Robert Chambers Academy
Providing professional training for Irish and international students Founded in 1982, The Robert Chambers Academy is the foremost hairdressing Academy in Ireland. Robert Chambers is himself an icon of Irish Hairdressing fame. He established the first formal teaching Academy to provide professional training for Irish and international students, paving the way for many talented hairdressers…
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An action-packed day out – Redhill Adventure
Redhills Adventure is one of Ireland’s most exciting adventure centres located very close to Kildare Village Outlet on a re-purposed farm. Opened in 2014, it is operated by brothers Paul and Owen Murphy, who both left careers in Tourism and Engineering respectively and converted the old family farm to offer great value activities for primary…
TU Dublin is up and running
The brand new Technological University Dublin (shortened to TU Dublin) formally came into being on January 1st 2019. An amalgamation of DIT, Blanchardstown IT and IT Tallaght, the new university will have 28,500 students and over 3,000 staff. It will maintain its existing campuses while the focus in the coming years will move to its…
RCSI in line for university status
The Government has approved a move seeking to advance university designation for the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI). An approved status for the RCSI would mean the institution could finally be recognised both in Ireland as well as abroad as a university. Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor said: “The RCSI has for over 200 years,…
‘Dramatic’ shortage of engineers in building
The supply of third-level engineering graduates and professional engineering apprentices must dramatically increase to meet the country’s current and future needs, a new report by Engineers Ireland has stated. The report found that the 55% decrease in civil and building engineering graduates over the last five years was ‘a particular cause of concern’, although it…
New teacher sharing scheme for post-primary schools
The Government has announced a new scheme to allow post-primary schools to share teachers in priority subjects. The scheme will start from the beginning of the 2019/20 school year and will be reviewed after the first year of operation. Education Minister Joe McHugh said that the aim of this scheme is to alleviate some of…
Seven universities launch ‘Save Our Spark’ campaign
Ireland’s seven universities have launched a major campaign aimed at encouraging the public to demand that the Government tackles the funding crisis in third level education. State funding per third level student in Ireland at €5,000 is barely half of what it was a decade ago and a fraction of what it is in other…
UL launch campus safety information campaign
The University of Limerick, in conjunction with An Garda Siochana and UL Student Life, has launched a campus safety information campaign. The ‘Campus Watch Booklet’ is part of ongoing collaborations to raise awareness and provide campus safety information to students. The booklet is aimed at encouraging students to be safe on and around the UL…
Four in every five students complete their degree
The Higher Education Authority today published a study on the rates of completion of 34,059 students who entered Irish Universities, Institutes and Colleges full time at undergraduate level in the 2007/8 academic year. These students were tracked over the following ten years and the report finds that overall, 76% of them graduated within that period. …
Brexit is a threat of the Irish education systems says INTO
With substitute shortages endemic across Ireland, a disorderly Brexit presents unique challenges to teachers and the education system according to the INTO. On his way to Brussles to discuss the fallout from Brexit to the education systems north and south INTO Northern Ireland Chair Paddy McAllister said: “As a trade union that operates across the…
Parents and cybersafety
CyberSafeIreland is a non-profit organisation working towards a world in which children are using technology in a safe, positive and successful manner. Start the conversation The important thing is that it becomes a normal part of life to be talking with your children about what they are doing online, i.e. what is fun, what can…
Support around eating disorders
Help and support for families, friends and carers for eating disorders sufferers When someone we care for is in distress, it has an impact on us too. It is natural to want to help and make them feel better. It is not always easy to know the best way of doing this. While it…
Tourism – a world of opportunities in an exciting and global industry
Tourism is Ireland’s largest indigenous industry employing 230,000 people nationally, one in every ten of the labour-force. The industry is twice the size of agriculture and far bigger in employment than the construction industry, the IT industry, or the financial services sector. It crucially cannot be outsourced or off-shored and its economic benefits are felt…
