“Mayo General Hospital (MGH), in a unique partnership with the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in Castlebar, is developing a new Medical Academy for the training of doctors at the Castlebar site …” (more)
[Lloyd Mudiwa, Irish Medical Times, 29 November]
“In the United Kingdom the Universities and College Admissions Service (UCAS), which handles student applications to higher education institutions, yesterday released the current applications figures for the coming academic year, and the numbers are significantly down on the comparable figures for last year …” (more)
[Ferdinand von Prondzynski, University Blog, 29 November]
“… The Minister will press ahead with the proposed increase in student registration. Officials seem confident the proposed increase of no more than €500 will be gratefully accepted by a student movement that has successfully resisted the return of fees of €5,000 or more. The Union of Students in Ireland will still kick up a fuss …” (more)
[Irish Times, 29 November]
“More than £2m of taxpayers money was wasted setting up a failed Bioscience and Technology Institute, the public spending watchdog has revealed …” (more)
[BBC News, 29 November]
“Dr Graham Harper, an astrophysicist working at Trinity College, took part in an expedition aboard SOFIA, jointly operated by NASA and DLR – the German Space Agency – earlier this month. The purpose of the expedition was to observe the star Betelgeuse …” (more)
[Eoin Gorman, University Times, 29 November]
“Much has happened in the small island of Bahrain since it was engulfed in the Arab Spring in February 2011. Unlike other conflicts in other Arab states, the Bahrain protest did not demand the downfall of the ruling regime but sought the establishment of a democratic constitutional monarchy and recognition of human rights …” (more)
[Eoin O'Brien, Irish Times, 29 November]
“In an age of increasing marketisation, how do universities explain who they are? What stories can they tell about their roles and their values that will reach out and embrace their several constituencies? In many ways this is the question that underpins the vigorous and disparate debates that characterise contemporary higher education …” (more)
[Tamson Pietsch, Guardian Professional, 28 November]
“Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week’s programme Dr Ed Walsh, former president of the University of Limerick discussed his new book, Upstart: Friends, Foes and Founding a University and his Irish Times article on ’13 Lessons We Must Learn’ …” (more, mp3)
[Inside Education on 103.2 Dublin City FM, 27 November]
“A garda crackdown on a controversial student drinking festival, which had wreaked havoc in a Cork suburb, has been hailed a complete success. There were just four arrests during the so-called ‘Christmas Day’ event in Bishopstown last Thursday …” (more)
[Eoin English, Irish Examiner, 28 November]
“The London School of Economics was braced for more embarrassing criticism this week amid claims of multiple failings in its links with Libya …” (more)
[Graeme Paton, Daily Telegraph, 27 November]
“Just 8 days away from the budget; the Tralee Student Union will hold a class reps meeting which they say will be primarily dedicated to discussing local action against fee hikes and grant cuts …” (more)
[Nicky O'Donnell, The Tralee Student Blog, 26 November]
“A recent discussion on an ALT email circulation raised the interesting question of whether there was a threshold for class sizes, above which student learning experience diminished. Unfortunately, what followed was lots of ‘in my experience’ Higginbotham-esque replies …” (more)
[Michael Seery, Is this going to be on the exam?, 27 November]
“The number of college places could be capped to address the funding crisis in the sector, if third-level fees are not increased, according to a report this morning …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 27 November]
“Over 115 new jobs are expected to be created through new start-up companies in the University of Limerick over the next five years. The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, officially opened the Tierney building at UL this Monday, which is hoped to kickstart the country’s economic growth …” (more)
[Anne Sheridan, Limerick Leader, 27 November]
“Student places in Irish universities and other third-level colleges will have to be capped or fees will urgently have to increase to address the major funding crisis in the sector, a new government report concludes …” (more)
[Daniel McConnell, Independent, 27 November]
“Around a third of all German students are now visiting foreign countries for academic purposes. The introduction of bachelor and masters degrees appears to have changed significantly how they plan their stays abroad …” (more)
[Michael Gardner, University World News, 27 November]
“Can we save scholarly publishing? Yes we can, but it sure takes an optimist to believe it. Let’s just take, as a case study, one of the many tasks scholarly publishing fails miserably at: allowing scientists to stay on top of the scientific discoveries in their particular field …” (more)
[Björn Brembs, University World News, 27 November]
“I should probably give some background before I’m arrested. I love Terry Pratchett, absolutely adore everything he’s ever written. When I was about 10 my uncle from Delaware recommended the dragon lance books to me. You couldn’t get them very easily here so they used to send them over to me …” (more)
[A Funny thing Happened on the way to the Library, 26 November]
“I’ve been so preoccupied with other things over the past week or so that I haven’t had time until now to comment on an article I saw in last week’s Times Higher about the role of a Professor in a modern university …” (more)
[In the Dark, 26 November]
“Eight academic economists have left Dublin in recent months or will leave shortly. That may seem like a small number, but there are only 200 or so academic economists in the country …” (more)
[Richard Tol, Irish Economy, 26 November]
