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RCSI Set to Get University Status 235 Years After it Started Training Surgeons

Posted: 12th July 2019 Author: Vi Doan

Reforming legislation also increases powers of regulator over English language schools Marie O’Halloran for The Irish Times More than 200 years after it started training surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is set to become a university following passage of reforming education legislation. The legislation increases the powers of the Quality and […]

World-class research centre opens at University of Limerick

Posted: 22nd November 2016 Author: Vi Doan

Investment of €86 million attracts leading scientists into UL’s Bernal Institute New drugs, better batteries and new materials are just a few of the discoveries expected to emerge from a €86 million investment in a new research institute at the University of Limerick. Taoiseach Enda Kenny was on hand on Monday to formally open the Bernal […]

University of Limerick appoints senior UCD academic as new president

Posted: 11th October 2016 Author: Vi Doan

Prof Des Fitzgerald’s appointment strong signal UL is seeking to move up in world rankings Prof Fitzgerald, a clinical academic, has earned wide-spread recognition for his research into platelets and thrombosis in coronary artery disease. Prof Des Fitzgerald, a vice-president of UCD and of the country’s highest paid academics, is set to be appointed as […]

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RCSI Set to Get University Status 235 Years After it Started Training Surgeons

World-class research centre opens at University of Limerick

University of Limerick appoints senior UCD academic as new president