Daily Archives: 12 June, 2013

Making QA Disappear: How we might re-think quality assurance for higher education

Croke Park Agreement Savings – Additional Hours

Third Level Funding – Grant Reduction

Student Grant Scheme Administration – SUSI website

England should follow Scotland on access to university

High Court grants order requiring ISPs to block Pirate Bay

20 over 500

Developing indicators of the impact of scholarly communication is a massive technical challenge – but it’s also much simpler than that

SFI prize objectives: With a pinch of luck and delusion

NUI chancellor stresses ‘centrality of human rights’ on visit to Bahraini medical campus

Irish children twice as likely to dislike school

Despite autism, sky’s the limit for Reilly’s son as he embarks on PhD

Stop the foot-dragging on science and maths

Renaming English: does the world language need a new name?

UL economist given €650k to study financial crash

Bail out universities rather than banks?

Where have all the academics gone?

Déjà Vu All Over Again: MOOCs, Commerce and Professional Autonomy

Top posts – last 7 days

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losing qualifications "University of Limerick has blamed 'a manual error' for two students having had qualifications rescinded earlier this year.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 ...
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' ...
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 ...
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 ...
Emergency meeting held to address University of Limerick controversies "University of Limerick authorities are 'fully united' following an emergency meeting of UL’s governing authority, which has heard that 'outstanding governance matters' need to be ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Abolishing an ‘Industry’? "A week or so ago I mentioned that the European Council had adopted a text that calls for the EU Commission and Member States to ...