Daily Archives: 07 January, 2012

HEA – charitable status 5 July 2022 "Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any State or semi-State bodies that…
Medicine – student numbers 5 July 2022 "Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is proposed to increase the…
Covid-19: QUB to spend £4.5m on ‘exceptional payment’ for staff 6 July 2022 "Queen's University is to spend about £4.5m on an 'exceptional payment' to staff for work during the pandemic. About 4,300…
On the Exploitation of PhD Students 6 July 2022 "Last week the Government of Ireland announced a new scheme intended to recruit 'high-level researchers' to PhD programme in Ireland.…
UCDSU Should Not Rejoin USI Without Serious Reform 6 July 2022 "The USI (Union of Students Ireland) is a bureaucratic, toxic and weak organisation. It is entirely out of touch with…
Ireland should move towards publicly funded third-level system – report 7 July 2022 "Ireland should move towards a European-style third-level education system which is funded mainly by the exchequer, an Oireachtas committee has…
Lifting student cap would require higher tuition fees or budget cuts, MPs told 6 July 2022 "Increasing the number of university places in Northern Ireland would require introducing higher tuition fees or taking money from another…
If unis stick with online assessment after COVID, they’ll have do more to stop cheating 4 July 2022 "While face-to-face classes are back after the COVID disruptions of the past two years, our research suggests at least some…
Confucius Institutes reappear under new names 4 July 2022 "Chinese government-funded language and culture centres known as Confucius Institutes have rapidly closed down across the United States over the…
Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage 30 June 2022 "Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael): I am delighted to be in Seanad Éireann for Second Stage of this important legislation,…
Overseas Study – the UK 2 July 2022 "Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that are being made for…
State to lure new PhD students with €28,000 yearly research stipend 1 July 2022 "PhD students will be offered a €28,000 annual stipend from a new €100 million public-private partnership aimed at recruiting researchers…
‘It may be time to cap university places’: Can school leavers be convinced to ditch CAO points race? 1 July 2022 "When Hannah Dowdall found out she had secured enough CAO points to study primary teaching in university, there was no…
Royal Irish Academy invited to Derry to share expertise on cross-border university provision 1 July 2022 "Derry councillors have unanimously supported a motion inviting academic experts from the Royal Irish Academy to share their views on…
Student Accommodation Will House Refugees Into September 1 July 2022 "Green Party Minister Roderic O’Gorman has confirmed that some student accommodation sites will continue to house Ukrainian refugees even into…
Compulsory purchase of site for SETU Wexford campus is now under way 1 July 2022 "The new Cathaoirleach of Wexford County Council Cllr George Lawlor has confirmed that the local authority has now entered into…
UK Seeks Science Collaboration Further Afield After EU Freeze 2 July 2022 "The UK is rattling off a series of international science agreements with a message to the European Union: if you…
College lecturers facing admin ‘Groundhog Day’ due to late release of Leaving Cert results 3 July 2022 "College lecturers are facing a 'groundhog day' of administrative work due to the delayed start of incoming first-year students, their…

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