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In Sector News by UVI Newsroom · 2 September 2026

Three embeds, one page: Vimeo, Spotify and a campus map

1 min read ·multimedia · testing

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In Hiring & Recruitment by UVI Newsroom · 1 September 2026

Video: inside a university interview panel

1 min read ·hiring · interviews

An interview panel of three people seated at a table

In Relocation by Máire Ní Bhraonáin · 28 August 2026

Five relocation mistakes that cost international hires money

Reuses tags already attached to other articles, so tag pages should show more than one result.

1 min read ·salaries · visas · guides+1

In Careers by Niamh Barrett · 25 August 2026

Four questions to ask before accepting a fixed-term research contract

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A researcher reading a contract at a laboratory bench

In Sector News by Ciara Donnelly · 18 August 2026

Ireland's higher education hiring outlook for 2027: what the numbers say

Recruitment across the Irish third-level sector is shifting from headcount growth to targeted replacement hiring. We break down where the roles actually are.

1 min read ·hiring · sector-news · ireland+3

Students crossing a university campus square at dusk

In Pay & Benefits by Ciara Donnelly · 11 August 2026

Salary bands explained: the 2027 scales in plain English

A manually set slug, shorter than the one that would be generated from the headline.

1 min read ·salaries · pay-benefits · guides

In Careers by Niamh Barrett · 5 August 2026

When to apply: the two hiring windows nobody tells you about

1 min read ·careers · timing

In Careers by Ciara Donnelly · 14 July 2026

The long read: how Irish universities really decide who to hire

Three thousand words on funding cycles, shortlisting, panels and the parts of the process nobody writes down.

18 min read ·hiring · long-read · recruitment+1

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