“The Project Maths initiative has been in the press recently and the response has been largely negative from the Irish Times letter writers, including a couple of students. Being naturally conservative on matters educational – I’m a member of the Norman Tebbit ‘get on your bike and study’ club – my natural instinct was to be very sceptical of the whole Project Maths thing …” (more)
[educationandstuff, 16 March]
“It’s time to drop green food coloring in your drink, listen to Dropkick Murphys, and head to the nearest parade. You guessed it – it’s almost St Patrick’s Day! Just over half of Americans are planning to celebrate St Paddy’s Day this Saturday, and college students are no exception …” (more)
[Huffington Post, 16 March]
“Visions of a premiere league football system for universities became probable reality with the news that Exeter, Durham, Queen Mary and York are to join the Russell Group. Every conversation I have with a senior university executive these days includes news of their latest endeavours to hike their institutions up the league tables …” (more)
[Kim Catcheside, Guardian Professional, 16 March]
“Eight people were arrested overnight in the Holyland area of Belfast for a range of anti-social behaviour. Police officers and representatives of the University of Ulster and Queen’s were in the area from Thursday evening …” (more)
[BBC News, 16 March]
“The ‘public’ component of public higher education is rapidly eroding, with public colleges now getting more than 43% of their revenues from student tuition as opposed to state and local taxpayers, compared to less than 30% as recently as a decade ago …” (more)
[Huffington Post, 16 March]
“A while back Jim Monaghan of these parts raised the issue of applications from the UK in Irish universities and third level institutions. Apparently there’s been a significant increase in the past twelve months, which bears out what Jim suggested might be the case …” (more)
[The Cedar Lounge Revolution, 16 March]
“Over the last number of years the publication of the times higher education University rankings has prompted a veritable orgies of introspection amongst Irish higher education analysts and participants. Once again the news is not great …” (more)
[Brian M Lucey, 16 March]
“I follow Deputy Sean Sherlock, hoping that some part of Ireland’s creative community’s concern about copyright will rub off on the politician. As part of this educational campaign, I sincerely hope Deputy Sherlock sets aside six minutes to watch Rob Reid outline copyright math on YouTube …” (more)
[Bernie Goldbach, Inside View from Ireland, 16 March]
“Joris Luyendijk hears an educator’s candid views of the students under his tutelage …” (more)
[Guardian, 16 March]
“I’ve always been a huge fan of college towns. I like the mix of ages, the vast array of cultural activities, the proliferation of coffee shops, the college green. I was excited about the likelihood of a future spent in adorable college towns think Williamstown, Massachusetts …” (more)
[Bronwen Everill, PhD Octopus, 16 March]
“Sir, – As pointed out by your Editorial (March 9th), a coherent approach to improving the numeracy and literacy standards of the population of Ireland is required …” (more)
[June O'Reilly, Irish Times, 16 March]
“Sir, – If you look at the papers for project mathematics on the Department of Education website, and this is a very worthwhile exercise, you will notice a huge reduction in areas such as calculus and linear algebra …” (more)
[Cora Stack, Irish Times, 16 March]
“An academic who periodically suffers from bouts of depression describes his experiences and the mechanisms he uses to cope …” (more)
[Guardian Professional, 16 March]
“One in every five technology executives are rejecting job applicants due to the candidates’ social media profiles, a new survey has found …” (more)
[Celine Harding, Business Post, 15 March]
“As long as university academics claim privileged public sector status, the agony of their bondage to the state will continue …” (more)
[Simon Jenkins, Guardian, 15 March]
“This week, thanks to several tips, I have discovered four questionable, scholarly open-access publishers and added them to my list …” (more)
[Scholarly Open Access, 15 March]
