“Trinity College, Dublin, is engaged in another round of secret talks – this time with the Dublin Institute of Technology. It has already upset the other universities who were unaware of its negotiations with UCD, which resulted in Wednesday’s announcement of an Innovation Alliance. The separate discussions with DIT are looking at all possible forms of potential alliance such as joint degrees, shared services and even joint staff appointments. The options under review include everything from a Memorandum of Understanding ‘to the inclusion of DIT as a separate autonomous institution under the university’. A confidential report to the heads of both institutions sets out areas of potential future collaboration …” (more)
[John Walshe, Independent, 13 March]