New bursary to encourage more women into apprenticeships

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has today announced a new gender-based bursary for apprenticeship employers. The bursary, which is worth €2,666, is available to employers who employ apprentices on any national apprenticeship programme with greater than 80% representation of a single-gender. The new gender-based bursary is being implemented … Read more

Minister Harris opens the new MSLETB Hospitality and Catering Training Centre in Sligo

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has opened a new Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB) Hospitality and Catering Training Centre in Sligo. This new facility will train apprentice chefs and staff for the hospitality, tourism, and food sectors. The facility will be used in the … Read more

Minister Harris officially opens Ireland’s newest university

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, has officially opened the new Atlantic Technological University (TU). Atlantic TU sees the dissolution of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Institute of Technology Sligo, and Letterkenny Institute of Technology. Speaking at the launch event, Minister Simon Harris called the creation of the new Atlantic … Read more

Minister Harris announces 27 grants worth €2.1m for academic and industry collaborations

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has today announced 27 new academic and industry research collaborations on behalf of Science Foundation Ireland, valued at €2.1million. The SFI Industry RD&I Fellowship Programme will support the temporary placement of academic researchers in 19 companies. These researchers undertake research projects across a … Read more

Ireland signs European statement condemning Russia aggression against Ukraine – Minister Harris

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, has today signed a statement on behalf of Ireland condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. The key aim of this statement is to signal support for higher education students and staff in Ukraine and to suspend Russia’s rights of representation on all structures and … Read more

Minister Harris proposes Erasmus program to create EU Scholarship Scheme for Ukrainian students

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has been addressed a meeting of European Education Ministers on the illegal invasion of Ukraine. The meeting focused, amongst other things, on making language provision available for all Ukrainians and ensuring access to third-level education. Speaking at the meeting, Minister Harris said,“Ireland and … Read more

Minister Harris meets with universities to discuss the higher education response to Ukraine

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, has today (14 March 2022) met with the Irish Universities Association to discuss the higher education response to the situation in Ukraine. The sector has agreed it will provide places for Irish students who have had to leave Ukraine in the middle of … Read more

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister Simon Harris award over €37 million under Shared Island North-South Research Programme

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, today awarded a total of €37.3 million to 62 collaborative research projects between academics and institutions in Ireland and in Northern Ireland under the first funding call from the North-South Research Programme. The North-South Research Programme is a collaborative … Read more

Technological university for South East aims to open 1 May: Minister Harris

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Science and Innovation, Simon Harris, has today announced the appointment of Dr. Patrick Prendergast as the first chairperson of the new technological university (TU) for the South East. Minister Harris confirmed the new university will open its doors on 1 May. Dr. Prendergast, the former Provost of Trinity … Read more

Minister Harris announces expansion of the new Atlantic Technological University in Galway

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, has today announced the expansion of Atlantic Technological University through the purchase of a 10-acre site in Galway. The site was funded with support from the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science through the Higher Education Authority (HEA). On … Read more

Ministers Harris and Collins announce €430 million in new capital programs for the further and higher education sectors

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD and Minister of State for Skills Niall Collins TD today announced the beginning of an ambitious new phase of capital investment in the further and higher education sectors. In what represents a step-change for the sector, some 45% of the total allocation … Read more