Dragging up the late Irish laureate’s name can overshadow successes in other areas

Opinion: None of us would accept a student’s homework based on shoddy methodology of most ranking systems

Higher Education Authority chief warns that funding for system is ‘not sustainable’

Call for Government to tackle funding crisis as TCD loses status as only top-100 Irish university

Research carried out by team at Galway Neuroscience Centre and CÚRAM

College aims to go to ‘next level’ by opening world class facility for surgical students

Brexit offers ‘opportunities’ for Irish universities but funding increases are necessary

UCD leads way with positions in global top 50 for veterinary science and English

TCD ‘delighted’ at return to Times Higher Education World University Rankings

UK think-tank says concentration on research and not teaching skews the results

Here are 12 issues you are likely to hear plenty about in Irish education next year, ranging from the baptism barrier to student loan schemes and from industrial action to preschool problems

15 per cent of university’s students and 17 per cent of its academic staff from other countries

The low-down on life on campus, what not to miss and what’s new in each institution

Open days offer students opportunity to become informed about courses and campuses

Demonstrators warn of impact income contingent loans would have on young people

Trinity fears it could be overtaken by UCD as Ireland’s leading college on influential list

These days, all the focus seems to be on how science and technology are the ‘sexy’ subjects everyone should be doing, but employers say arts courses develop crucial skills for the modern workplace

Education minister responds to colleges’ demands after fall in rankings

Damaging effects of higher education cutbacks now obvious, say TCD and UCD heads

Despite a funding crisis, Trinity College Dublin has ambitious plans to expand towards Grand Canal Dock. Provost Patrick Prendergast spells out his vision and his concerns for third level