“UK student accommodation operator Global Student Accommodation Group (GSA) has been chosen to manage the new Melbourn Point property in Cork close to the Munster Technological University (MTU). It is the third student accommodation development in Cork that GSA has secured operations on. It also runs the Amnis House centre on the Western Road and the Lee Point student accommodation centre on the former Beamish & Crawford brewery site on South Main Street …” (more)
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Ireland’s premier virtual, augmented and mixed reality suite based in Tralee has been officially launched this week.
The suite is based at the AgriTech Centre of Excellence (ACE) at the Munster Technological University north campus.
It is funded by Enterprise Ireland, Kerry County Council, Dairymaster, McHale Engineering and Abbey Machinery and forms part of the MTU National Centre of Agricultural Engineering.
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The technology-rich environment will offer endless opportunities to students and companies to learn about existing technologies and drive innovation.
Further virtual showcases will take place in the coming weeks to highlight other aspects to the centre.
CAO system set to include apprenticeships alongside traditional college courses Munster Technological University here in Cork is is welcoming the launch
he move is contained in a new plan that also aims to diversify many traditional apprenticeships that have been dominated by men.
Employers will be given payments for taking on apprentices and extra money if they come from diverse backgrounds.
Junior Minister Niall Collins says apprenticeships will be easier to apply for alongside degree courses: Ultimately, when we ended this journey, a one stop shop and a streamline system at the centre of our further and higher education system would be hugely beneficial for people who are considering an apprenticeship as a real rewarding career pathway and option. We ve said so many times if you want to destigmatise apprenticeships and it has been seen as the poor relation for far too long.
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Trinity College Dublin’s first female provost Prof Linda Doyle: Men are likely to produce more publications and have higher citations and more research funding – partly because they are men in male-dominated institutions. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
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