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The National University of Ireland is a federal university comprising 4 constituent universities and a number of other educational institutions.
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AsIAm, Ireland’s Autism Charity, has officially recognised RCSI as an Autism Friendly Higher Education Institution

The award acknowledges RCSI’s commitment to supporting autistic students, ensuring that everyone has the chance to reach their full potential.

More ➡️ www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Congratulations to University of Galway academics, Professor Henry Curran and Professor @inesthiele.bsky.social who have been named on the annual @clarivate.com Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list @clarivateag.bsky.social

#HighlyCited2025 #UniversityofGalway #AcademicResearch
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Maynooth University (MU) officially opened the National Centre for Inclusive Higher Education (NCIHE), Ireland’s first national centre dedicated to advancing equity, inclusion, and access in higher education.

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Enjoyed this article? Would you like to know more?

Read ‘The Making of The Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985: A Memoir by David Goodall’

Edited by Frank Sheridan. Published by NUI.

Available to purchase from: www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2021/t...
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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📢 NUI Scholarly Publication Grants – Now Open!

NUI is offering grants of up to €3,000 to support scholarly publications by:
✅ Current NUI staff
✅ Retired staff
✅ Early Career Academics from NUI member institutions

📅 Deadline: 1 December 2025
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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💙💛 Warmest congratulations to UCD alumni Dr Maurice Manning and Aibhlin McCrann on being awarded Honorary Doctorates by the National University of Ireland

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November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Thank you to all who recently attended our NUI Higher Education Seminar Series: Neurodiverse Learners Transitioning to Higher Education in 49 Merrion Square.

The seminar is now available to watch back here ➡️ www.nui.ie/news/2025/Po...
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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The end of an era for a dear friend of NUI, Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Yesterday, NUI proudly conferred honorary degrees on six outstanding individuals who have made exceptional contributions across science, literature, education, the arts, public life, and history; Emer Cooke, Claire Keegan, Maurice Manning, Aibhlín McCrann, Patricia O'Donovan and Robert Savage 🎓
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Honouring Dr John Creedon, a true voice of Ireland

It was our great honour to award an Honorary Doctorate of Arts to broadcaster and writer John Creedon during our autumn conferring ceremonies.

Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
Dr John Creedon, wearing an academic gown and cap, stands smiling in front of a wooden door marked 'President’s Office' at University College Cork.
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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💙💛 The University is deeply saddened by the passing of Focus Ireland founder and UCD social science graduate, Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis.
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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📢 NUI Scholarly Publication Grants – Now Open!

NUI is offering grants of up to €3,000 to support scholarly publications by:
✅ Current NUI staff
✅ Retired staff
✅ Early Career Academics from NUI member institutions

📅 Deadline: 1 December 2025
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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🎉 @hoireabhard.bsky.social has been awarded the 2025 @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social Publication Prize in Irish History, for his book The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion. Congratulations, Seán!

Learn more about the book here ⬇️
bit.ly/MedievalIris...
Book cover image for "The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion" by Seán Ó Hoireabhárd, published by Liverpool University Press. The background features medieval manuscript illustrations and script. Text on the right reads: "Winner NUI Publication Prize in Irish History 2025." The Liverpool University Press logo and founding date (1899) are also included.
October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Call for applications : France Excellence Research Residency 2026 💡

📢 Deadline extended 📢

Researchers in Ireland: ready to take your research to France?

➡️ Apply here: ie.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/relations...
October 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Neurodiverse Learners: Transitioning to Higher Education 🌟

Thank you so much to all who attended the recent lunchtime seminar in our series, Higher Education, Today and Tomorrow.

We had the privilege of welcoming four wonderful speakers to 49 Merrion Square yesterday 🌈
October 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Hello @ucc.ie 👋

We're in the student centre today to help with all things Seanad Éireann! Who is eligible and how to register - come say hi and find out 🗳️
October 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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🧑‍🎓✨ A great achievement. Congratulations to UCD researcher Dr Anh-Quân Nguyen of the UCD School of Philosophy, who has been named one of the winners of the Oxford University Press First Book Prize 2025.

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UCD researcher Anh-Quan Nguyen awarded First Book Prize by Oxford University Press
October 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Congratulations to Ihor Skorobogatko on receiving the 2025 Hamilton Prize in Mathematics! 🔢 🙌He is one of nine outstanding students to receive this prestigious undergrad award, presented by the Royal Irish Academy and sponsored by Ibec.
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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🧑‍🎓✨ Huge congratulations to UCD Mathematics student Mhyls Salapuddin, a recipient of this year’s prestigious Hamilton Prize, the top honour for undergraduate mathematical students in Ireland.

@ria.ie @ucdscience.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Our team are excited to be heading to @ucc.ie and @mtu.ie tomorrow for Graduation 2025 🎓

We will be on hand to inform graduands and alumni of their Seanad Éireann eligibility and helping them to register to vote 🗳️
October 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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CEO of AHEAD, Dara Ryder, is kicking off today’s seminar in 49 Merrion Square on Neurodiverse Learners Transitioning to Higher Education 📚
October 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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The Denis Donoghoe Award applications are closing this Friday - there is still time to apply! 📢

More information ➡️ www.nui.ie/awards/Grant...
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Join us tomorrow in our offices at 49 Merrion Square for what promises to be a rich and multifaceted discussion with our panellists ⬇️
nuimerrionsq.bsky.social National University of Ireland @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social · Oct 14
🎓 Neurodiverse Learners: Transitioning to Higher Education 🌟

Join us for an insightful event designed to help make that transition more confident, informed, and supported.

🗓 21 October
📍 49 Merrion Square
🎟 Register now on Eventbrite: lnkd.in/eCpq3Uwd
Neurodiverse Learners Transitioning to Higher Education
Join us for the next lunchtime seminar in our series, Higher Education, Today and Tomorrow in NUI, 49 Merrion Square.
www.eventbrite.ie
October 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Congratulations to MU student Daniel Drapeau (Dept of Maths & Stats) on receiving the 2025 Hamilton Prize in Mathematics from the @ria.ie.

The prestigious award recognises Ireland’s top undergraduate mathematics students. 👏👏👏
Three men in suits stand together. The man in the center, holding a certificate titled "Royal Irish Academy Hamilton Prize in Mathematics" dated 10 October 2023, smiles slightly. The backdrop features a purple banner with Irish text.
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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It's Research Week! MU invites the public in to hear about and engage with the rich body of multi-disciplinary research being undertaken right here in Maynooth, and the impact those discoveries are having across the globe.

#ResearchWeek #MaynoothUni

maynoothuniversity.ie/research-week
October 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM