Monthly Archives: March 2015

Teachers to get permanent employment rights after two years under new measures

WIT staff set to strike over merger

Institutes of Technology: Waterford IT and IT Carlow

Government must act to help with cost of third-level education

Never too late to learn from your mistakes

27 Mar, 2015
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equality, gender discrimination, Jim Browne, promotion, rankings, UG
Governance and administration

TUI serve Waterford IT with notice of strike action

27 Mar, 2015
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IT Carlow, mergers, strike, technological universities, TUI, WIT
Governance and administration

NUIG regret over ‘terrible damage’ and PR disaster

Student dies after falling down flight of stairs on University College Cork campus

NUI Galway aims for top 200 spot as ‘ranking vital to global employers’

Access All Areas

Third Level Funding – Basic Research in Science

Tragic: UCC student dies on campus

Court of Appeal overturns decision on liquidator to third-level college

Statement from ASTI / TUI Presidents re today’s briefing on the Framework for Junior Cycle

Teachers to be offered 16 training days for junior cycle programme

Universities: Excellence v equity

NUI Galway aims to enter world ‘top 200’ in new strategy

Why is so much of the discussion of higher ed driven by elite institutions?

Research Funding

Scientific Research

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Students to be excused from class for USI Dáil march, Vice-Provost announces "Vice-Provost Orla Sheils has requested that students’ absence from class be excused during the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) Dáil march on Wednesday as ...
‘Huge variance’ in dropout rates across college courses a concern, Simon Harris says "The 'huge variance' in student dropout rates across colleges and courses is a matter of concern and needs to investigated, Minister for Higher Education Simon ...