Daily Archives: 13 August, 2009

Innovation

Prostitute by night, college kid by day

Decrease in Numbers Taking Higher Level Maths & Science for Leaving Certificate Results a Barrier to Developing Knowledge Economy – American Chamber of Commerce

Low uptake may put US investment ‘at risk’

UHI’s Gaelic-language strategy sets standard

Cabinet to hear O’Keeffe’s options on third-level fees

Short-term goals will damage our long-term health and strength

Students will oppose any college fees as O’Keeffe defends plan

A threat to scientific communication

Swine flu response teams prepare for college outbreak

‘No student has ever been unfairly graded by me’

O’Keeffe faces maths problem

Curriculum change to tackle maths problem

Students oppose loan, tax schemes

Tories told: Scrap education quangos and save £600m

Science students will face practical tests in new plan

Key university departments could ‘implode’ without foreign students

Top posts – last 7 days

Technological University Dublin beefs up security, increasing patrols and garda presence after campus ‘altercation’ "Gardaí will increase patrols of a university campus following the latest major public order incident in Dublin city centre ..." (more) [Fionnán Sheahan, Independent ...
UCC and UCD found to be among world’s most sustainable universities "A number of Irish universities have climbed the global ladder when it comes to sustainability, with University College Cork (UCC) and University College Dublin (UCD) ...
Are Students Customers? "When tuition fees were brought in to the UK higher education system many academics worried that the relationship between students and lecturers would be changed ...
Minister Harris announces multi-million euro funding approved to progress two key student learning projects for MTU "Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today announced two projects in Munster Technological University (MTU) that will ...
Irish students superior to rest of EU at reading, but are getting worse at maths – OECD study "Irish students are the best performers in reading literacy in the European Union, according to a major international study - but there has been a ...
Where Did the Open Access Movement Go Wrong? "Richard Poynder has long been one of the most respected and insightful commentators on the scholarly communication ecosystem, and in particular on the development and ...
Six Years in Maynooth! "It is 1st December 2023, which means that it’s six years to the day since I started work at Maynooth University. (Obviously, I’m not there ...
Universities plan easier access for NI students to colleges in South "Universities plan to make it easier for students in Northern Ireland to go to college in the South by ensuring A-levels results translate more fairly ...
Philanthropist Chuck Feeney’s generosity had ‘a profound impact’ on Ireland, memorial hears "Irish American billionaire’s donations transformed higher-education system and moved peace process forward, Leo Varadkar tells memorial at Trinity College ..." (more) [Sorcha Pollak, Irish ...
Study finds majority of Supreme Court judges went to UCD and a private school "A new study on the membership of the Supreme Court since its establishment almost 100 years ago found it is disproportionately composed of judges from ...
The Irish Times view on higher education: students under strain "Like so much of the population affected by the pandemic, students attending higher education had their lives turned upside down. Many were undertaking courses, but ...
Plans to demolish former Cork city convent for hundreds of new student apartments "Plans have been submitted to demolish a former convent building in the city to make way for hundreds of new student apartments. The former St ...