The Minister for Education Norma Foley announced the creation of 21 new 2022 Creative Clusters comprising 78 schools. Creative Clusters is an initiative taking place as part of Creative Ireland and under the Schools Excellence Fund. The Department of Education’s budget for Creative Clusters in 2022 is €595,000. Under this scheme to support schools to … Read more
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has announced a significant capital investment in Athlone. This key project in Athlone forms part of the first phase of projects to be advanced under the national Further Education and Training (FET) Strategic Infrastructure Upgrade Fund (SIUF). Speaking today, Minister Harris said, “Today … Read more
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science Simon Harris has today published ‘Funding the Future: An annual options paper on reducing the cost of higher education. This paper is a non-exhaustive list of options to be considered in advance of Budget 2023 and is published without prejudice to eventual Government Budget decisions. Speaking today, … Read more
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan TD have congratulated the 58,056 Leaving Cert candidates and 3,051 Leaving Cert Applied candidates who will receive their results today. Some 58,056 Leaving Cert students and 3,051 Leaving Cert Applied students sat exams across the country earlier this … Read more
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science Simon Harris has announced an extra €40 million for higher education institutions for the upcoming academic year. The funding is to be invested in universities and colleges across the country to make them greener and more accessible. The money is to be used to support … Read more