Daily Archives: 11 February, 2015

Technological Universities

Researchers: it’s time to ditch the PDF

The firm hand of discipline – Over 200 students faced disciplinary action last year

Death in academia and the mis-measurement of science

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage

O’Brien questions logic of pushing RCSI Bill when IT mergers are stalling

GMIT ‘hopeful’ of Corrib purchase

And the winner is: not science

Only 60% attend lectures and plummets across semester & week – and that’s at Harvard!

11 Feb, 2015
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lectures, metrics, rankings, teaching quality
Teaching

What is the difference between ‘doing Digital Humanities’ and using digital tools for research?

Professors Know About High-Tech Teaching Methods, but Few Use Them

Education Committee to discuss 21st century universities

Irish Government Signs up as First Lead Partner for Major US Study Abroad Initiative

Lecturers threaten industrial action over colleges merger

DCU likely buyer for All Hallows College in Drumcondra

Government agency spends €315k to send officials to college

Top posts – last 7 days

University of Limerick head in U-turn on PAC silence over land deal probe "University of Limerick’s president told staff a threat of litigation must not interfere with the college’s handling of questions about governance. The move represents a ...
The precarious employment of staff in Irish Higher Educational institutions and its policy implications "Since 2014, there have been a series of policy initiatives to increase the proportion of women in senior academic positions in higher educational institutions (HEIs) ...
Ulster University apologises to education research academics "Ulster University (UU) has publicly apologised to two academics behind research on the cost of Northern Ireland's divided education system. The research had claimed the ...
Maynooth named most expensive student town outside Dublin "Maynooth has been named the most expensive student town outside of done. Switcher.ie's latest research has revealed the cheapest places to study in Ireland and ...
Income at Trinity College Dublin increases to €458m last year "Income at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) last year increased by €47 million to €458.2 million as the college recovered from Covid-19 shutdowns. That is according ...
QUB students may not be awarded degrees this year "About 1,200 Queen's University Belfast students may not be awarded their degrees as planned this summer. According to the university's vice-chancellor, 40 will not be ...
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 ...
Student accommodation to house thousands of refugees for second summer "Up to 5,000 empty student accommodation beds will be used to house refugees over the summer period, it has been agreed. A Cabinet subcommittee on ...
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 ...
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 ...
Universities must engage constructively on fair pay for workers – Delargy "Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy has said university students should be awarded their qualifications and called on Queen’s University to engage constructively on fair pay ...
Postgraduate workers get organised against extreme precarity and low pay "The Postgraduate Workers Organisation (PWO) is the newly formed workers union for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) in Ireland. The union was formed in early 2023 from ...