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ViewSurvey aims to expose scale of campus sexual harassment

All staff and students in Ireland will be asked to chronicle their experiences

ViewTrinity elects first female provost

Linda Doyle elected to leadership post at Dublin institution after promising to decentralise power

ViewReport calls for specialist officers to tackle harassment

More staff, funding and training needed across all Irish universities, study warns

ViewTrinity seeks exclusion from higher education reform

Dublin college opposes shrinking of governing authorities, stating fears it could lose autonomy

ViewIreland news roundup: 16-29 March

This week: STEM outreach, funds for US-Irish research and Covid-19 study wins award

ViewSFI harnesses pandemic to drive funder collaboration

Science Foundation Ireland’s deputy director-general finds ‘silver lining’ in pandemic disruption

ViewIreland aims to be ‘first mover’ in emerging tech

Newly launched Science Foundation Ireland strategy envisages doubling of funding by 2025

ViewIrish universities excel at humanities and nursing

Veterinary science in Dublin is Ireland’s best performing discipline in international QS rankings

ViewIreland news roundup: 2-15 March

This week: honours for Mike Ryan, a gender dashboard and Maynooth’s next president

ViewTrinity to scrutinise its colonial past

University announces open competition for two-year postdoc to understand legacy

ViewIreland news roundup: 16 February to 1 March

This week: Dublin drives vaccine research, students applaud teaching efforts and a HEA consultation

ViewIrish universities to maintain online teaching until September

Lecturers vote in support of continuous social distancing and public sector pay deal

ViewIrish government provides €193m to five research centres

Spending pot to benefit research on medical devices, telecoms, artificial intelligence and geosciences

ViewExtra cash to boost Irish Research Council stipends

Budget increase confirmed to close gap in support for early stage researchers

ViewIreland news roundup: 2-15 February

This week: a marine baptism, Tyndall goes to Dublin and first female provost at Trinity

ViewSurvey shows record spending on university R&D

But OECD rankings show deterioration in Ireland’s overall R&D expenditure over the past decade

ViewMajor windfall for UCC music department

€2m gift to be spent on scholarships and physical resources

ViewIreland news roundup: 19 January to 1 February

This week: AI award for Cork, UK-Ireland collaboration and Atlantic infrastructure protection grants

ViewTechnological university established in Munster

Higher education outlet formed after merger between Tralee and Cork institutes of technology

ViewIreland announces €10.5m for Covid-19 research

Funded projects will look at pandemic from epidemiological, pharmaceutical and social perspectives

ViewIreland news roundup: 15 December to 18 January

This week: Nerode prize success, Irish Research Council appointments and job creation in Galway

ViewIreland offers €2.1m for Northern Ireland Erasmus+ access

Country says funds will only apply to higher education, with terms to be agreed

ViewIrish research leaders receive major EU grants

Topics studied by mid-career winners include imaging, evolution and urban ecosystems

ViewProject studies links between gut microbiome and chronic diseases

Professorship investigates changes to human digestion with €3.7m from Science Foundation Ireland

ViewIreland news roundup: 1-14 December

This week: grant for gut study, UK-Ireland social collaboration and researcher of the year

ViewMerger to create new university for Ireland’s mid-west

Athlone and Limerick technology institutes propose forming single academic unit

ViewSurvey shows lack of gender balance in STEM professions

But science degree perceived as important career boost by majority of Irish people

ViewIreland news roundup: 17-30 November

This week: chances to host EU weather centre and board appointments at Dublin Institute

ViewScience foundation announces future frontiers funding

More than 70 early-career and advanced researchers benefit from grants bonanza

ViewScience Foundation Ireland 2020 award winners named

Funder picks best scientific talents for extra recognition