Ireland's Department of Justice and Equality is extending its online immigration platform for non-EEA students in Dublin.

Dublin's Alpha College of English has been acquired by UK-based Twin Group, in a deal which allows the company to expand its operations in Ireland.

As many as 8,000 non-EEA students who live in Dublin will be able to renew their immigration registration through a new online system from August 26.

Dublin Business School has partnered with data science training provider Metis on the college's first internationally delivered live online course.

The Dublin-based language school is to open a new operation in Malta to give students the choice of unique cultures as the backdrop to their English studies.

The idea is to identify those outstanding students from all over the world, welcome them to Ireland and try to connect them with each other to spark new ideas and conversations.

Upwards of 130 students from HEIs across the globe gathered in Dublin to be recognised for their exceptional research as part of the Undergraduate Awards 2017.

Global University Systems has acquired IBAT College Dublin, an industry-focused higher education provider, its first education institution in Ireland.