Daily Archives: 28 April, 2010

Cash crisis

NIH Approves Widely Used Stem-Cell Lines

The fees, the SU, and the power we all lack

State pledges €25m to research projects

16 New High-Tech Ventures Join NovaUCD’s 2010 Entrepreneurship Programme

Showdown on Grad Unions

High stakes for science in UK election

College deficit now stands at €4bn, talk of fees being introduced

Helping Higher Education Get Its Groove Back: Part IV

Irish public policy and human embryonic stem cell research

€4bn needed at third level to meet student surge, says HEA

Two held over US assault of Irish student

Oxford students challenge tuition fees review ‘secrecy’

TCD-UCD Innovation Alliance

The casualisation of the academic profession

Spotted someone you fancy in the library? Confess your crush on Fitfinder

Elsevier 2009 $2 billion profits could fund worldwide OA at $1,383 per article

New Library at NUIM

Skipping Class? Sensors Are Watching

Bailey will be sent to France, says Paris lawyer

Top posts – last 7 days

UL president states criticism following PAC appearance is ‘completely fair’ "The University of Limerick president has said that part of the criticism received following an appearance before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was 'completely fair' ...
UL says ‘manual error’ led to two students losing qualifications "University of Limerick has blamed 'a manual error' for two students having had qualifications rescinded earlier this year. The issue arose when two students who ...
UL emergency meeting hears matters need to be concluded ‘once and for all’ "An emergency meeting of the University of Limerick's Governing Authority has heard that 'outstanding governance matters' need to be concluded 'once and for all'. In ...
Ex-Nphet member Prof Philip Nolan to lead new research and innovation funding agency "Professor Philip Nolan has been appointed CEO designate of the new Research and Innovation funding agency. The enactment of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023 ...
Influencer event at TCD axed over security fears "The organisers of a controversial speaking event at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) were forced to cancel after they were told they could not organise their ...
QUB vice chancellor in plea for end to boycott of marking and assessments "The vice chancellor of Queen’s University is 'deeply concerned' about the impact a boycott of marking and assessments will have following a warning from the ...
UCC’s Dr Catherine Day issues stark warning to Government on research funding for universities "The Government has been warned by one of Ireland's leading universities that it was now 'absolutely essential' to increase State funding for research. The warning ...
Terms Ending "So here I am, on a fine early summer evening, waiting for the train into Dublin for the last performance of the season by the ...
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 ...
Minister Harris marks the commencement of the construction of the new Digital Media Building at IADT "Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today marked the commencement of the construction works of a new ...
Threats to academic freedom across Europe – a new European Parliament Report "A new European Parliament’s Study on the state of play of academic freedom aims to provide an overview of the situation of academic freedom, highlighting ...
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 ..." ...