“UCD Students’ Union and UCD now face criticism over their handling of an alleged rape on campus in the early hours of last Friday morning. The union have confirmed that they were made aware of the case on Monday 28th November …” (more)
[Roisin Guyett-Nicholson, University Observer, 30 November]
“In my previous post I wrote that even though research shows lectures to be less than effective in helping students to learn, they still persist in higher education. I also promised to blog about some of the alternatives when it comes to teaching very large groups, and here it is. The key question is: What can replace the lecture? …” (more)
[Learning with ‘e’s, 30 November ]
“Gardaí have launched an investigation into the alleged serious sexual assault of a young woman at UCD’s Belfield campus last Thursday. A woman made a report to officers after claiming that she had been victim of sexual assault on the grounds of the university …” (more)
[Ken Foy and Robin Schiller, Independent, 30 November]
“This post is principally addressed to academics in the UK, though some of it may apply to people in other countries too. The current deal that the universities have with Elsevier expires at the end of this year …” (more)
[Gowers’s Weblog, 29 November]
“President Michael D Higgins has warned of the growing global threat to academic freedom and democracy, just days after he controversially paid tribute to Fidel Castro …” (more)
[Allison Bray, Independent, 30 November]
“The Government has backed down from a standoff with public sector unions by agreeing to talks on ‘anomalies’ in the Lansdowne Road Agreement. Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Paschal Donohoe has agreed to begin negotiations with public sector representatives over the repercussions of the garda Labour Court recommendation …” (more)
[Elaine Loughlin, Irish Examiner, 30 November]
“Influential research organizations are pulling out of Science Europe, the Brussels-based advocacy group that aims to champion researchers’ interests with European Union policymakers. All but one of France’s research-funding organizations are preparing to leave the group at the end of this year …” (more)
[Inga Vesper, Nature, 29 November]
“As readers of scientific journals can attest, the list of authors on a typical research paper appears to be growing longer and longer. The trend is laid bare by data from Scopus, the biggest database of abstracts and citations of papers …” (more)
[Economist, 25 November]
“Gardai are investigating an alleged rape on the Belfield campus at University College Dublin. The Irish Times understands a student at the Dublin 4 university has told gardai she was attacked late last week …” (more)
[Conor Lally, Irish Times, 29 November]
“UCD have received €413,795.60 net revenue from the sale of parking permits from August 2015 to September 2016. This does not include the €125,057.73 revenue from parking meters from September 2015 to August 2016. The permits were introduced last year to ‘to ensure that car parking is only used by members of the University community and as a means of controlling demand’ according to UCD commuting services …” (more)
[Roisin Guyett-Nicholson, University Observer, 29 November]
“Thirty years after the abolition of college tuition fees, just one in seven young people in the country’s most disadvantaged areas progress to higher education. In our most affluent suburbs, almost every young person (99%) has this opportunity …” (more)
[Danny McCoy, Irish Times, 28 November]
“Eighteen candles on the birthday cake may make you an adult in the eyes of the law but, in reality, turning 18 is only the beginning of the ‘adulting’ process. Yes ‘adulting’ is a word now. Just as one generation turned the noun ‘parent’ into a verb, another is doing the same with ‘adult’ …” (more)
[Sheila Wayman, Irish Times, 29 November]
“Plans for a Mary Robinson Presidential Library in her hometown of Ballina, Co Mayo, have been abandoned after the former President decided to donate her archive of documents to NUI Galway university …” (more)
[Alan O’Keeffe, Independent, 29 November]
“A Dublin man who pleaded guilty to IRA membership was arrested in the run-up to Prince Charles’s visit to Ireland and had explosive device components in his locker at Maynooth University, the Special Criminal Court has heard …” (more)
[Alison O’Riordan, Irish Times, 28 November]
“Science, technology, engineering and maths are critically important areas for modern society. Expertise in these so-called Stem subjects is vital to supporting future economic growth. The quality of our education in these subjects, then, needs to be of the highest quality …” (more)
[Irish Times, 29 November]
“Public-sector pay talks on a successor to the Lansdowne Road Agreement will be held no later than February, five members of Cabinet said. Talks will have to be earlier than the Government wanted to avoid all-out industrial unrest. Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe said his ‘plans are not yet finalised’ as to when talks for a new pay deal will commence …” (more)
[Daniel McConnell, Irish Examiner, 28 November]
“The Oireachtas Education and Skills Committee is lucky. With a world-class report at their fingertips and the complete confidence of the Minister for Education and Skills, they have the complete freedom to reimagine Irish higher education …” (more)
[University Times, 27 November]
“Sir, – Stephen Collins’s opinions on the public sector pay issue continue to amuse. Should he decide to write a serious article on this issue, here are some facts that might help …” (more)
[Letters, Irish Times, 28 November]
“The proportion of students entering Trinity from the lowest socioeconomic groups has remained unchanged since 2011, a new report has found, despite significant efforts by College to improve access in recent years …” (more)
[Niamh Egleston, University Times, 27 November]
“When Maciej Fabrycki, a student at Warwick University, spoke to his parents over the summer, they told him to be careful. His parents, who live back home in Poland, had read about a rise in racist abuse following the vote for Brexit …” (more)
[Rebecca Ratcliffe, Guardian, 27 November]
