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An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, will this afternoon officially open NexusUCD, a new 5,250 sq.m. industry partnership centre at University College Dublin, as part of the ongoing evolution of the University’s innovation ecosystem...

Education Minister Ruairí Quinn has today announced a major re-organisation of the country’s higher education sector that includes provision for the creation of new Technological Universities....

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has today announced a major re-organisation of the country’s higher education sector that includes provision for the creation of new Technological Universities...

New research shows that over 50 per cent of students who were enrolled in the final year of Senior Cycle in a Department of Education & Skills-supported post-primary schools in 2010 went directly ...

New research shows that over 50 per cent of students who were enrolled in the final year of Senior Cycle in a Department of Education & Skills-supported post-primary schools in 2010 went directly to higher education. A further 28 per cent progressed to further education...

Higher education institutions reporting a two-thirds increase in demand for the Student Assistance Fund. The Minister for Education and Skills is allocating an extra €3 million to the Student Assistance Fund, which is available to third level students...

Introductory Remarks Good morning – I want to thank you all for making time to be here and participating in this event. This is the second time that I have addressed, in a comprehensive way, my own views of the future direction of higher level...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., announced that the Higher Education Authority (HEA) is today issuing a tender for a second phase of ICT graduate skills conversion programmes to commence in early 2013...

11 October 2012 - The Minister for Trade and Development Mr. Joe Costello, T.D. has signed a landmark education and research agreement with Brazil that will see 4,000 under-graduate Brazilian students study in Ireland over the next four years...

The Minister for Education and Skills has secured government agreement for the drafting of an amendment to the Universities Act 1997. This amendment will give the Minister the power to require universities to comply with...