“Policy decisions are taken without considering policy and planning. Irish universities have absorbed serious funding cuts and now face a crisis …” (more)
[Marie Clarke, Irish Times, 21 May]
“… As someone who has benefited in the past from the PBC rule, I’m not totally in favour of abolishing this option. In 1979 against all odds I somehow manage to pass my 1st year exams in Trinity …” (more)
[Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 16 May]
“… Although translated into Chinese in 1996, this work on his philosophy of education has still not had the influence that could be expected on the Chinese education system. The values of questioning, challenging and coming up with creative solutions, which are at the heart of Irish education, are in short supply in the current Chinese school system …” (more)
[Liming Wang, Education Matters, 16 May]
“A spokesman for University College Dublin’s American football team has defended his team’s decision to wear jerseys worn by Pennsylvania State University last season, despite the scandal surrounding the institution …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 15 May]
“As recently as the 1980s, the idea of assistance for a student with a disability was unheard of. Now support is the norm, and 8,000 students with disabilities are in higher education …” (more)
[Brian Mooney, Irish Times, 14 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.]
“Last week a Dublin reader by the name of Stephen got a phone call from a debt collection agency in England called TNC collections …” (more)
[Conor Pope, Irish Times, 6 May]
“The University College Dublin (UCD) School of Agriculture and Food Science, in Ireland, has today (May 2) announced details of a new taught masters program in applied equine science which will commence in September 2013 …” (more)
[The Horse, 2 May]
“A major row has erupted over a survey which reported that more than 100 psychiatrists oppose abortion based on the threat of suicide …” (more)
[Luke Byrne, Independent, 4 May]
“An intensely personal book about marriage and grief locates a moving love story within the context of a changing Ireland …” (more)
[Irish Times, 4 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]
“Only three of the eight candidates to be interviewed for next president of UCD are internal applicants, setting up the possibility of an external appointment for the first time in the institution’s history …” (more)
[Joe Humphreys, Irish Times, 26 April]
“UCD Business School is the only business school in Ireland to receive accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business AACSB – the highest achievement for an educational institution that awards business degrees in the world …” (more)
[Sorcha Corcoran, Business and Leadership, 25 April]
“… Originally, the colours were to match faculties but over time and with changing structures and new cross-disciplinary degrees, the colours lost some of their meaning …” (more)
[UCD News, 24 April]
“Leading global contract research organisation ICON has teamed up with the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School to establish the ICON Business Academy with the objective of developing excellence in leadership capability right across the company …” (more)
[Irish Times, 22 April]
“University College Dublin Students’ Union Vice President for Entertainments, Eoin Heffernan has announced that RAG (Raise and Give) will once more occur in UCD. This year, however, the fundraiser will run more as a concept rather than a traditional series of events …” (more)
[Jack Walsh, University Observer, 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]
“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]
“A provider of outsourced development services to the life sciences sector globally, Icon, has launched an academy in conjunction with University College Dublin (UCD) dedicated to providing programmes to the company’s own staff …” (more)
[Sorcha Corcoran, Business and Leadership, 17 April]
