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Author: Archie Villaflores

Australian design platform Canva has launched an ambassador programme in Ireland targeting small business owners, creators and educators. The initiative formalises community-led digital skills training and design literacy development across local business networks.

Author: Archie Villaflores

A landmark peer-reviewed study in Irish Educational Studies identifies three structural barriers constraining Ireland’s education system. Businesses, education providers, and EdTech companies that understand and engage with these constraints will shape Ireland’s education future.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Professor Colette Henry, Head of Department of Business Studies at Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT), has been named as a member of the judging panel for the Education Awards 2026, bringing a research career defined by entrepreneurship, gender equity, and the policy frameworks that shape participation in education and enterprise. Entries before the panel will benefit from a judging perspective that is simultaneously evidence-driven and policy-literate — attentive to what interventions actually shift outcomes for learners and entrepreneurs, and for whom.

Author: Archie Villaflores

US-based Triumph Higher Education Group has acquired Vancouver's Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, expanding its culinary education network into Canada. The deal adds a second accredited institution to Triumph's North American portfolio.

Author: Archie Villaflores

UK institution Wycombe Abbey is launching an international school in Bangkok in August 2026. The expansion strengthens Thailand's position as a growing destination for British-curriculum education in Asia.

Author: Archie Villaflores

King's Business School has launched a live consultancy module for its online MSc Global Human Resource Management programme in partnership with employee benefits platform Benifex. The initiative embeds applied research and HR practice into structured academic delivery.

Author: Archie Villaflores

A €300m student accommodation development of 1,400 beds is set to begin construction in Limerick. The project will be the largest student housing development outside Dublin upon completion.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Ireland's Higher Education Authority has launched four AI literacy courses developed in partnership with Anthropic and two universities. The open resources are available nationally to support AI skills development across the higher education sector.

Author: Archie Villaflores

The Education Awards 2026 judging panel welcomes Dr Joe Collins, Director of Further Education and Training at the Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI), whose career has been shaped by a fundamental belief that education exists to enable students to engage with their own lives and to flourish across multiple domains. His appointment to the panel brings a dimension to the judging process that goes beyond institutional metrics. Collins evaluates educational endeavour through the lens of human agency — asking not only what was achieved, but what was made possible for the people at the centre of it. That perspective is particularly pertinent to an awards programme that spans further education, professional training, and higher education in equal measure.

Author: Archie Villaflores

SOLAS provisional data for 2024 records a historic 9,352 new apprentice registrations in Ireland with close to 10,000 employer participants. Irish companies that treat education partnerships as core talent pipeline strategy, not CSR obligation, are best positioned to compete for scarce skills.