“The third-level system appears to be in a state of some flux. Senior staff have been paid huge unauthorised bonuses at UCD, concern has been raised at the lack of contact time with lecturers across the sector and some students at the American College were forced to quit their course in mid-stream. Mary Coughlan, meanwhile, has spoken a great deal about the need to reform higher education …” (more)
[Brian Mooney, Irish Times, 5 October]