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Daily Archives: 22 August, 2009

Toward a debate on Science and Technology Policy in Ireland
  • 22 Aug, 2009
  • steve
  • 1
  • funding, innovation, Research, research funding
  • Research
Wondering about H1N1
  • 22 Aug, 2009
  • steve
  • Ferdinand von Prondzynski, H1N1, swine flu
  • Life
German inquiry into ‘PhD fraud’
  • 22 Aug, 2009
  • steve
  • fraud, Germany, PhDs
  • Legal issues
Focus on girls’ exam success masks deeper concerns
  • 22 Aug, 2009
  • steve
  • gender equality
  • Fees, access and admissions
College thrown into chaos over bid to remove chief executive
  • 22 Aug, 2009
  • steve
  • TI
  • Legal issues
Gender balance in medicine
  • 22 Aug, 2009
  • steve
  • CAO, gender equality, management, medicine
  • Fees, access and admissions
Barred from medical school: why grade-A rejects feel sick
  • 22 Aug, 2009
  • steve
  • CAO, gender equality, medicine
  • Fees, access and admissions
Third-level education fees
  • 22 Aug, 2009
  • steve
  • Batt O’Keeffe, fees
  • Fees, access and admissions
Aptitude test just what the doctor ordered
  • 22 Aug, 2009
  • steve
  • CAO, gender equality, medicine
  • Fees, access and admissions
Controversial aptitude test for our future Doctors
  • 22 Aug, 2009
  • steve
  • CAO, gender equality, medicine
  • Fees, access and admissions

Top posts – last 7 days

  • UL President does not deserve pity for her Oireachtas performance "While watching a quite remarkable session of the Public Accounts Committee, the uninitiated might have been tempted to feel sorry for the president of the ...
  • Statement from Councillor Mary Roche on the launch of the South East Technological University strategic Plan 2023-2028 "Back in 2005 WIT had the temerity to apply for University status. Its application was never adjudicated on but since then, we haven't seen a ...
  • ‘End the points race. Embrace AI. Foster sustainability’: Big ideas for the future of education "The Government has pledged to establish a Citizen’s Assembly on education in the coming months – but what should it address? ..." (more) [Peter ...
  • Why do so many students refuse to speak during college tutorials? I blame the Leaving Cert "You always know when there’s an American in a college tutorial. While most Irish students often sit idle and in stern refusal to put their ...
  • Do ‘high-quality journals’ always publish ‘high-quality papers’? "After a busy morning correcting examination scripts, I have now reached the lunch interval and thought I’d use the opportunity to share a paper I ...
  • Concerns raised over lecturers and teachers being on short term contracts "Frank Jones, General Secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers, on calls for more support for university lecturers on temporary or causal contracts ..." ...
  • Open Access: the Future is Diamond "As it was foretold the Council of Europe has now released a document (PDF) that calls for 'transparent, equitable, and open access to scholarly publications' ...
  • USI supports Seanad Éireann motion to provide employment rights and protections to PhD researchers "The Union of Students in Ireland urges all Senators to support a motion aimed at securing the rights of PhD researchers, including addressing precarious contracts ...
  • Cut to student contribution on agenda at higher education sector meeting with Simon Harris "Ways of reducing the cost of higher and further education are being explored today at a meeting convened by minister Simon Harris. The focus is ...
  • Days of Invigilation "I’ve now collected the scripts from my second examination – held on Saturday – and will spend the next day or two marking them and ...
  • Performance-Based Funding in Europe "If you’re in North America, you know that one of the perennial debates in higher education finance is about the efficacy of performance-based funding, or ...
  • Majority of Irish universities slip down latest global rankings "Research performance and intensified competition from well-funded institutions abroad has seen the majority of Irish universities fall in the latest global university rankings ..." (
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