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Irish Universities Have the Most Satisfied Students in Europe

Posted: 22nd October 2015 Author: Vi Doan

StudyPortals International Student Satisfaction Awards 2015: Irish universities have the most satisfied students in Europe. Students going abroad to Ireland have reported the highest satisfaction with their international study experience, followed by last year’s leaders from Scandinavia: Finland, Sweden and Denmark. Irish universities were particularly appreciated for their community atmospheres, innovative programmes, support structures for […]

Ten fellowships in personalised medicine for UCD

Posted: 19th October 2015 Author: Vi Doan

The European Union will cofund 10 international training and career development fellowships for experienced researchers in personalised medicine at UCD. The EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie cofunded fellowship programme in personalised medicine will enable UCD to train and develop a new generation of scientists and clinicians with the interdisciplinary expertise necessary to become leaders in this field. […]

UL Orientation Welcomes over 2,600 International Students

Posted: 15th October 2015 Author: Vi Doan

The University of Limerick (UL) will welcome over 2,600 international students over 2015/16. This is a record number for UL and they pride themselves in offering the warmest welcome and the best student support in Ireland. They welcome their new arrivals at Shannon airport which is only 30 minutes from the campus. Students are paired […]

Erythropoietin Not Quite a Boost for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted: 12th October 2015 Author: Vi Doan

A double-blind randomised controlled trial reported in the Lancet has called into question the routine use of erythropoietin (EPO) treatment of patients with traumatic brain injury. The international research study carried out in more than 600 patients across seven countries was led by Professor Alistair Nichol, UCD Professor of Critical Care Medicine at St Vincent’s […]

RCSI study shows people are taking more prescription medication but finds improvement in prescribing quality

Posted: 8th October 2015 Author: Vi Doan

A new study from the RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Department of General Practice has found that people in Ireland are taking more prescribed medications now than they were 18 years ago. However, the research also revealed that despite this increase, the quality of prescribing medications in Ireland has improved with a marked […]

TCD Graduate Wins Nobel Prize for Medicine

Posted: 6th October 2015 Author: Vi Doan

An Irish-born scientist has jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine for work against parasitic diseases, the award-giving body said on Monday. Donegal native William Campbell and Japanese Satoshi Omura won half of the prize for discovering a new drug, avermectin, that has helped the battle against river blindness and lymphatic filariasis, as well […]

Graduate profile: Katie Dunleavy, second-year postgraduate medicine student, RCSI

Posted: 5th October 2015 Author: Vi Doan

Katie Dunleavy’s first degree was music, with a minor in medicine. “My focus on music was as an opera singer and I took my degree very seriously. I really enjoyed it and I knew it was something I excelled in. As a child I had the opportunity to sing at Carnegie Hall, so I knew […]

Launch of the Irish Pain Research Network (IPRN)

Posted: 1st October 2015 Author: Vi Doan

The Irish Pain Research Network (IPRN) is a new national initiative that aims to bring together all active pain researchers on the island of Ireland (North and South) for the purposes of sharing research results and ideas and facilitating cross-institutional collaboration in the area of pain research. The IPRN will be launched by Professor Rolf-Detlef […]

We are RCSI: Class of 2015

Posted: 28th September 2015 Author: Vi Doan

RCSI’s Class of 2015 will join an international network of more than 20,000 alumni working in 70 countries worldwide.

UCC featured in Financial Times magazine

Posted: 21st September 2015 Author: Vi Doan

The inaugural issue of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) Magazine distributed by the Financial Times worldwide highlighted Ireland and UCC as a hub for innovation, new ideas, start-ups and creativity. The GEN initiative is a new voice for promoting entrepreneurial growth and support start-ups around the world and featured a foreword by U.S. President Barack Obama. With […]

UL GEMS signs MOU with leading US Medical School

Posted: 14th September 2015 Author: Vi Doan

The University of Limerick has signed a Memorandum of Understanding between its Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS) and one of North America’s leading comprehensive medical schools, the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The agreement will facilitate the exchange of […]

More than 480 new students Welcomed to the College as Orientation Week 2015 begins at RCSI

Posted: 10th September 2015 Author: Vi Doan

RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) welcomed its new cohort of students to the College. 484 students will begin their courses in Medicine, Pharmacy and Physiotherapy and get to know their way around the College, while also being introduced to the academic and administrative staff. Orientation Week 2015, which kicks off Monday 7th, will […]

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