Applications for this year’s Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships are now open. This is a programme funding and supporting postgraduate education in the Ireland. The programme is an established national initiative funded by the Department of Education and Skills, and managed by the Irish Research Council. In 2017 5,000 individual scholarships were awarded for
Amidst chaotic, unruly urban winds, the opportunity to harvest urban wind energy may now be possible. An omnidirectional wind turbine designed to work in the middle of high-density, urban environments is the winner of the UK’s James Dyson Award winner for 2018. The current prototype of O-Wind Turbine is 25 centimetres in diameter, with vents […]
This Friday, 7th September, marks the return of the monthly meetup ‘Founder Friday’ to Waterford. This is an opportunity for business minds, or even just curious minds, to come together and share their business backgrounds and experiences with like-minded people. Tracy Keogh, West Region Innovation Community Manager at Bank of Ireland, founded the national movement […]
The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) has launched a new three-day course in correct GDPR practices. This course is aimed at companies, both public and private, and their staff, who work with and/or are responsible for personal data. As of May of this year, both significant changes and new obligations to handling and retaining personal […]
Fingal County Council launched a new Tropical Butterfly House which showcases twenty species of Butterflies and their life cycle in Malahide Castle on Saturday 21 July. The project commenced over 3 years ago and is the first Butterfly House in the Republic of Ireland. The Butterfly House is located in the Cambridge Glasshouse which was […]
(l-r) Cian Forgarty and Jack Dooley of Greener Globe, participating in LaunchBox 2018, Trinity’s student accelerator. Photo courtesy of LaunchBox All the teams chosen to participate in LaunchBox summer accelerator have two things in common, says Programme Manager Alison Tracey: an idea with the ability to create impact, and the right team to make it […]
The Minister for Education, Richard Bruton published a circular requiring all schools to consult parents, teachers and students on the use of smart phones and tablet devices in schools. Minister Bruton also reiterated his commitment that the use of smart phones in schools will be included as an item requiring consultation under the Education Bill 2016, that requires every
The Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, T.D., announced today the plan to establish 42 new schools over the course of the next four years, 2019 – 2022. This was prompted by national demographic exercises by the Department of Education into the current and future needs for primary and post-primary education places nationwide. These schools […]
An educational and innovative hub, holding up to 50 students at a time, was launched in UCD by EY in partnership with the college’s Lochlann Quinn School of Business. This new development will include writable walls in order to promote creativity and unleash UCD students imaginations, while also being usable for presentations and pitches. Dr. […]
You may have heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, that vast swath of the Pacific Ocean which has accumulated a massive volume of discarded plastics, swept there by the ocean’s currents. A great deal of the plastics in this area of ocean are what are known as microplastics, plastic debris less than five millimeters […]
Two Irish authors have been shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2018 worth €100,000. The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride and Solar Bones by Mike McCormack are among eight additional novels created by writers from across the world to be shortlisted. Six out of the ten novels are in translation from France, Germany, Italy, […]
Today is World Down Syndrome Day and to celebrate this a unique photography exhibition aimed at challenging perceptions of Down syndrome in society is being launched in the Powerscourt Centre in Dublin city centre later this evening. The ‘Who Am I?’ exhibition will run until April 30th and presents images and stories of the lives […]
It’s International Women’s Day today and prior to this, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) launched the “It Stops Now” website yesterday in attempts to stamp out sexual harassment & violence in third level institutions across Europe. The “It Stops Now” campaign is part of the ESHTE Project (Ending Sexual Harassment
A two-year part-time Masters degree in Artificial Intelligence (AI), run by the University of Limerick, aims to educate over 300 people within the next five years. The course, beginning from September 2018 onwards, will be delivered primarily online with some intensive Problem Based Learning (PBL) workshops taking place on the University of Limerick campus. Ireland’s […]
An award winning documentary, “Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story”, will be shown across 13 locations in Ireland, as part of Stop Food Waste Week taking place January 22nd to 28th. Just Eat It, by Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer, sees filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of food waste, […]
A Trek through Time showcases original archives online & in physical format. An exhibition showcasing the most significant themes and historical events from the past 250 years in Donegal has been set up. Curated by Donegal County Archives, A Trek through Time is available in English and Irish and is part of the annual November […]
South Dublin’s best young entrepreneurs were announced this week at the County Final of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition. IBYE is a programme run by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) with the support of the Department of Enterprise and Innovation and Enterprise Ireland. Sarah Kiely, of Sadie’s Kitchen in Walkinstown, was named winner […]
Taking place at the start of December, the Volunteer Ireland Awards hosted by Volunteer Ireland, occurred for another year. The awards celebrate ordinary people’s outstanding contributions in the voluntary sector across Ireland. Anyone is able to nominate a volunteer who they deem worthy of recognition. With the exception of the Volunteer Manager category, those
A new gender task force has been launched by Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor to oversee recruitment and promotion policies in higher education. Funding of €500,000 was provided in Budget 2018 to support the work of the Gender Equality Taskforce. The Task Force will build on work done for the HEA National Review on Gender Equality […]
Over 300 homemakers, who have been granted access by the Irish Government, enrolled for free higher education courses commencing in Autumn 2017. For the first time, Springboard+ has been extended to homemakers who wish to reskill and return to the workforce. Free higher education courses include certificate, degree and masters level in a variety of […]