“The President of a university – which is using a debt collection company to recoup outstanding fees from former students – has admitted he does not know how much the college is owed …” (more)
[Barry Duggan, Independent, 11 February]
“The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has signalled that it may pull out of the current talks on an extension to the Croke Park agreement if the Government tables proposals that would result in pay cuts or job losses …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 11 February]
“In the corridors of power, the idea of free education has in 10 years somehow become an almost unutterably radical demand …” (more)
[Michael Chessum, Guardian, 11 February]
“A new graduate course in computing is set to start at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) in March, with the aim of equipping job seekers with ICT and software development skills …” (more)
[Carmel Doyle, Silicon Republic, 11 February]
“The President of the University of Limerick has said he does not know how much the institution is owed in outstanding fees after it emerged the college is using a debt collection agency to recover monies owed …” (more)
[Kathryn Hayes, Limerick Post, 11 February]
“Law school applications are headed for a 30-year low, reflecting increased concern over soaring tuition, crushing student debt and diminishing prospects of lucrative employment upon graduation …” (more)
[Hillol Nag, QS Intelligence Unit, 11 February]
“The news from last week’s EU budget summit is decidedly mixed for scientists. On Friday, leaders of the European Union’s 27 member states agreed for the first time to make cuts to the union’s overall long-term budget …” (more)
[Gretchen Vogel, ScienceInsider, 11 February]
“Students vomiting and urinating all over the floor in restaurant toilets and punching each other in the teeth – it might sound like a story involving Oxford’s Bullingdon Club, but it is actually just another night out for a Cambridge drinking society …” (more)
[Tom Peck, Independent, 11 February]
“Last summer, the editors of Car and Driver conducted a comparison test of three sports cars, the Lotus Evora, the Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport, and the Porsche Cayman S …” (more)
[Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, 11 February]
“Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald has urged colleges to take a ‘humane’ approach when hiring debt collectors to chase student fees …” (more)
[Michael Brennan, Independent, 11 February]
“Much of what we do these days is driven by plausibility rather than being truly evidence-based; something of an irony in this scientific age. For example, the persistence of many alternative medical treatments is due to there being an air of plausibility about them …” (more)
[educationandstuff, 11 February]
“The Union of Students in Ireland has hit out at some universities for hiring debt collectors to chase down student fees …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 11 February]
“The dissertation is broken, many scholars agree. So now what? Rethinking the academic centerpiece of a graduate education is an obvious place to start if, as many people believe, PhD programs are in a state of crisis …” (more)
[Stacey Patton, Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 February]
“Using data supplied by institutions is not a good idea for any international ranking. Apart from questions of reliability and objectivity, there is always the possibility of ‘conscientious objectors’ disrupting the ranking process by refusing to take part …” (more)
[University Ranking Watch, 11 February]
“A Londonderry lecturer has been awarded £7,500 by a Fair Employment Tribunal because she was suspended from work in a ‘humiliating’ way …” (more)
[BBC News, 11 February]
“The biggest university in the country is hiring a debt collection agency to pursue students over outstanding fees. The move by University College Dublin (UCD) follows in the footsteps of the University of Limerick (UL), which, the Irish Independent has learned, is already using an agency to collect money …” (more)
[Barry Duggan, Independent, 11 February]
“Ireland risks being left behind in the ‘online education revolution’, according to the president of Dublin City University. Prof Brian MacCraith has made the case for a new ‘digital learning strategy’ as the world’s universities embrace new technologies …” (more)
[Seán Flynn, Irish Times, 11 February]
“Minister for Education under fire over plan to include value of capital assets in means-testing procedure …” (more)
[John Holden, Irish Times, 11 February]
“Here it is: the poll based on your responses to my request for annoying questions and behaviors related to student-professor interaction. This was admittedly a one-sided request as it focuses entirely on annoying things students do …” (more)
[FemaleScienceProfessor, 11 February]
“In comparison with business and political leaders, leaders in academia appear different (and I use mostly the Swedish/European case as example for my ideas). At least in Swedish universities, academic leadership is collegial and limited in time …” (more)
[Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, Inside Higher Ed, 10 February]
