From Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
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The department is committed to keeping the public informed about what we do on issues concerning further and higher education, research, innovation and science. One of the key ways we seek to accomplish this is through the use of social media.
This policy shows the social media that we currently using, what can be expected on each of them, and how we interact with members of the public on these platforms. Social media updates are made by staff of the department’s communications team.
The department is not responsible, liable for and does not endorse the privacy practices of any linked websites. Your use of social media websites is at your own risk. We assume no responsibility or liability for any injury, loss or damage incurred as a result of any use or reliance upon the information and material contained within or downloaded from these channels.
We have 5 social media accounts: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Below are the policies for these accounts.
Our Twitter account is @DeptofFHed.
If you follow us, you can expect tweets covering some or all of the following:
If we follow another Twitter account, it does not imply an endorsement of any kind. Likewise, content retweeted by @DeptofFHed does not imply any endorsement of the message tweeted or the individual or organisation who tweeted it.
If you follow us, we will not automatically follow you back. This is to help our followers identify other Twitter accounts that we are following such as other government departments, our agencies, Houses of the Oireachtas, third-level institutions and any other accounts of particular relevance.
We welcome feedback from our followers and will try to join the conversation where possible. However, we will not be able to reply individually to all the messages we receive via Twitter.
You can contact our customer service below, of if you're a member of the media, you can contact our press office.
Twitter may occasionally be unavailable and we accept no responsibility for lack of service due to Twitter downtime.
If you follow our Facebook account , you can expect posts covering some or all of the following:
If we like another Facebook account, it does not imply an endorsement of any kind. Likewise, content shared or reposted does not imply any endorsement of the message or the individual or organisation who posted it.
If you follow or like us, we will not automatically follow or like you back. This is to help our followers identify other social media that we are following such as other government departments, our agencies, Houses of the Oireachtas, third-level institutions and any other accounts of particular relevance.
We welcome feedback and will try to join the conversation where possible. However, we will not be able to reply individually to all the messages we receive via Facebook.
You can contact our customer service below, of if you're a member of the media, you can contact our press office.
Facebook may occasionally be unavailable and we accept no responsibility for lack of service due to Facebook downtime.
If you visit our Instagram account, you can expect photos which include:
If you visit our LinkedIn account you can expect our posts to include:
If you visit our YouTube channel, you can expect our videos to include:
Comments are generally disabled on our page.