Category: Education
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Struggling with homeschooling? The ‘Maths Eyes’ initiative combines nature trails with education
With schools closed, TheCity.ie’s Kate Brayden looks an innovative solution which could help parents cope with teaching maths in everyday settings. The Coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly changed every aspect of our lives, but as self-isolation is leaving much of Ireland stuck indoors the…
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‘I don’t want to stay here anymore’ – Prince Singh opens up about the reality of violence towards international students
After a barbaric assault, one international student has called on Ireland to ensure the safety of students from all over the world
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Women in Science: An imbalanced Industry
With new statistics revealing a lack of gender balance in science, Ellen Corrigan speaks to molecular biologist Juliana Cummins about the challenges she faces as a woman in science. Last week, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) released figures on their gender redressing initiatives. Their…
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Technological University Dublin: new learning opportunities in third level education
This time next month, students from DIT, IT Blanchardstown and IT Tallaght will have to acclimatise themselves with telling their friends, relatives and future employers that they studied in the Technological University Dublin. TU Dublin will be the first university of its kind…
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Fewer Irish speakers according to Census 2016
Recent figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in November this year show that the number of people speaking Irish is declining. Information gathered during the 2016 census revealed that as of April 2016, 1,761,420 people (39.8% of the population), aged 3…
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Video: DIT Societies launch Xmas Appeal
Daniel Osborne & Conor Shields look at the good work being done by DIT Societies to raise money for charity this Christmas
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Access to music education on the rise
In 2016, then Taoiseach Enda Kenny pledged to have music education accessible to every young person in Ireland within the next five years. That might have seemed over ambitious to some; or to others, simply another case of the government making more false promises.…
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No need for €1,000 student fee increase
Calls from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (PER) to increase third level fees by at least €1,000 appear unjustified when recent university figures are taken into account. University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland’s largest university, reported a surplus of over €20 million…
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Number of students receiving grants up almost 19,000 since 2013
The number of third-level students that have received financial grants over the past five years has risen by 18,778 in Ireland. According to figures provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), the number of students that have received financial grants rose from 60,022…
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Learning on the job?
The low number of apprentices remains a legacy of Ireland’s economic crash, as Eimear Dodd learns
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