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- COVID-19
27/11/20
- Press Releases
IUA Statement 27th Nov: Priority for universities for the next term is the safety of staff and students and maximising the student experience
26/11/20
- Events
IUA Future of Ireland Webinar: The Inclusive University: moving access, inclusion and diversity from the margins in higher education 26 Nov – View the Recording
08/11/20
- COVID-19
Has our strategy on Covid been the right one? Here’s hoping | Prof Luke O’Neil, Trinity College Dublin
07/11/20
- News Coverage
Charleville’s Chrisdina to feature in documentary about ‘Life In Uni’
06/11/20
- News Coverage
My Uni Life: “I wore robes over pyjamas for graduation”
04/11/20
- News Coverage
TV series follows two UCC students
01/11/20
- News Coverage
Inspiring story of student paralysed in crash tragedy who returned to college as he begins final year
27/10/20
- News Coverage
Uni Life: Charleville student shines in new college TV series
27/10/20
- Press Releases
Media Release 27 Oct 2020: IUA & RTE 5-part documentary series shines a light on seven university students helping to change the face of higher education.
23/10/20
- News Coverage
Higher Education Minister Simon Harris promises more freedom for universities
23/10/20
- Events
IUA Future of Ireland Webinar: The pivotal role of universities for future skills and innovation – view the recording
20/10/20
- COVID-19
Covid gives us a chance to take higher education by the scruff of the neck
13/10/20
- Press Releases
IUA Statement 13 Oct: Some positives for higher education in Budget 2021 but many missed opportunities
13/10/20
- COVID-19
Covid-era college: Empty lecture halls, virtual clubs, ‘click and collect’ libraries
12/10/20
- Press Releases
IUA statement 12 Oct: IUA welcome announcement of funding to support researchers impacted by the pandemic.
12/10/20
- COVID-19
Researchers in Ireland affected by Covid-19 to get €47m funding
11/10/20
- News Coverage
The IUA’s Message to the Govt is Clear: Third-Level Is Central to Economic Recovery
09/10/20
- Press Releases
IUA Statement 9th Oct: IUA welcomes the announcement of €300,000 annual funding for Gender Equality Enhancement and a call for 15 new SALI posts
06/10/20
- COVID-19
UCD and NUIG to stay teaching online until after Christmas
06/10/20
- News Coverage
22 Irish third-level education projects awarded share of €197m
05/10/20
- News Coverage
Students will be able to mix modules from courses across Ireland’s seven traditional universities under ground-breaking new initiative
05/10/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
How Many New Course Placements… How Many New Course Placements Will Be Offered To The 6,100 Leaving Cert Students?
05/10/20
- Press Releases
IUA Press Release 5th Oct – IUA breaks new ground with €12.3 million MC2 Micro-Credentials project under HCI Pillar 3
05/10/20
- News Coverage
Universities call for €538m in State funding
05/10/20
- Publications
IUA Budget 2021 ‘Partners in the Recovery’ Submission
05/10/20
- Press Releases
IUA Press Release 5 Oct – Irish Universities Association Publishes Partners in the Recovery Budget Submission to Government.
01/10/20
- COVID-19
Covid-19 testing facility to open on NUI Galway grounds
01/10/20
- Publications
IUA Researcher Salary Scales
30/09/20
- Events
IUA Future of Ireland Webinar: Universities as Partners in the Transformation of Food and Agriculture with keynote speaker Patrick Coveney CEO Greencore – 30th Sept 1pm
29/09/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
University challenge: why higher education faces some tough questions
28/09/20
- COVID-19
UCC Students’ Union calls for responsible behaviour ahead of Freshers’ Week
28/09/20
- COVID-19
NUIG SU to distribute reusable masks to students
28/09/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Morning Ireland Radio – Students urged to consider if they need rented accommodation
27/09/20
- COVID-19
UL offer two-week refund for students postponing on-campus move-ins
25/09/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Third-level tuition to go online for next two weeks
25/09/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
All third level colleges moved to Level 3, most tuition moved online
25/09/20
- COVID-19
- Press Releases
IUA Statement 25.09.20: All universities to introduce enhanced measures in response to increased Covid-19 incidence
22/09/20
- Press Releases
Campus Engage will partner with European Research Council in Engaged Research Webinar Wed 23rd Sept 8am for European Commission Research & Innovation Days
20/09/20
- Press Releases
Sport Scholarships in Irish Universities – International Day of University Sport 2020
20/09/20
- COVID-19
Irish universities raise Covid rules a degree to axe student sleepovers
18/09/20
- COVID-19
Maynooth University moves majority of classes online in ‘escalation of protective measures’
18/09/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Dublin universities cancel on-campus activities, move most classes online
18/09/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Dublin lockdown: colleges move most classes online and suspend on-campus activities
18/09/20
- COVID-19
- Press Releases
IUA Statement 18.09.20 – Dublin universities introduce enhanced measures in response to increased Covid-19 incidence
14/09/20
- COVID-19
NUI Galway Students’ Union launches plan to connect students
12/09/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
How we can easily come to grips with online learning
12/09/20
- COVID-19
Wraparound supports for first years
11/09/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
A step into the unknown: Nine ways college life will change in the Covid era
11/09/20
- COVID-19
Trinity approves pilot Covid-19 screening programme for students and staff
11/09/20
- COVID-19
NUI Galway to welcome 3,500 first years after exceptional year
11/09/20
- Press Releases
Universities pull out all the stops to ease pressure on students – Highest ever level of 1st round CAO offers for top 3 preferences
11/09/20
- COVID-19
What to expect from your hybrid third-level course
11/09/20
- COVID-19
Case study: How will student life look at UCD?
10/09/20
- COVID-19
NUIG leads international study of use of educational technology during COVID 19 school closures
10/09/20
- COVID-19
Covid frontline efforts to be credited for UL students
09/09/20
- Publications
Employable You – An online guide for International Students
07/09/20
- News Coverage
Top marks: Leaving Cert grades see massive 4.4pc surge but fears remain over numbers applying for college
07/09/20
- COVID-19
There are many advantages to the virtual environment’
07/09/20
- COVID-19
‘In these strange times, adaptability is an essential skill’
01/09/20
- Press Releases
IUA welcomes additional university places announced by Minister Harris
24/08/20
- COVID-19
Over €500k in student supports at Limerick third level institutions
21/08/20
- COVID-19
If students want campuses to reopen they will have to share responsibility – Prof Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, President NUI Galway
20/08/20
- COVID-19
Thousands of laptops to help students with online learning
20/08/20
- COVID-19
NUI Galway students offer technical support to organisations during pandemic
20/08/20
- COVID-19
Trinity Sport Fundraiser Raises Over €8,000 for Hospitals
20/08/20
- COVID-19
NUI Galway Professor appointed to elite global Covid-19 research taskforce
17/08/20
- COVID-19
Trinity Introduces Module to Help Students Adapt to Hybrid Learning
16/08/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Irish universities on financial tightrope as Covid hits plan to fly in overseas students
06/08/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
College students face wearing masks in lecture halls under new guidelines
06/08/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
New coronavirus guidance for third-level students and institutions
06/08/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
LISTEN: College students may need to wear face masks in lecture halls
05/08/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Students to wear face coverings in lectures where two metre distance not possible
05/08/20
- Press Releases
IUA Statement: Higher Education Institutions Welcome Guidelines for Public Health Measures
05/08/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Facemasks to be worn in universities says Simon Harris
29/07/20
- COVID-19
Early UCD trial of common arthritis drug to treat Covid-19 shows promise
27/07/20
- COVID-19
Ireland ‘tantalisingly close’ to eliminating the coronavirus – Luke O’Neill
26/07/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
LISTEN: Pandemic effect upon college life – This Week RTE Radio 1
25/07/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
‘It’s not like Normal People’: how Covid-19 will change college life
23/07/20
- News Coverage
Government may boost support for third-level education by cutting student registration fees
22/07/20
- News Coverage
Two metre physical distancing rule to apply on college campuses
22/07/20
- Press Releases
IUA Statement: Covid package will stabilise the higher education and research system
22/07/20
- News Coverage
Government to provide €160m in third-level Covid-19 financial supports
22/07/20
- Press Releases
IUA supports the securing of a strong outcome for research in the EU-UK future relationship: Reaching an agreement on UK participation in Horizon Europe
18/07/20
- News Coverage
Some third-level colleges to delay entry for first years by a further week
17/07/20
- News Coverage
‘This can’t drag on any more’ – student bodies hit out at Leaving Cert results delay
17/07/20
- News Coverage
Universities ‘actively revising’ plans for first-years due to Leaving Cert results delay
17/07/20
- Press Releases
Universities plan for safe return of students while noting disappointment with late grades
16/07/20
- News Coverage
Jess Casey: O’Shea bows out at UCC having made his mark
15/07/20
- News Coverage
UCC president to retire early for ‘personal reasons’
15/07/20
- Press Releases
World Youth Skills Day 2020 – Generation COVID-19 Irish University Students Supporting the Most Vulnerable in our Communities
14/07/20
- News Coverage
Universities will try to put art of teaching first in ‘hybrid’ system
10/07/20
- News Coverage
From the far side of Berlin Wall to first female university president in Ireland
09/07/20
- Publications
EDTL Resources – Planning for Effective Remote Teaching in Covid-19
29/06/20
- News Coverage
Further Education to be Under Remit of Higher Education Minister, says Harris
27/06/20
- Press Releases
IUA welcomes new government announcement that an independent Department of Higher Education, Innovation and Science is being formed.
25/06/20
- Press Releases
IUA / NUI/ THEA / TU Dublin Statement: concerning students who have studied Leaving Certificate 2020 subjects outside school and who have not been able to obtain calculated grades in those subjects
23/06/20
- Press Releases
Women in Engineering in Irish Universities – International Day of Women in Engineering 2020
17/06/20
- Events
IUA/RIA webinar: Evidence Informed Policy Making – the Role of Higher Education and Research – Tuesday 30 June – Recording Available
11/06/20
- News Coverage
Pay of college graduates varies hugely depending on factors such as gender, postcode and course – survey
11/06/20
- Events
IUA/EDTL Webinar: Planning for effective remote teaching during Covid-19 – 24th June Presentations & Recording
11/06/20
- Press Releases
HEA Graduate Outcomes Report shows high employment for University Graduates
10/06/20
- Press Releases
Irish Universities perform well in QS Rankings 2021
09/06/20
- COVID-19
University moves online: Where planning for the unknown is the only certainty
09/06/20
- News Coverage
Colleges face crisis as funding in freefall
08/06/20
- COVID-19
New field hospital in University of Limerick established
05/06/20
- Press Releases
Environmental Courses & Research in Irish Universities – World Environment Day 2020
05/06/20
- News Coverage
Student accommodation sector set for harsh Covid-19 lesson
04/06/20
- COVID-19
Why pooling expertise to tackle Covid-19 works
04/06/20
- COVID-19
How to get one dance step ahead of Covid-19
03/06/20
- COVID-19
NUI Galway and UL scientists launch ultraviolet drone to fight COVID-19
03/06/20
- MSCA Resources
Individual Fellowship 2020 Handbook
02/06/20
- News Coverage
Time to be ambitious. We need a Department of Higher Education and Research
01/06/20
- Publications
IUA Guidance for Universities Consent Framework May 2020
01/06/20
- COVID-19
Irish Universities help fight the pandemic
31/05/20
- News Coverage
Hard lessons: the ‘perfect storm’ in third level education is closing in
29/05/20
- COVID-19
DCU Student Accommodation Statement
29/05/20
- COVID-19
Covid-19 student days: Empty lecture theatres, online learning and micro-communities
29/05/20
- COVID-19
Tool to assess your risk of catching COVID-19
28/05/20
- News Coverage
Online learning has its place, but the university model is far from ‘broken’
27/05/20
- COVID-19
Rapid COVID-19 response support for industry launched
27/05/20
- COVID-19
More than 1,500 scientists issue funding warning and call for department for higher education and research
26/05/20
- COVID-19
UCD professor chairs newly established Covid-19 nursing home panel
25/05/20
- COVID-19
UCC are hosting a free online return to work course to help employees and employers
25/05/20
- COVID-19
Innovating in Covid-19 times, Rich Ferrie, Director of Innovation, University College Cork
25/05/20
- COVID-19
Modelling citizen: Prof Philip Nolan and the battle against Covid-19
25/05/20
- COVID-19
Third level gears up for blended learning
24/05/20
- COVID-19
Covid-19 measures likely to save Ireland €31m in compliance costs
24/05/20
- COVID-19
WATCH: Prof Luke O’Neill- ‘It’s definitely beatable, Covid-19’
22/05/20
- COVID-19
Exposure of latent ageism in virus response highlights need to reform care systems for older people
22/05/20
- COVID-19
Nphet shows the value of scientific advice
21/05/20
- COVID-19
One researcher aims to find how students access mental health services online
21/05/20
- COVID-19
DCU study looks at how tosuccessfullyengage with students online
20/05/20
- COVID-19
University of Limerick establish dedicated institute for the study of infectious diseases
20/05/20
- COVID-19
DCU COVID-19 Student Emergency Fund launched in response to challenges and financial hardship facing students
18/05/20
- COVID-19
Coronavirus prompts big increase in exercise, Trinity researchers find
17/05/20
- COVID-19
NUIG Prof leading Covid-19 taskforce on international travel medicine
17/05/20
- News Coverage
Listen: RTE Radio One Higher Education and the outlook for the new academic year
17/05/20
- News Coverage
Colleges say €20m ad drive is needed to attract overseas students
16/05/20
- COVID-19
UCD student gives famous painting Covid-19 twist to raise funds for charity
14/05/20
- News Coverage
Radical change in store for Irish third-level over next five years due to Covid-19 pandemic
13/05/20
- COVID-19
DCU establishes Research and Innovation Hub to tackle Covid-19 challenges
11/05/20
- COVID-19
FuJo develops Age Action resource on COVID-19 disinformation
08/05/20
- Press Releases
IUA welcomes Government announcement on Leaving Certificate
08/05/20
- News Coverage
Universities Confirm They’ll Use Calculated Grades for Admissions
08/05/20
- News Coverage
Now that the Leaving Cert is out of the way, what does it mean for getting into college?
06/05/20
- COVID-19
Aiming for excellence in a time of crisis for international education: Ireland
06/05/20
- COVID-19
- Press Releases
IUA launches details of how the university sector is supporting Ireland during the COVID-19 crisis
06/05/20
- COVID-19
Irish Times view on higher education: Universities can be part of Covid-19 solution
04/05/20
- News Coverage
Universities warn cost of funding lost to pandemic is €374m
03/05/20
- News Coverage
Coronavirus plunges universities into funding crisis
03/05/20
- COVID-19
Irish researchers study effectiveness of blood thinners on coronavirus
02/05/20
- COVID-19
Inside the Irish lab trying to combat Covid-19
02/05/20
- News Coverage
COVID-19: Irish universities facing funding gap of over €400m
01/05/20
- COVID-19
- Publications
Irish Universities Help Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
30/04/20
- COVID-19
Chief Medical Officer and President of Ireland congratulate more than 130 graduating UL medical students
30/04/20
- COVID-19
Who are the NPHET members overseeing Ireland’s response to Covid-19?
29/04/20
- COVID-19
Third-level researchers hunt Covid-19 solutions with €5m grant backing
29/04/20
- COVID-19
- Press Releases
Key Covid-19 Research Funding Announcement Welcomed by Universities
23/04/20
- COVID-19
Maynooth University offering student apartments to allow returning frontline health care workers to self-isolate for 14 days
22/04/20
- Press Releases
THE Impact Rankings 2020 – 5 IUA Universities in Top 100
22/04/20
- COVID-19
DCU Opens COVID-19 Assessment Unit on Glasnevin Campus
22/04/20
- COVID-19
Future Planning Group at UL will prepare a ‘number of options’ for students
22/04/20
- COVID-19
Dr John McGinnity: ‘When is an Open Day not an Open Day?’
22/04/20
- COVID-19
Going to college – virtual open days, PLCs and SUSI grants
21/04/20
- COVID-19
Why we need more than just scientists to document the pandemic
21/04/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Coronavirus means income from overseas students likely to be wiped out
20/04/20
- COVID-19
Taoiseach pledges that 1,000 medicine graduates will be offered an internship
18/04/20
- News Coverage
Universities facing huge losses due to fall in foreign students
17/04/20
- COVID-19
Covid-19 response team: Modellers help conquer that steep cases curve
17/04/20
- COVID-19
Hundreds of tablet devices donated to Covid-19 patients to help them contact loved ones
16/04/20
- COVID-19
Cork University Hospital research creates better understanding of Covid-19
16/04/20
- COVID-19
Depression on the rise as lockdown leaves many feeling lonely and anxious
15/04/20
- COVID-19
University of Limerick students hoping to ‘make a difference’ through contact tracing
15/04/20
- COVID-19
Watch: How scientists are winning the fight against Covid-19
14/04/20
- COVID-19
Third-level institutes to provide IP free to help end Covid-19 crisis
14/04/20
- COVID-19
DCU Anti-Bullying Centre launches free online resources to support young people and parents to stay safe online
13/04/20
- COVID-19
Irish Covid-19 early warning system for frontline medical staff shows encouraging results – Watch
10/04/20
- COVID-19
- Press Releases
IUA welcomes clarity on revised plans for Leaving Certificate examinations
10/04/20
- COVID-19
PhD student launches free online programme for STEM-loving kids
09/04/20
- COVID-19
University of Limerick to make over 100,000 face visors for HSE front-line staff
09/04/20
- COVID-19
Trinity to set up Covid-19 research centre
09/04/20
- COVID-19
Irish universities and researchers launch Covid-19 tracker
08/04/20
- COVID-19
Irish scientists develop reagent in effort to ease Covid-19 testing delays
08/04/20
- COVID-19
How’s it going? NUI Galway & DCU Survey today will check how we are coping
08/04/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Colleges and universities finalise alternative assessment arrangements
07/04/20
- COVID-19
WATCH: Inside the UCC simulation centre transformed to deliver chemotherapy to cancer patients amid coronavirus pandemic
07/04/20
- COVID-19
Irish Scientists say they’ve found solution to help address Covid-19 testing issues
07/04/20
- COVID-19
Students reassured they won’t be penalised if they can’t take part in assessment replacing traditional exam
07/04/20
- COVID-19
Trinity research outlines cost of not supporting firms in danger of closure due to Covid-19 crisis
07/04/20
- COVID-19
Trinity researchers seek to crack code of how immune systems react to coronavirus
07/04/20
- COVID-19
Medicine graduates ‘eager to start’ after online conferring
06/04/20
- COVID-19
WATCH: Galway medical students graduate online
06/04/20
- COVID-19
MU Library lends napping pods to Tallaght Hospital
06/04/20
- COVID-19
Maynooth University research assesses how primary schools, teachers, parents and pupils are adjusting to the reality of COVID-19 school closures
06/04/20
- COVID-19
Scientists at UL make solution to aid more testing
06/04/20
- COVID-19
Student nurses could be fast-tracked to qualification to tackle Covid-19
06/04/20
- COVID-19
NUIG medical students graduate early and online to join pandemic fight
03/04/20
- Publications
Academic Integrity in Online Assessment
03/04/20
- COVID-19
- Press Releases
Ireland’s Universities go online for exams
03/04/20
- COVID-19
Vitamin D could help fight off Covid-19 – new TILDA research
03/04/20
- COVID-19
UCD volunteers use 3D printing to produce PPE for front-line COVID-19 medical staff
03/04/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Coronavirus: Irish University Association to replace traditional exams with external assessments
03/04/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Universities finalise arrangements for end of year exams amid coronavirus closures
02/04/20
- COVID-19
Coronavirus in Ireland: university staff sent to health service
02/04/20
- COVID-19
UCC and CUMH collaborate on “virtual visiting” for premature babies
02/04/20
- COVID-19
UCD engineer leads Irish efforts in global race to build ventilators
02/04/20
- COVID-19
UCC contact tracing centre ‘firefighting’ spread of Covid-19
01/04/20
- COVID-19
Covid-19: Critically ill Irish patients to take part in global clinical trial
01/04/20
- COVID-19
University Updates and FAQs on COVID-19
01/04/20
- COVID-19
COVID-19 research team established at UCC
31/03/20
- News Coverage
Trinity Professor Dan Bradley Wins ERC Grant Worth €2.5m
31/03/20
- COVID-19
Coronavirus: ‘Everyone wants to help’ – Irish researchers respond to Covid-19 crisis
27/03/20
- COVID-19
NUI Galway Refocusing Research to Fight COVID-19
27/03/20
- COVID-19
Coronavirus: Universities step up to provide research, volunteers and hospitals
25/03/20
- COVID-19
Covid-19: Virus-killing robot developed by TCD start-up
25/03/20
- COVID-19
New Website developed by NUI Galway and UL to Connect Industry Personal Protective Equipment Stock to Hospitals Worldwide
24/03/20
- COVID-19
UCC provides intensive care nursing course to fight COVID-19
16/03/20
- COVID-19
- Press Releases
Presidents of Irish Universities, Institutes of Technology and Higher Education Colleges contact up to 250,000 students to reinforce the critical importance of social distancing.
12/03/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
School and college closures inevitable as talks start in bid to minimise fallout
12/03/20
- COVID-19
NUI Galway Spin-Out Aquila and Irish Defence Forces develop novel decontamination wipe to prevent spread of COVID-19
12/03/20
- COVID-19
- News Coverage
Coronavirus: Junior and Leaving Cert exams still scheduled for later this month
11/03/20
- COVID-19
- Press Releases
IUA Statement: Universities coordinate contingency planning for dealing with spread of Coronavirus
08/03/20
- Press Releases
International Women’s Day 2020- Accelerating Gender Equality in Irish Universities, the story so far
02/03/20
- Press Releases
30% Club Executive Education Scholarship Programme 2020
02/03/20
- Press Releases
New leadership programme to support top leaders in Ireland’s universities
02/03/20
- Press Releases
Cursaí Gaeilge in Ollscoileanna na hEireann- Seachtain na Gaeilge 2020
20/02/20
- News Coverage
First open access science programme signed with Elsevier
11/02/20
- Press Releases
On International Day of Women & Girls in Science IUA and the Irish Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office celebrate the achievements of female research awardees
04/02/20
- News Coverage
Voters face stark choices when it comes to higher education
03/02/20
- Press Releases
IUA join 36 EU and UK higher education and research organisations in joint-declaration of cooperation post-Brexit
31/01/20
- News Coverage
In Election, a Simple Message to Politicians: Don’t Fail Third-Level
30/01/20
- News Coverage
It’s time to stop the commercialisation of our universities
28/01/20
- News Coverage
Few Revelatory Moments in Tetchy Higher Education Debate
28/01/20
- News Coverage
Political parties rule out student loans to fund third level
28/01/20
- News Coverage
Country ‘sitting on a timebomb’ over crisis in third-level funding, says Trinity Provost
28/01/20
- Events
Election 2020 – Future of Irish Higher Education & Research Debate
24/01/20
- Press Releases
On International Day of Education we highlight research projects which aim to preserve our planet and scholarships in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency
23/01/20
- News Coverage
Students and colleges warn third level sector is ‘losing ground’ on rivals
23/01/20
- News Coverage
RTE Radio 1- Funding Crisis At Third Levels
23/01/20
- News Coverage
Third-level timebomb must become a election priority
23/01/20
- News Coverage
Higher education colleges call for pre-election commitment to €100m annual funding boost
23/01/20
- Press Releases
IUA, THEA and USI recommend using the National Training Fund to address higher education funding crisis
22/01/20
- News Coverage
As Election Looms, Trinity to Host Cross-Party Higher Education Debate
20/01/20
- News Coverage
‘We face an artful execution of not much’ – President of UL makes plea for rise in third-level funding by State
16/01/20
- News Coverage
How students feel about the General Election being on a Saturday
08/01/20
- Press Releases
Irish universities expand scholarship scheme for BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition winners 2020
06/01/20
- News Coverage
Patrick Prendergast: ‘Beacon of hope in docklands shows Ireland means business’
05/01/20
- News Coverage
IUA call for third level funding to be made an election issue
05/01/20
- News Coverage
Surplus in State training fund set to climb to €1bn in 2020
03/01/20
- Press Releases
Trinity College Dublin welcomes Cabinet approval of Grand Canal Innovation District Plan
03/01/20
- News Coverage
Irish Times: Government backs new €1bn Silicon Docks campus for Trinity College
03/01/20
- Press Releases
Universities awarded 14 of 20 Posts approved under phase 1 of the Senior Academic Leadership Initiative
19/12/19
- Press Releases
Season’s Greetings & IUA 2019 Highlights
18/12/19
- Press Releases
On International Migrants Day we highlight some of the researchers working/studying in Ireland with the help of EURAXESS Ireland
16/12/19
- News Coverage
Third-Level Gets 3,000 New Places in Science and Technology Courses
11/12/19
- Press Releases
UCD Strategy 2020-2024: Rising to the Future
11/12/19
- News Coverage
Irish universities secure six prestigious European research grants
05/12/19
- Press Releases
On World Volunteer Day Universities Celebrate the Achievements of their Student Volunteers
22/11/19
- Press Releases
Universities win all awards for gradireland Postgraduate Course of the Year
21/11/19
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Trinity Scientists Make Breakthrough in Inflammatory Disease Research
18/11/19
- Press Releases
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions is Ireland’s top performer under the Horizon2020 framework programme
11/11/19
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ITN 2020 Application Supports
08/11/19
- News Coverage
IUA Launches Initiative to Enhance Digital Technologies in Universities
07/11/19
- Press Releases
IUA launches initiative to enhance digital learning
07/11/19
- Events
Launch of IUA Enhancing Digital Teaching & Learning Project Nov 7th
04/11/19
- Press Releases
IUA – a signatory in the #EUInvestInKnowledge campaign
01/11/19
- News Coverage
Over 300 jobs announced as part of University of Limerick’s multi-million euro expansion
21/10/19
- Press Releases
IUA Welcomes HEA’s new report on the Spatial and Socio-Economic Profile of HEIs in Ireland
21/10/19
- News Coverage
Mind the gap: Affluent students have firm grip on top university courses
14/10/19
- News Coverage
Budget Day has become Groundhog Day for Third Level Funding – Jim Miley Op Ed
11/10/19
- News Coverage
Flagging Brexit Universities Call Again for Higher Education Funding
11/10/19
- Events
University of Tomorrow and la Francophonie
09/10/19
- Press Releases
IUA calls for investment in research and capacity to prepare Ireland’s universities for Brexit
09/10/19
- Press Releases
IUA Budget 2020 Response Statement
09/10/19
- Publications
IUA Submission to Seanad Brexit committee
07/10/19
- Jobs
Student Associate Intern for the Enhancing Digital Capacity in Teaching and Learning in Irish Universities project
04/10/19
- Press Releases
IUA Response to Hugh Brady Speech
04/10/19
- Press Releases
Speech on Higher Education (Funding & Brexit) by President of Bristol University Prof. Hugh Brady
28/09/19
- Publications
Code of Governance for Irish Universities 2019
18/09/19
- Events
Oireachtas Members Briefing on the Future Funding of the Third Level Sector
17/09/19
- Press Releases
Irish Universities Present Stark Picture to Budgetary Oversight Committee
17/09/19
- Publications
IUA Opening Statement to Oireachtas Budget Oversight Committee
13/09/19
- Press Releases
University Presidents Call for Urgent Changes to State Research Funding Following Poor Outcome from EU Programme
17/08/19
- News Coverage
Irish Examiner — No Input from Department of Finance in Promise to Freeze College Fees
15/08/19
- Publications
National Policy Statement on Ensuring Research Integrity in Ireland
12/08/19
- News Coverage
University Times — Universities Round on Joe McHugh After Government Fee Promise
12/08/19
- Press Releases
IUA Response to comments from Minister McHugh regarding the freezing of student fees
07/08/19
- Publications
IUA Budget Submission 2020
25/07/19
- Press Releases
Budget 2020: IUA calls on Government to urgently invest in Ireland’s future talent and innovation in Budget 2020
18/07/19
- News Coverage
The Irish Independent — Fianna Fáil pledges new cabinet minister to tackle higher education ‘crisis’
17/07/19
- News Coverage
BreakingNews.ie — 45% decrease in funding to Irish universities over the past 10 years
17/07/19
- News Coverage
The Irish Times — Martin calls for department of higher education
17/07/19
- Events
Future of Ireland series with Micheál Martin TD – The Role of Research & Innovation in the Knowledge Economy
17/07/19
- Press Releases
Micheál Martin calls for a separate Department of Higher Education and Research at IUA Future of Ireland Event
22/06/19
- News Coverage
The University Times — NUI Galway Gets Green Light for 674 New Beds
21/06/19
- News Coverage
The Irish Times — First women-only professorships due to be appointed before end of this year
21/06/19
- News Coverage
The University Times — New Senior Jobs Launched for Women in Higher Education
21/06/19
- Press Releases
IUA Statement in response to the Call for Proposals for the Senior Academic Leadership Initiative (SALI)
20/06/19
- News Coverage
The University Times — Irish Universities Defend Opposition to College Accommodation Rent Caps
20/06/19
- Press Releases
IUA and the Irish Refugee Council welcome changes to a Support Scheme to allow more young people in direct provision enter Irish higher education
19/06/19
- News Coverage
The Irish Times — Irish universities stay outside top 100 in world rankings
04/06/19
- Press Releases
IUA calls on Government to establish a sustainable core funding solution to support looming demographic bulge
27/05/19
- Press Releases
Campus Engage & IRC Brokerage Event to match Researchers with CSOs to develop Research Partnerships with Societal Impact
15/05/19
- Press Releases
May 15th: Minister Mitchell O’Connor launches European charter to promote gender equality in the university sector
14/05/19
- News Coverage
The Irish Sun — EDUCATION UNDER ATTACK Ireland ‘will have highest college fees in the EU after Brexit’ as calls made for more State investment in higher education
14/05/19
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MSCA – 2019 Individual Fellowship Application Supports
08/05/19
- News Coverage
Irish Independent — Irish universities contribute €8.9bn to the economy but is this under threat from a decade of underfunding?
07/05/19
- News Coverage
The Journal — ‘I’m the first in my family to go to university’: How an access programme changed one young woman’s life
30/04/19
- News Coverage
University Times — Trinity Applications from Northern Ireland Drop 20% for Second Time Since Brexit Vote
27/04/19
- Press Releases
Press Release 27 April: Employers and union bosses join students and industry leaders in calls for university and third level funding crisis to be tackled
26/04/19
- Publications
Indecon Independent Assessment of the Economic and Social Impact of the Irish Universities_full report
26/04/19
- Publications
Delivering for Ireland_An Impact Assessment of Irish Universities_summary report 2019
26/04/19
- Publications
Delivering for Ireland_An Impact Assessment of Irish Universities_supplement for Irish Times 2019
12/04/19
- News Coverage
Irish Times — Twelve researchers each receive €1m State funding for new projects
12/04/19
- Press Releases
April 12th – Universities across Ireland in all-island collaboration
11/04/19
- News Coverage
Irish Examiner — Former UCC president appointed as head of European University Association
11/04/19
- Press Releases
April 11th 10:15 – Michael Murphy elected as first ever Irish President of the European University Association
11/04/19
- Press Releases
11th April – IUA welcomes Government announcement of €12m IRC investment in curiosity driven basic research
10/04/19
- News Coverage
Irish Independent — Brian MacCraith: ‘Education has transformed Ireland – now universities should be funded properly’
08/04/19
- News Coverage
The Pie News — IUA in scholarship agreement with Indonesia
05/04/19
- News Coverage
Irish Examiner — Warning from universities: Doors closing?
04/04/19
- News Coverage
RTE Radio 1 — Jim’s interview with Sean O’Rourke
04/04/19
- News Coverage
KFM — Jim Interview on KFM
04/04/19
- News Coverage
Research.ie — Irish Research Council welcomes Irish Universities Association Impact Study
04/04/19
- News Coverage
Silicon Republic — How 7 Irish universities make an economic impact of €8.9bn per year
04/04/19
- News Coverage
University Times — Universities Contribute €9bn Per Year to Irish Economy, Report Finds
04/04/19
- News Coverage
KFM — 50% Increase In University Population Putting Institutions Under Strain.
04/04/19
- News Coverage
The Irish Independent — Graduates pocket up to €220,000 extra as universities return €9bn a year to economy
04/04/19
- News Coverage
The Irish Times — Universities say they may have to limit number of Irish students due to funding shortage
04/04/19
- Press Releases
Press Release 4th April – Irish Universities contribute €8.89 billion to Irish economy annually
04/04/19
- Events
Launch of Delivering for Ireland – An Impact Assessment of Irish Universities
02/04/19
- Press Releases
Media Release 2nd April – Irish Universities Association signs agreement with Indonesia to give PhD training to Indonesian University Lecturers
01/04/19
- News Coverage
University Times — Varadkar Has Talked Enough About Loans – What Education Needs is State Funding
31/03/19
- News Coverage
RTE radio 1 — Jim interview on RTE Radio
28/03/19
- MSCA Resources
MSCA – COFUND Information Event 2019
27/03/19
- News Coverage
University Times — Taoiseach Rules Out Fee Increase and Student Loan Scheme in Surprise Move
27/03/19
- News Coverage
Irish Examiner — Student fee hike and loans scheme ruled out
20/03/19
- Press Releases
IUA Statement on mismatch of Reporting Deadlines for US Federal Funding – March 20th
19/03/19
- News Coverage
Irish Times — ‘Brexit can’t be allowed ruin collaborations in higher education between us and UK’
27/02/19
- News Coverage
Silicon Republic — University rankings by subject show Ireland breaking into top 50 in the world
19/02/19
- News Coverage
University Observer — Underfunded Irish universities are “systems in danger”
18/02/19
- News Coverage
The Irish Independent — Teachers top the pay league for new graduates but gender pay gap remains
18/02/19
- News Coverage
The Irish Times — Economic recovery boosting prospects for college graduates
14/02/19
- News Coverage
Irish Independent — Tech courses are toughest to finish in college
08/02/19
- News Coverage
University Times — Government Announces €23m Fund for Innovation in Higher Education
05/02/19
- Press Releases
4th Feb – Galway City Council pass Unanimous Motion in Support of more funding for Higher Education
02/02/19
- News Coverage
University World News — Irish university system starved of funds and ‘in danger’
01/02/19
- MSCA Resources
MSCA 2019 RISE Handbook
29/01/19
- Press Releases
IUA Media Release: Ireland joins Serbia as Europe’s only third level systems ‘in danger’ due to funding shortfall and rising student numbers, European research finds
29/01/19
- News Coverage
RTE.ie — Seminar hears Brexit could offer opportunities for Irish universities
29/01/19
- News Coverage
Irish Examiner and BreakingNews.ie — Ireland’s third level education system classified as ‘in danger’
29/01/19
- News Coverage
Silicon Republic — Irish universities in serious financial danger, but Brexit could help
29/01/19
- News Coverage
The Irish Times — Third-level system ‘in danger’ from underfunding and rising student numbers
29/01/19
- Events
How can Ireland’s Universities compete with the best in Europe?
15/01/19
- News Coverage
Irish Times — Is a college education worth the cost?
09/01/19
- News Coverage
Kildare Now — 76% of Leaving Cert students want continuous assessment according to new research
12/12/18
- Press Releases
IUA dismayed at attacks on university autonomy and academic freedom in Hungary -13th December 2018
12/11/18
- Press Releases
IUA welcomes publication of Gender Taskforce Equality Action Plan 2018 – 12 Nov 2018
01/11/18
- MSCA Resources
MSCA – ITN 2019 Application Supports
15/10/18
- Press Releases
Seven universities launch ‘Save Our Spark’ campaign, urging public to sign petition to protect Ireland’s third level education system – 15th Oct
09/10/18
- Press Releases
IUA Response to Budget 2019 – State funding per student in third level not addressed by Budget – Oct 9th
27/09/18
- Press Releases
IUA & THEA unite with students and staff unions in joint call for Government to address Higher Education funding Crisis 27.09.18
27/09/18
- Publications
Ireland’s Future Talent – A Charter for Irish Universities
27/09/18
- Events
Launch of Ireland’s Future Talent – A Charter for Irish Universities
17/09/18
- Press Releases
Seven universities launch joint Charter to underpin the future of Irish university education 17.09.18
28/08/18
- Publications
DARE HEAR Facts & Figures Summary Report 2017/18
06/07/18
- Press Releases
IUA Op-Ed 6.07.18 – Funding reform needed for quality and growth of third-level sector
06/07/18
- Publications
IUA Budget 2019 Submission
06/07/18
- Publications
Campus Engage: Measuring Higher Education Civic & Community Engagement
05/07/18
- Press Releases
IUA Media Release 5th July – University sector needs major investment in Budget 2019
20/06/18
- Press Releases
20th June 2018 – Irish Universities providing sanctuary through education to Refugees #WorldRefugeeDay
31/05/18
- MSCA Resources
June 2018 – MSCA Individual Fellowship Application Supports
22/05/18
- Press Releases
University Researchers are working with communities and businesses to save bees as Ireland celebrates the inaugural World Bee Day – May 20th
19/05/18
- Press Releases
IUA Press Release 19th May 2018 – Universities are buzzing about bee research as we celebrate World Bee Day May 20th
18/05/18
- Press Releases
IUA welcomes HEA Report showing University Students progressing well from first to second year – 18th May
11/05/18
- Events
Developing Future-Ready Researchers: career development and mobility in a global environment
27/04/18
- Press Releases
27th April 2018: Universities take home 6 awards in the Knowledge Transfer Ireland Impact Awards
22/03/18
- Press Releases
IUA Statement 22 March 2018: IUA welcomes Government announcement of €29.6m investment by the Irish Research Council in frontier research
08/03/18
- Publications
Continuous Assessment IUA opening statement to Joint Committee on Education and Skills March 2018
05/03/18
- Publications
IUA International Brochure 2018 edition
16/02/18
- Press Releases
Press Release 16th Feb – University capital building fund must be matched by human capital investment #ProjectIreland2040
07/02/18
- MSCA Resources
7th Feb 2018 – The IMSCO Annotated RISE Handbook is now available
24/01/18
- MSCA Resources
24th and 25th January 2018 – Research and Training Projects with European Organisations
20/01/18
- Events
DARE HEAR Advice Clinics Nationwide
09/01/18
- MSCA Resources
11 December 2017 – Innovative Training Networks (ITN) information day
20/12/17
- Press Releases
27th Nov – Publication of 2017 results from the Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE)
22/11/17
- Press Releases
22 Nov Media Announcement: Jim Miley appointed as Director General of the Irish Universities Association
02/11/17
- Press Releases
02 Nov 2017 – Minister Mitchell O’Connor launches an online resource to inform Higher Level Institutions’ Student Retention Strategies
31/10/17
- MSCA Resources
10 Nov 2017 – Proposal Preparation Training for ITN Call 2018
15/08/17
- Press Releases
Leaving Cert Helpline – 1800 265 165 opens 16th August
14/07/17
- Press Releases
IUA Welcomes Ministerial Announcement on Review of National Training Fund – 14th July 2017
14/07/17
- Publications
IUA Response to Consultation on National Training Fund April 2017
13/07/17
- Press Releases
IUA Hosts the EFFECT project as it develops European principles for Learning & Teaching – 29 June 2017
29/06/17
- Press Releases
President Higgins welcomes IUA and the HICA Project Group to the Aras – 19 June 2017
07/06/17
- Press Releases
IUA expresses sympathy on the death of QUB Vice-Chancellor Prof Patrick Johnston
06/06/17
- Publications
National Forum on Research Integrity – Inaugural Seminar Report Feb 2017
20/04/17
- Press Releases
University Times interview with Ned Costello April 2017
07/02/17
- MSCA Resources
17th February 2017 – Proposal Preparation Training for RISE 2017 Call
27/01/17
- Publications
Engaged Research: Society and Higher Education Addressing Grand Societal Challenges Together
07/12/16
- Press Releases
New Technology to Scale-up Student Volunteering – National Launch of StudentVolunteer.ie – 7th Dec 2016
30/11/16
- Publications
IUA Submission to Dept of Education and Skills Statement of Strategy 2016-2018
30/11/16
- Publications
IUA Opening Statement to the Joint Committee on Education and Skills 10th November 2016
29/11/16
- Press Releases
29th Nov 2016 – Celebrating 20 years of Marie Curie Actions
10/11/16
- Press Releases
IUA Statement to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills on Investing in National Ambition: a strategy for Funding Higher Education Report of the Expert Group on the Future Funding of Higher Education – 10th November 2016
01/11/16
- MSCA Resources
17 Nov 2016 – Proposal Preparation Training for ITN Call 2017
20/10/16
- Press Releases
IUA Signs Cooperation Agreement with China Education Association for International Exchange – 20th Oct 2016
19/10/16
- Publications
IUA Academic Leadership Development Project Report 2016
11/10/16
- Press Releases
Media Release: Budget 2017 – IUA Welcomes Proposed New Multi Annual Funding Model for Higher Education 11.10.16
21/09/16
- Press Releases
IUA Statement – Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings 22.09.16
21/09/16
- Publications
IUA Letter to Minister for Education & Skills re Budget 2017 Submission
21/09/16
- Publications
IUA Submission to Budget & Estimates 2017
06/09/16
- Press Releases
IUA Statement on QS Rankings – 06.09.2016
21/07/16
- Press Releases
IUA joins EUA statement condemning the forced resignation of university Deans in Turkey
15/07/16
- Press Releases
Media Release: Ireland wins EU Funding of €57 million to support talent development and create 400 high-value research jobs and studentships – 15 July 2016
11/07/16
- Press Releases
IUA Press Statement – Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding of Higher Education (Cassells Group) – 11th July 2016
07/06/16
- MSCA Resources
Proposal Preparation Training for Individual Fellowships Call 2016 – Webinar & Workshops
11/02/16
- MSCA Resources
Webinar on RISE 2016 Call
17/11/15
- MSCA Resources
Webinar on 2016 ITN Call
19/10/15
- MSCA Resources
Webinar on 2016-2017 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Work Programme
15/07/15
- Press Releases
National Framework for Doctoral Education launched June 24th
15/07/15
- Publications
National Framework for Doctoral Education 2015
06/07/15
- Press Releases
29th April 2015 – IUA response to the launch on 29th April 2015 of reforms to Leaving Certificate Grades and CAO Points System by Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan T.D.
06/07/15
- Press Releases
May 2015 – Universities agree revised model for converting A-Level grades to Leaving Certificate points
23/06/15
- Press Releases
IUA Announce ‘Generation Study Abroad’ scholarships to the value of $400,000
17/06/15
- Press Releases
IUA wishes to extend our deepest sympathies to the families of the students who lost their lives or were injured in Berkeley California.
11/06/15
- MSCA Resources
Webinar on Individual Fellowships Proposal Writing – July 3rd, 2015 at 11.00-12.00
11/06/15
- MSCA Resources
Individual Fellowships Writing Workshops – Various Dates from June 10th to August 14th, 2015
09/06/15
- Publications
IUA Graduate Skills Statement Brochure 2015
03/06/15
- Publications
Opening Statement of IUA Submission to Joint Oireachteas Committee Feb 2015
03/06/15
- Publications
Background Paper of IUA Submission to Joint Oireachteas Committee Feb 2015
03/06/15
- Publications
Official Transcript of IUA meeting with Joint Committee on Education & Social Protection 11 Feb 2015
03/06/15
- Publications
IUA Response to SSTI ii Consultation
30/03/15
- MSCA Resources
Building Collaborative North South Partnerships in MSCA
02/02/15
- MSCA Resources
MSCA Webinar 26 Feb – to assist researchers writing a RISE proposal
09/01/15
- MSCA Resources
Workshop on Excellent Science in the Humanities
09/01/15
- MSCA Resources
3rd Feb 2015 – Bridging Business and Research – a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Event
14/11/14
- MSCA Resources
Webinar for ITN Proposal Writing
11/11/14
- Publications
Campus Engage World Cafe Consultation Report 2014
11/11/14
- Publications
Knowledge Transfer Ireland Annual Report 2013/14
09/09/14
- Publications
Issues Facing Higher Education in Ireland – IUA Symposium Sept 2014
01/07/14
- MSCA Resources
Training Webinar on Marie Skłodowska-Curie IF Call 2014
04/06/14
- Publications
National Policy Statement on Ensuring Research Integrity in Ireland
10/04/14
- MSCA Resources
HORIZON 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Information Day
20/03/14
- Publications
IUA International Brochure 2014 Portugese Version
20/03/14
- Publications
IUA International Brochure 2014 – English Version
12/03/14
- Publications
EU 2013 Research Careers & Mobility Conference Report
21/02/14
- MSCA Resources
Training Webinar on Marie Skłodowska-Curie RISE Call 2014
03/02/14
- MSCA Resources
Training Webinar on Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN Call 2014
07/01/14
- MSCA Resources
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Information Event
12/12/13
- MSCA Resources
Webinar on Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
10/12/13
- Publications
Horizon 2020: Sustaining Excellence in University Research and Innovation
21/11/13
- MSCA Resources
Horizon 2020 is coming to Ireland!
05/11/13
- MSCA Resources
Marie Curie Actions & EURAXESS Seminar
15/07/13
- Publications
Attracting Researchers to Ireland – The Impact of the Scientific Visa
03/07/13
- MSCA Resources
Webinar: Marie Curie Individual Fellowships Call 2013 – 3:00 PM July 16th
03/04/13
- MSCA Resources
Researcher Careers & Mobility Conference May 14-15
31/01/13
- MSCA Resources
Marie Curie Career Integration Grants Webinar
22/01/13
- MSCA Resources
EU Presidency Conference 2013 – Researcher Careers and Mobility
28/11/12
- MSCA Resources
Dec 7th – Marie Curie IAPP 2013 Webinar
12/11/12
- Publications
Hosting Agreement Brochure
31/10/12
- MSCA Resources
Marie Curie ITN 2013 Webinar
11/10/12
- MSCA Resources
Access Key to European R&D Funding for Enterprise: The Marie Curie Actions
11/09/12
- Publications
EURAXESS Brochure 2012 (PDF)
01/08/12
- Publications
Reform of Selection and Entry to University in the Context of National Educational Policy
01/01/12
- Publications
University Governance Report to the Minister for Education and Skills
20/09/10
- Publications
IUA Submission to Joint Committee on Teaching & Learning re Curriculum Dec 2nd 2010 (PDF)
12/09/10
- Publications
IUA Brochure for US Students (PDF)
12/09/09
- Publications
“Hosting Agreement Scheme – Removing obstacles for non EU researchers coming to Ireland”
12/09/09
- Publications
Pathways Between Industry & Academia – Irish Successes in the Marie Curie IAPP Scheme
30/10/08
- Publications
IUA response to proposal to award bonus points for higher level Leaving Certificate mathematics
30/10/08
- Publications
Innovation rather than speculation holds the key to our future prosperity
12/09/08
- Publications
Attracting Talented Researchers to Ireland – A Review of the Marie Curie Programme
12/09/08
- Publications
Irish Universities’ PhD Graduates’ Skills
12/09/08
- Publications
IUA response to proposal to award bonus points for higher level Leaving Certificate mathematics
12/09/08
- Publications
Open Access To Irish University Research
12/09/08
- Publications
Innovation Rather Than Speculation Holds The Key To Our Future Prosperity
13/09/07
- Publications
The European Marie Curie Programme 2007-2014
13/09/07
- Publications