Daily Archives: 22 September, 2012

Three fears about blended learning

Career Zoo director: 85% of conversion course graduates get full-time jobs

Former UCD bar staff to strike over unpaid wages

Backlash forces U-turn on plan to link grants with household charge

RTÉ to close five studios and move operations to ITs

Ministers work on Croke Park ‘squeeze’ proposals

World’s dearest degree will set students back up to €105,000

Medical school aptitude test change delayed

RTÉ will share colleges’ studio facilities in battle to save €25m

Northern Irish backlash over tuition fees

Deportation threat lifted at university

Will open access article processing fee publishers do the right thing and join OA advocates in calling for friendly amendment to the RCUK policy?

What university courses/departments should be closed?

Top posts – last 7 days

New contract for lecturers in technological universities "A new academic contract for technological university lecturers is to be brought forward by Simon Harris, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, early next ...
Cork’s ‘college of the future’ and major expansion of MTU to be announced today "A digital ‘college of the future’ is to be built in Cork City, the Irish Examiner can reveal. And plans for a multi-million expansion and ...
Colleges jump at chance to open more places in dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, medicine and veterinary "There has been big interest among third-level colleges to a call to open new courses or expand student places in dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, medicine and ...
University of Limerick establish new hub for commuting students "The chickens are coming home to roost at Irish education - poor pay, high rents, unnecessary administration, unreal deterioration in student behaviour post Covid, and ...
TUS president pleads with government to provide ‘vital piece of infrastructure’ for Limerick "The President of Technological University of the Shannon has issued an impassioned plea on government to build the second phase of the Northern Distributor Road ...
Minister Harris announces over €22 million in supports to third-level students "Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has today announced the allocations of €17.1 million in student supports and €5 ...
PhDs Face Delays in Promised €500 One-Off Payment "The €500 increase in the PhD stipend promised to postgraduate researchers funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the Irish Research Council (IRC) as part ...
€11 million Dundalk capital investment and green light for next stage of DKIT project announced by Minister Harris "Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has today announced an €11 million investment in the Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre ...
Former University of Limerick president led college ‘through an extraordinary period of growth’ "The former president of the University of Limerick (UL) Prof Roger Downer has been remembered as a man who led the college through an 'extraordinary ...
The Final Third "There are now precisely four weeks to go until the end of teaching term at Maynooth University. Since the FIFA World Cup starts today it ...
Minister Harris launches National Action Plan for Open Research "Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has today welcomed the launch of the National Action Plan for Open Research ...
In 2020, universities shifted to online learning – three lessons from students’ experiences "For young people who were in university at the height of the COVID pandemic, the university experience was suddenly radically different to what they had ...