“Multinational IT firm EMC, which recently partnered with University College Cork (UCC) on two data-focused business courses, believes that more interdisciplinary big data programmes are needed in Ireland’s third-level education system to provide suitable candidates for a growing jobs market …” (more)
[Elaine Burke, Silicon Republic, 16 May]
“No legislation or guidelines in place to support research using human embryos. Embryonic stem cells are highly-prized because they can turn into any type of cell in the body, like heart cells, muscles or neurons …” (more)
[Carl O'Brien, Irish Times, 17 May]
“University College Cork (UCC) said today that it has been has been ranked first among Irish universities for engineering (electrical and electronic) and environmental sciences in the 2013 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject …” (more)
[Grainne Rothery, Business and Leadership, 8 May]
“Trinity College Dublin tops a list of eight Irish colleges which feature in the top 200 of subject-by-subject rankings of the world’s universities. It features in the top 200 for 24 of the 30 study disciplines for which tables were compiled by QS World University Rankings, including top-50 placings for English language and literature, politics, history, and modern languages …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 8 May]
“Eight Irish universities have made the global top 200 for specific subject areas in the QS World University Rankings …” (more)
[Louise Holden, Irish Times, 8 May]
[The QS subject rankings are here.]
“There has been a lot of debate recently about the reputation survey component in the QS World University Rankings. The president of University College Cork asked faculty to find friends at other universities who ‘understand the importance of UCC improving its university world ranking’ …” (more)
[University Ranking Watch, 8 May]
“A group of academics from universities, institutes of technology, private colleges and professional law schools gathered recently at a conference in Galway to consider the development of clinical legal education in Ireland …” (more)
[Irish Times, 6 May]
“‘The Testament of Mary’ may have drawn the ire of Catholic protestors who denounced the play as blasphemous but it has secured a number of Tony Award nominations for some Corkonians involved. Cork actress Fiona Shaw, who plays Mary, the mother of Jesus in Colm Tóibín’s one-woman play, has been overlooked despite a well reviewed performance …” (more)
[Brian Hayes Curtin, Cork Independent, 2 May]
“Waterford Institute of Technology and Trinity College Dublin dealt with the highest number of allegations of bullying among its staff and students in the past five years, with WIT paying more than €100,000 in investigation and legal fees …” (more)
[Irish Examiner, 29 April]
“… The proportion of students reporting hazardous levels of alcohol consumption was 66%. We have no reason to believe that the non-respondents to this survey, who were absent from class on the day of sampling, are drinking at less harmful levels …” (more)
[Martin Davoren and others, Irish Times, 27 April]
“A former university lecturer was bound to the peace after a judge heard evidence he threatened to kill another man in the corridors of the same courthouse …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 23 April]
“Proposals to raise €4 million a year through philanthropic donations to build facilities for a new school of business at University College Cork are contained in a strategy plan drawn up by a team of UCC professors …” (more)
[Irish Examiner, 22 April]
“This week was a busy one for news, what with the ongoing Boston marathon manhunt, the CP2 disagreement etc. But, in the university area at least one good news story was broken. The Leiden rankings (yes, yes, rankings, we know…) emerged and TCD (and to a lesser extent UCD and UCC) did well indeed …” (more)
[Brian M Lucey, 21 April]
“University College Cork (UCC) has made a global first by retaining its Green Flag for the environment …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 20 April]
“Professor Haim Bresheeth, a renowned Israeli-born academic and documentary film-maker, will be speaking in colleges in Dublin and Cork next week in support of the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) and its conference resolution supporting an academic boycott of Israel …” (more)
[Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 19 April]
“University College Cork (UCC) has had its Green Flag campus status renewed, having been the first university in the world to be awarded this accolade, in 2010 …” (more)
[Sorcha Corcoran, Business and Leadership, 19 April]
“The Leiden world university rankings are out. We’re ranked at 48, up from 63 last year, and have therefore moved into the top 50 in the world in this ranking. UCD is ranked 281, UCC 181. Which is nice …” (more)
[Brian M Lucey, 18 April]
“University College Cork (UCC) is at the centre of controversy after asking its staff to contact international academics in a bid to raise its profile in a global university rankings table …” (more)
[Independent, 16 April]
“Former world champion, Olympian and one of Ireland’s leading sports people Sonia O’Sullivan was honoured today by University College Cork (UCC) when the new international standard 400 metre running track was re-opened and named the Sonia O’Sullivan Athletics Track at the Mardyke Sports Grounds …” (more)
[Business and Leadership, 15 April]
“Quacquarelli Symonds, one of the major groups conducting international rankings of universities, has banned universities from recruiting people to participate in the peer review surveys conducted for the evaluations of institutions …” (more)
[Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, 15 April]
