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?

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UCC makes progress on Business School’s city centre move 24 June 2022 "UCC is set to lodge fresh plans for the €106m redevelopment of the former Brooks Haughton site in the centre…
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Leaving Cert results date causing complications for students applying to study abroad 24 June 2022 "Guy Flouch, director of Eunicas, discusses the September date for Leaving Certificate results ..." (audio) [RTÉ - Morning Ireland, 24…