” Hats have been tipped to President Michael D Higgins and renowned milliner Philip Treacy after they became the first recipients of honorary fellowships from Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology …” (more)
[Independent, 25 May]
“Two teaching unions are seeking further talks on improving the Haddington Road Agreement on reducing the State’s pay bill in education and other sectors …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 25 May]
“The prospect of industrial action in schools in the autumn increased last night after the executives of two teaching unions effectively rejected the proposed new public service deal, now known as the Haddington Road Agreement …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 24 May]
“Students will use the CAO as a ‘one-stop shop’ for applications to all courses in further and higher education, under ambitious new plans …” (more)
[Katherine Donnelly, Independent, 24 May]
“Due to the fact that the Public Services Stability Agreement 2013–2016 (Haddington Road Agreement) does not represent sufficient change from the original LRC proposals, ASTI Standing Committee and TUI Executive Committee today reaffirmed their members’ rejection of the original LRC proposals …” (more)
[ASTI, 23 May]
“There are 371 teachers in second-level schools on salaries of more than €100,000 …” (more)
[Gordon Deegan, Independent, 24 May]
“Educational quality is now a hot topic in higher education globally.In recent months, I have been involved in institutional assessments and government meetings on the topic in Finland, Romania, Ireland, and the United States …” (more)
[Ellen Hazelkorn, Chronicle of Higher Education, 23 May]
“The front page of Libération, one of France’s leading dailies, was printed entirely in English on Tuesday. ‘Let’s do it’, ran the banner headline. Sounding like a Nike slogan penned by Cole Porter, it in fact referred to a new bill, which, if passed, would allow some university courses to be taught in English …” (more)
[Andrew Gallix, Guardian, 23 May]
“The country’s largest union, SIPTU, has decided to recommend acceptance of the new public service pay and reform agreement to its members …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 23 May]
“Minister for Research and Innovation Seán Sherlock TD has announced Government funding through Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) of €6.9m, encompassing 62 research awards …” (more)
[Karina Corbett, Business and Leadership, 23 May]
“Tuition fees in England could be limited to £6,000 per year and remain cost-neutral to universities and the Treasury, a study commissioned by the Million+ group of universities says …” (more)
[BBC News, 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 NUI Galway has hosted the event in 25 years. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Creativity, Research and Innovation in Universities’. The conference will run from Wednesday May 22 to Friday May 24 …” (more)
[Ebhan Loughlin, Galway Advertiser, 23 May]
“Up to 4,500 jobs are currently going unfilled in Ireland, and 10,000 more potential jobs are under threat in the short term, thanks to this country’s IT sector skills shortage, a startling new industry report published today has claimed …” (more)
[Mark Keenan, Independent, 23 May]
“The country’s largest teachers’ union has recommended that members accept revised Croke Park pay proposals on the basis that they represent an improvement on the alternative …” (more)
[Fiachra Ó Cionnaith and Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 23 May]
“How to tackle Ireland’s skills deficit has become a familiar refrain amongst Irish employers and across media …” (more)
[Simon Boucher, Independent, 23 May]
“The Department of Education has said is open to a student grant system where applicants might not have to submit a raft of documents in order to make it more efficient …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 23 May]
“Across Europe more than five million jobs have been lost between 2008 and 2010. In contrast, knowledge-based jobs driven by research and innovation increased by more than 800,000 …” (more)
[Conor O'Carroll, Irish Times, 23 May]
“Scotland’s universities would lose their lucrative place in the UK’s research framework if the country voted for independence, experts have warned, ahead of a conference on the subject this week …” (more)
[David Matthews, Times Higher Education, 23 May]
“The publisher Elsevier has disassociated itself from an article by a trade association it belongs to that condemns proposed open-access mandates in several US states …” (more)
[Paul Jump, Times Higher Education, 22 May]
“Blog followers will know that there is little is more reliably guaranteed to get Beard reaching for her lap-top than some new development in on-line learning. This is not (simply) because I am a nasty old Luddite …” (more)
[Mary Beard, A Don’s Life, 22 May]
