Culinary Students Achievements Celebrated At IT, Tralee

The Catex exhibition took place in Dublin last year is Ireland`s Largest Hospitality and Culinary Event. The Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Department were there in strength taking part in the Chef Ireland competitions which are organised by the Panel of Chefs of Ireland and endorsed by the World Association of Chefs Societies. The Catex exhibition provides an opportunity for Ireland’s most talented student chefs and hospitality students from colleges all across the country to go head-to-head in tightly fought contest across a broad variety of competitions.  …

21 January 2016: Icon Group, Australia’s fastest growing integrated cancer care provider, has received approval from the Commonwealth to establish a new state-of-the-art cancer centre at the University of Canberra.

The Radiation Oncology Centre will increase the availability of radiation and medical oncology services in the ACT and surrounding region, while also providing significant training and research opportunities for the University’s staff and students.

The centre, which is the latest addition to the University’s rapidly growing Health Precinct, …

Bond law student Nick Mclean has scored the chance of a lifetime with a political placement at the Palace of Westminster in the United Kingdom, as part of a prestigious scholarship to the Hansard Scholars Programme awarded to just two high achieving undergraduates across the globe.

Mr Mclean was the inaugural recipient of the Hansard Society Magna Carta 800 Scholarship, launched this year to mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, …

The Professor of Practice titles seek to highlight what industry can contribute to academia and represent a largely new concept for business schools and faculties across Australia.

Head of La Trobe Business School, Professor Paul Mather, believes while many Australian business schools offer industry experts positions as casual or adjunct staff, La Trobe is the first university in Australia to formally employ them and integrate them into the day to day operations of the school. …

Following publication of first-round offers from the CAO, places for courses at Institute of Technology Carlow is in keeping with the national trend with a jump in points for courses in engineering, business and law.

“We’ve seen an increased interest in courses linked to the economic recovery”, commented David Denieffe, Registrar, Institute of Technology Carlow. “Engineering, business and law have all seen points increases. We’re very much in keeping with the national trend this morning that is seeing students opting for courses where a jobs growth is anticipated”. …

With the Olympics just a few days’ away and the Paralympics beginning in September, all eyes will be on the outstanding sporting achievements of some of the world’s top athletes.

From supporting athletes and teams to shaping the selection of Britain’s Olympic teams, a number of BU staff members and graduates will be involved in the flagship athletic spectacle.

Bournemouth University research has helped inform sporting decisions in the run up to the Olympics and Paralympics, …

New research from the University of Adelaide is raising the curtain on the not-so-glamorous aspects of being a professional actor, with psychology experts finding that Australian actors experience a wide range of threats to their mental wellbeing.

Researchers from the University’s School of Psychology conducted in-depth interviews with a group of 20 Australian professional actors, after realising that little had been done to understand the psychological experience of the acting profession in this country. …

UCC’s Green Campus Among Best in World

University College Cork has been ranked fourth in the world in a list of the world’s most sustainable universities, achieving the highest result in Ireland.

Universitas Indonesia (UI) released its UI GreenMetric Rankings of World Universities 2015, having measured the commitment made by over 400 universities across the globe in developing an ‘environmentally-friendly’ infrastructure.

UCC ranked higher than other universities in Ireland, …

Flagship New IT Sligo Venue to be named ‘Aurivo Auditorium’

Institute of Technology, Sligo has signed a four-year deal with Aurivo Co-operative Society, one of the North West region’s largest employers, for the naming rights to a new state-of-the-art campus facility, which will be officially opened this September.

The construction of a 280-seater lecture and conference space in the heart of the campus is nearing completion and is to be named the Aurivo Auditorium. …

University of Gloucestershire graduates are more likely to find employment after graduation new data has revealed.

The university has again performed strongly in the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey, which looks at the destination of all university students who graduated in the 2014/15 academic year.

It shows 95.0% of Gloucestershire graduates were in employment or further study after leaving the university.  This is better than the national average across all universities of 93.9%.  …