“A man in his 50s has died after a workplace accident at University College Cork this afternoon. The UCC employee was among a group operating a mobile cherry picker when the incident occurred at around 4pm …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 5 March]
“Is it too much to expect that a small country like Ireland should boast a university with a reputation that counts among the top 100 in the world? Maybe. But, in a globalised world where reputation matters, brand recognition is all important …” (more)
[Independent, 5 March]
“The doctor who carried out an autopsy on the body of Irishwoman Nicola Furlong in Tokyo has said she was conscious and had fought back while she was being strangled …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 5 March]
“The UNITE trade union has recommended that its members vote to reject the ‘Croke Park 2′ pay deal …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 5 March]
“As sectarian tensions, strong-armed militias and civil war loom, questions of how to put Iraq on a secure footing will dominate the war’s ten-year anniversary. The story of Iraq’s academics — underreported yet central — provides answers …” (more)
[Matthew Schweitzer, Le Monde diplomatique, 5 March]
“The Church of Ireland College of Education (CICE) has unanimously passed a motion to terminate its longstanding relationship with Trinity College Dublin …” (more)
[Vladimir Rakhmanin, University Times, 5 March]
“By using the social web to convey both scholarly and public attention of research outputs, altmetrics offer a much richer picture than traditional metrics based on exclusive citation database information …” (more)
[Pat Loria, Impact of Social Sciences, 5 March]
“The government’s actions on CPII are, without doubt clever. Cynical but clever. The side deals will come as an unwelcome surprise, and one that may sideline some of the anger that is developing amongst more militant sectors of the unions …” (more)
[The Cedar Lounge Revolution, 5 March]
“Nicola Furlong died a painful death by strangulation, an expert in forensic medicine told Tokyo District Court today …” (more)
[Paul Murphy, Independent, 5 March]
“A few weeks ago, I posted about a pair of lawsuits brought by Edwin Mellen Press (EMP) against Dale Askey, an academic librarian, and his employer, McMaster University …” (more)
[Rick Anderson, The Scholarly Kitchen, 5 March]
“The top of the annual performance review form at my university has a blank space for us to list any additional education we obtained during the previous year. I’ve never filled that space in before, but that will change in my review for 2012 because I spent part of my sabbatical last fall as a student in a massive open online course (or MOOC) …” (more)
[Jonathan Rees, Inside Higher Ed, 5 March]
“There have been calls made this morning for the government to end State subvention for fee-paying schools …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 5 March]
“With the Croke Park agreement in the news, there have been quite a few blogs and articles in recent weeks explaining how hard we academics work. It’s not just about giving the odd lecture, the hard-pressed academics plead …” (more)
[educationandstuff, 5 March]
“SIPTU’s National Executive Council will meet today to discuss the proposals on the new Croke Park deal. President Jack O’Connor has said public servants would be better served by one centralised agreement with the Government …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 5 March]
“The mother of murdered Irish exchange student has said she is finding some relief by looking directly at the man accused of killing her …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 5 March]
“What if the Internet doesn’t disrupt scientific publishing, but merely leads to incremental changes in how it functions? What if there were a clear and strong practical link between achieving widespread open access (OA) and maintaining robust subscription businesses? …” (more)
[Kent Anderson, The Scholarly Kitchen, 5 March]
“I am planning to use this blog over the next few weeks to talk about a few issues in quality assurance (QA) in higher education that I’ve looked into as part of the MA dissertation I did last year in International Higher Education …” (more)
[Hugh Sullivan's Blog, 4 March]
“The trial in Tokyo of a US musician for the murder last year of Irish student Nicola Furlong heard on its opening day yesterday that the prosecution believed that she and her friend were drugged by the men they met outside a concert …” (more)
[David McNeill, Irish Times, 5 March]
“Leading Irish universities, such as Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD) are not making a big impact globally, according to international new rankings on the power of university brands …” (more)
[Independent, 5 March]
“Fewer British universities have this year made it into the world’s top 100 colleges, as ranked by reputation. The University of Leeds has dropped out, but Cambridge remains in third place, and Oxford has climbed from sixth to fourth ..” (more)
[Jessica Shepherd, Guardian, 5 March]
