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Record student numbers in clearing five days after A-level results

The number of teenagers in clearing still looking for higher education courses remains at a record high, five days on from A-level results being published. A total of 43,590 18-year-olds residing in the UK were marked as “free to be placed in ...

23 Aug 2022 at 15:22

Local News

Derry University Group calls for need of North-South body for Higher Education

Derry City and Strabane District Council should, as a matter of urgency, convene with the Dáil and Westminster to establish a new North-South body for Higher Education in the North West. The call came from Derry University Group, which is ...

18 Sept 2022 at 16:28

Northern Ireland

More than quarter of universities operating food banks for students – research

More than a quarter of UK universities have a food bank service, according to research by an education think tank which said the findings reveal the need for urgent action to support students. One in 10 universities has been giving out ...

14 Sept 2023 at 00:01

National News

Thousands of Irish students owed €1,000 from Government just before Christmas

The Minister for Higher Education has announced that students who paid the full tuition at the start of the college year will be given a €1000 refund. The cost of education measures that were outlined in the Budget stipulated that the ...

23 Nov 2023 at 10:28

Northern Ireland

Urgent Stormont action needed to stop ‘brain drain’ of students

Immediate action is needed from Stormont to stop the “brain drain” of students leaving Northern Ireland, the vice-chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast has said. Professor Sir Ian Greer has called for an increase in the cap on the ...

07 Feb 2024 at 12:45

Northern Ireland

‘Most students feel free to express opinions and beliefs on campus’

Most students in England believe their universities and colleges are places of free speech, the results of annual research show. Almost 86% of those who completed the National Student Survey (NSS) gave a positive response when asked ...

10 Aug 2023 at 18:55

Local News

Double graduation celebrations for Derry identical twin brothers at NWRC

Identical twin brothers who studied for the same Higher Education course, will be among almost 600 students who will officially graduate from North West Regional College this Friday (October 28). 21 year-old Shane and Brandon Furey ...

27 Oct 2022 at 10:09

Derry News

Foyle MP says it's time for the NI Economy Minister to 'step up' and deliver for Derry

Foyle MP Colum Eastwood has called on the Economy Minister to deliver for Derry and the North West following today’s announcement that an additional £40 Million is to be provided to the Northern Regional College in Coleraine. DUP ...

03 Dec 2020 at 16:45

Northern Ireland

Murphy assured ‘established processes’ followed in Farry university appointment

A Stormont minister said he had received assurances that “established processes” were followed in the appointment of the former Alliance Party deputy leader to a new policy unit at Ulster University. Economy Minister Conor ...

12 Nov 2024 at 15:50

Local News

Limavady man to receive honorary awards at NWRC graduation

Two former students of North West Regional College (NWRC) are to receive honorary awards at the college’s Higher Education and Access Graduation ceremony on Wednesday. Elaine McLaughlin and Ross Parkhill will be among the ...

28 Oct 2024 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

NI university leaders unite to call for political agreement on tuition fee rise

University chiefs in Northern Ireland have jointly called on the region’s political leaders to back a significant uplift in tuition fees, warning that failure to tackle a funding crisis in the sector will force them to ...

08 May 2025 at 10:07

Local News

NI university leaders unite to call for political agreement on tuition fee rise

08 May 2025 at 14:00

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