Don’t force our children to use iPads(21 May) - "My daughter is due to start secondary school in September. We have recently been informed about a proposed introduction of iPads at the school for...
Third Level Staff Remuneration(22 May) - "Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular the number of third level lecturers who receive an...
'Inappropriate' for Garvey to remain as IT chairman(19 May) - "'It is inappropriate and not in the best interests of the institute' for Flan Garvey to remain as chairman of the college’s governing board,...
Academic Year(22 May) - "Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to increasing the academic year to a third...
Has Higher Education Lost Control Over Quality?(23 May) - "Educational quality is now a hot topic in higher education globally.In recent months, I have been involved in institutional assessments and...
Strike fears grow as teachers reject pay proposals(24 May) - "The prospect of industrial action in schools in the autumn increased last night after the executives of two teaching unions effectively rejected the...
University Status Review(22 May) - "Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way a complaint be made to him contending that the functions of a university...
Guide to the Universities Act 1997, updated(20 May) - I have updated my guide to the Universities Act, including commentary and the text of the Act as amended to date. Download from here. All comments and...
GMIT honours Michael D with fellowship(25 May) - " Hats have been tipped to President Michael D Higgins and renowned milliner Philip Treacy after they became the first recipients of honorary...
Revised proposals more than ‘tweaks’ to rejected deal(22 May) - "The revised Croke Park II proposals do not just represent a 'tweaking' of the deal rejected last month. Neither are they a whole new blueprint for...
Galway get accreditation for MBA course(20 May) - "NUI Galway has become the only university in the State outside Dublin to secure a prestigious international accreditation for its MBA programme ..."...
UCC plan will save taxpayers millions(25 May) - "University College Cork intends to be largely self-funding within five years, saving the Irish taxpayer millions of euro a year. The university also...
NUI Galway welcomes elite university leaders to city(23 May) - "President Michael D Higgins will address the 2013 Coimbra Group Annual Conference taking place at NUI, Galway this week. This is the first time that...