“Former UCD president Dr Hugh Brady has been appointed to lead the University of Bristol, ranked among the top 10 universities in the UK …” (more)
[Joe Humphreys, Irish Times, 31 October]
“The Irish Council for International Students says it believes thousands of euro was paid by students to Leinster College in the days and weeks coming up to its sudden closure three days ago …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 31 October]
“Almost three-quarters of third-level students due to receive a grant this year have been awarded their funding, according to the student grant awarding body Susi (Student Universal Support Ireland) …” (more)
[Joe Humphreys, Irish Times, 31 October]
“Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Arts and Heritage, Sandra McLellan TD, has today expressed her serious concern regarding reports that the National Museum of Ireland is considering cutting its services and introducing fees to make up for the massive cuts imposed on the institution since 2008 …” (more)
[Sinn Féin, 31 October]
“IT disruption blights start of academic year. Teaching staff at WIT have complained to the Institute’s President about the ‘massive disruption and stress’ and professional embarrassment they’ve suffered since the start of the new academic year …” (more)
[Michelle Clancy, Munster Express, 31 October]
“Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Mr Damien English TD, today launched a new initiative to identify large-scale EU funding opportunities for businesses and researchers in Ireland and nurture applications that will give big wins for Ireland …” (more)
[SFI, 31 October]
“Increased focus on Chinese education market planned over the next 24 months. Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD, will today return to Ireland, having concluded a seven day trade mission to China …” (more)
[Department of Education and Skills, 31 October]
“… In its position on the draft budget for 2015 of 24 July, the European Council foresees a substantial decrease in the available budget for payments to projects funded by Horizon 2020, the EU research programme running from 2014 to 2020 …” (more)
[AlphaGalileo, 31 October]
“The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) has told its 145 employees that it will be working with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to resolve financial difficulties facing it …” (more)
[Pamela Duncan and Martin Wall, Irish Times, 31 October]
“Academics have debunked fears of a zombie outbreak. But that certainly hasn’t stopped them from planning for one. In 2009 a Canadian research team published a mathematical model for how a zombie virus might spread …” (more)
[Steve Kolowich, Chronicle of Higher Education, 31 October]
“This week I came across an article written two years ago by Tanya Roscorla, Why Educators Should Spend 15 Minutes a Day on Social Media, in which she gives the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ educators should make digital connections on-line. My first reaction was ‘only 15 minutes?’ …” (more)
[Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 31 October]
“An English-language college which shut its doors due to a ‘weak financial situation’ has been ‘gutted’ of computing equipment, according to ‘blind-sided’ staff …” (more)
[Brian Byrne, Independent, 31 October]
Roy Greenslade, Media commentator, discusses digital paywalls following news the Irish Times will launch a metered paywall next year (audio).
[RTÉ – Morning Ireland, 31 October]
“What makes ‘great teaching’? It’s a complicated question, made more difficult by trying to measure how teachers make decisions in the classroom and what impact those decisions have on what pupils learn …” (more)
[Steve Higgins and Robert Coe, The Conversation, 31 October]
“Students from more wealthy backgrounds in Northern Ireland are around eight times more likely to have a degree than those from less privileged homes, according to a study …” (more)
[Belfast Telegraph, 31 October]
“A little while ago, the University of Warwick was in the news for all the wrong reasons. Its longstanding legal firm, SGH Martineau, put up a blog post suggesting that universities should take action against ‘insubordinate’ academics with ‘outspoken opinions’ …” (more)
[John Quiggin, Crooked Timber, 31 October]
“DNA sequence analysis paper among most cited publications ever in Nature magazine. A research paper on a programme designed by an Irish scientist is among the 10 most frequently cited research publications of all time, the international science journal Nature magazine has revealed …” (more)
[Pamela Duncan, Irish Times, 30 October]
“TUI says insistence on mergers ‘is more related to rationalisation’ than academic merit. Lecturers at institutes of technology are urging the Government to rethink its insistence on college mergers before they can gain university status …” (more)
[Joe Humphreys, Irish Times, 30 October]
“Michael Power considers the implications of academics being monitored in ever more and increasingly disparate aspects of work …” (more)
[Times Higher Education, 30 October]
“A scientific paper by a Dublin based academic has been listed by top academic journal Nature in the top ten most highly cited research papers ever. The 1988 study by Professor Des Higgins, who is Professor of Bioinformatics at the UCD Conway Institute set the international standard for DNA sequence analysis …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 30 October]
