Minister Mitchell O’Connor Launches two Innovative Initiatives in STEM Education in Ireland

  Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, today launched two important initiatives for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) education in Ireland. The first is DCU’s ‘A World of Opportunities’; a landmark STEM careers… Read More

Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor welcomes Oireachtas approval of the draft order to establish Ireland’s first Technological University

Following the granting on 17 July 2018 by the Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, T.D., of the application for technological university status made under the Technological Universities Act 2018 by Dublin Institute of Technology, Institute of… Read More

Minister Mitchell O’Connor Underlines 20% Increase in Investment Levels in Higher Education in Three Years

  Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, speaking this morning in Maynooth University highlighted her role in securing agreement in the recent Budget for the €300m multiannual Human Capital Initiative… Read More

Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor announces further €0.8 million funding allocation to support higher education landscape restructuring

The Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, T.D., today (12th October 2018) announced a further €0.8 million in funding to four Institutes of Technology as the final element of the HEA 2018 call for funding… Read More

BUDGET 2019 for Higher Education

Budget 2019 will deliver for Higher Education. Across current and capital spending new programmes and initiatives will make a major difference to our third level landscape. Share:

Speech to National Workshop on Consent and Tackling Sexual Violence in Third Level Education

Good morning. Minister for Justice & Equality, Charlie Flanagan, Distinguished guests, Members of An Garda Síochána, students, representatives from higher education, leaders in the area of consent and sexual welfare of our students. Thank you for being here…. Read More

Minister Mitchell O’Connor convened a major higher education workshop on consent and tackling sexual violence

Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, with special responsibility for Higher Education has today (4th October 2018) brought together higher education representatives, students unions and other stakeholders for a workshop… Read More

Further €6.8m funding allocation to support Technological University development and other higher education landscape restructuring

Following on from the announcement made on 17 July at an event held at the Grangegorman campus of Dublin Institute of Technology in the presence of An Taoiseach, of a significant 2018 funding allocation of €4.4 million to… Read More

Minister Mitchell O’Connor opens Major European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education at TCD

Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, with special responsibility for Higher Education today (20th August 2018) officially opened the 10th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education. Share:

Congratulations to Leaving Cert Students

Was honoured to share Pearse College student Michael's results with his wife Leonie. Michael returned to education and sat his Leaving Cert to progress his career and to be a role model for his 14 year old son,… Read More

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