all the good news” announced in tomorrow’s budget, Michael Noonan said at the weekend.

The Union of Students of Ireland (USI) has dismissed proposals from a Fine Gael TD calling for the introduction of a UK-style student loan system.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn is braced for an angry backlash from backbench TDs over a list of possible cuts drawn up by his department ahead of October’s budget.

Students could be forced to drop out of college if cuts to the student maintenance grant go ahead, according to the Union of Students of Ireland.

A student website has apologised for any offence caused to its readers and one of its advertising partners, 7Up, over an article that purportedly advised men on how best to secure one night stands.

Students left penniless by the college grants fiasco are turning up hungry at St Vincent de Paul and welfare offices for food parcels.

The Union of Students of Ireland (USI) has today warned that increases in student fees will have wide-ranging consequences for many communities.

The Minister for Social Protection has said it is her understanding that of the 65,000 students who applied for grants online, around 50,000 applications had to be queried because of incomplete data.

Ireland offers its young people greater equality in getting a university education than almost any other developed country — and this has been paying off, according to a study on education across the OECD.

Farmers and self-employed people can “manipulate their income” so that their children are eligible for college grants, Labour Party chairman Colm Keaveney has claimed.

The Union of Students in Ireland is urging the Government to do more to assist graduates in gaining employment.

Thousands of university staff, including senior lecturers and college heads who earn six-figure salaries, are entitled to have their children’s college fees paid by the State as a perk of the job.

The High Court is to rule in a case of three students challenging cuts to their maintenance grants.

FINANCE Minister Michael Noonan has a regrettable tendency to put his foot in it.

A number of students have occupied the offices of the Department of Social Protection in Dublin this evening.

AN INTERNAL investigation is being carried out at a third-level Dublin college after students swallowed a live goldfish, raw chicken necks, lamb’s hearts, cat and dog food and an array of chillies as part of an iron stomach competition.

THE number of Irish people emigrating soared by 45% in a year with some 40,200 people leaving Irish shores in the year to April.

The High Court has granted permission to a group of third level students to challenge the Minister for Education's decision to change the students maintenance grant scheme.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn said today that he was not aware that more than a thousand staff in the third-level sector are paid more than €100,000.

The Union of Students of Ireland has said that "all hell will break loose" if Education Minster Ruairi Quinn re-introduces third-level fees.

STUDENTS will gather outside the Dáil today for a “silent protest” against Fine Gael’s policy on the Irish language.

A national campaign is being launched today to try and encourage students to register to vote in the upcoming General Election.

Gardaí in Co Meath are investigating an incident of criminal damage at the constituency office of the Transport Minister Noel Dempsey.

THE Green Party has admitted it has lost its bid to protect students from hikes in registration fees, but said any increases should not take the charge beyond €2,000 a year.

SOME 28 people have made official complaints to the Garda Ombudsman Commission following clashes between gardaí and students last week.

THE Government has been forced into holding a by-election it doesn’t want in the middle of finalising the most important budget in the history of the state.

Militant groups were tonight accused of hijacking a massive student demonstration in Dublin marred by violence.

Angry students are to stage a mass rally outside the Dáil tomorrow at the possible reintroduction of third-level fees.

Thousands are expected to march through Dublin's streets today calling for the introduction of same-sex marriage

University chiefs were today accused of hypocrisy in banking massive salaries while students face the prospect of having to pay third-level fees.

Around 20,000 students are expected to march in Dublin tomorrow against the possible reintroduction of third-level fees.

ABOUT 10,000 placard-carrying and slogan-chanting students took to the streets of Dublin to protest the possible reintroduction of third-level fees.

About 10,000 students took to the streets of Dublin this afternoon to voice their opposition to the possible reintroduction of student fees.