“The Financial Times and New York Times are at or close to the point where subscription revenue exceeds advertising revenue. This means their paywalls are working, but it also means advertisers are fleeing — and the implications of that for the journalism business could potentially be significant …” (more)
[Mathew Ingram, GigaOM, 3 August]
“Today’s announcement from An Bord Pleanála, granting a Railway Order for a new Luas line running from St. Stephen’s Green to Broombridge, will ensure an additional and vital transport link to the new unified DIT campus at Grangegorman and a direct one-stop link to the DIT sports facilities at Broombridge, according to the President of DIT …” (more)
[Dublin Institute of Technology, 3 August]
“The trendence European Graduate Barometer surveys third-level students across Europe and their attitudes towards education, careers and other more general topics. It gives a unique glimpse into the thinking of Ireland’s current generation of students and contrasts it with their European peers …” (more)
[Mark Mitchell, gradireland, 3 August]
“The time has come to ask the question: When will we see the complete digital transformation of higher education in the United States? The needs for the shift to digital are painfully clear: Grades are lagging, students aren’t graduating, and those who do earn a degree often don’t have the skills that employers want …” (more)
[Brian Kibby, Inside Higher Ed, 3 August]
“… The new line will also run past the new DIT campus site at Grangegorman, which was also recently granted planning permission. The government announced last month that the campus would be part of the €2bn stimulus package …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 3 August]
“Three months after finishing his PhD, one young academic is now claiming job seekers allowance and finding out that the ‘real world’ neither understands or appreciates his skills …” (more)
[Guardian Professional, 3 August]
“The pressure to get drunk at university is one of students’ major worries, a survey has found. One fifth of students polled by the market research firm YouthSight listed the pressure to drink as one of their top five anxieties about campus life …” (more)
[Jack Grove, Times Higher Education, 2 August]
“Student loan schemes organised at a number of colleges could encourage the Government to increase fees, students’ representatives have warned. The Union of Students in Ireland is also concerned about small print that means any future increases in the student contribution will not be covered by the Bank of Ireland loans …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 3 August]
“A county councillor should repay €910 in repeat exam fees paid for by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, an investigation by the council into education payments to two councillors has found …” (more)
[Pamela Duncan, Irish Times, 3 August]
“A case involving Eircom’s policy of cutting off the broadband connections of users found to have been illegally downloading music has been appealed to the Supreme Court …” (more)
[Elaine Edwards, Irish Times, 3 August]
“… Developments such as international campuses (a major focus of recent discussions in the UK Government’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills) have the potential to bring genuine benefits to individual institutions and to the sector as a whole. They provide an opportunity to work with talented students and academics who might not otherwise have engaged with UK HE; they offer distinctive mobility opportunities for staff and students; they can provide novel research opportunities and they contribute to the global reputation of UK HE. But we should be careful not to delude ourselves that this activity is an ‘export’ in any substantive economic sense …” (more)
[Christine Ennew, GlobalHigherEd, 3 August]
“Briefly: After a similar episode with Birmingham University last month, UCL and the Anna Freud Centre are openly advertising for a 6 month researcher post, a full time job doing real work, with no pay at all …” (more)
[bengoldacre, 2 August]
