“Thousands of students will be forced to drop out of college and emigrate if registration fees soared to €2,000 euro as proposed in the four-year rescue plan, it has been claimed …” (more)
[Independent, 25 November]
“Researchers from Irish companies and higher education institutions have won funding totalling €269m since 2007 for research projects in areas like ICT, health, nanotechnology and energy …” (more)
[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 25 November]
“The Executive could be asked to pay extra for Northern Ireland students who want to study in England if fees here do not increase significantly …” (more)
[Independent, 25 November]
“Move intended to expose divisions among Lib Dems over controversial education policy …” (more)
[Patrick Wintour, Guardian, 25 November]
“Students from UCD, NUIM, TCD, NUIG, IADT and elsewhere will be marching on the ICTU demo this Saturday. Afterwards, we’ll be meeting in Seomra Spraoi to discuss the next step …” (more)
[Free Education for Everyone, 25 November]
“USI President Gary Redmond has called the Government’s four year plan the ‘nail in the coffin’ of the Irish smart economy …” (more)
[Cork Student News, 24 November]
“… This, as I have already noted, must amount to the reintroduction of a tuition fee, as it appears no longer to be linked to ‘student services’. It also appears to be intended to have immediate effect, as the full yield from the higher fee is to apply in 2011 …” (more)
[Ferdinand von Prondzynski, University Blog, 25 November]
“‘No fees, no cheese, no Fianna Fail TDs’ – that was the protest chant from hundreds of students who brought traffic to a standstill in Limerick city centre yesterday …” (more)
[Kathryn Hayes, Independent, 25 November]
“The coalition is not trebling tuition fees to cut the deficit, or to increase overall funding for higher education, but simply to transfer the cost to students and away from the taxpayer, John Denham, the shadow business secretary, warns today …” (more)
[Patrick Wintour, Guardian, 24 November]
“Knowledge is key to economic and social growth. Developing that knowledge is crucial – and the 10 years of the Irish Council for Humanities and Social Sciences are testament to that …” (more)
[Conor O'Carroll, Irish Times, 25 November]
“Political manoeuvring over immigration is set to stunt academic progress worldwide, governments have been warned …” (more)
[Hannah Fearn, Times Higher Education, 25 November]
“The student registration fee is set to increase to €2,000, according to the Government’s newly unveiled National Recovery Plan …” (more)
[Cork Student News, 24 November]
“Stirling University could be forced to pay out hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation after terminating staff contracts without consultation …” (more)
[BBC News, 24 November]
“A crucial first step in the resistance to the upcoming budget cuts of €6,000,000,000 will be taken this coming Saturday 27th November in Dublin at the ICTU national demonstration. Labour Youth NUIM will be there …” (more)
[Labour Youth NUIM, 24 November]
“Two of Ireland’s most distinguished thinkers were yesterday awarded the country’s highest academic honour in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the world of learning and science …” (more)
[Katherine Donnelly, Independent, 25 November]
“Tens of thousands of students at British universities took to the streets again yesterday in protest at plans to raise tuition fees, though the demonstrations were heavily policed following violence at a protest in London …” (more)
[Mark Hennessy, Irish Times, 25 November]
“… I can’t vouch for those nasty mainstream media writers, but a 2006 survey of 1,417 professors, published last year in the journal Sociology of Religion, found that a majority actually believe in God …” (more)
[Tom Bartlett, Chronicle of Higher Education, 24 November]
“Anti-cuts demonstration brings university to a standstill and traffic chaos to Glasgow city centre …” (more)
[Erik Geddes, STV News, 24 November]
“Students in Britain have returned to the streets for the second time this month to protest government plans to cut spending on universities and more than double tuition within two years …” (more)
[Aisha Labi, Chronicle of Higher Education, 24 November]
“Thousands of students will be forced to drop out of college and emigrate if registration fees soared to €2,000 as proposed in the four-year rescue plan, it was claimed tonight …” (more)
[Irish Examiner, 24 November]
