Monthly Archives: November 2015

IT lecturers protest over cutbacks

Lunchtime protest outside Institutes of Technology today

Female academic leaders suffer more from ‘workaholic’ hours culture

26 Nov, 2015
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GMIT lecturers to hold protest over funding and education concerns

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility: CAO and SUSI

Tenders published to turn Cork City home of George Boole into visitor centre

7 Demands for Casualised University Workers

Universities and Global Rankings: Linking University Performance with National Economy

Returning to Trinity early will be difficult for students on Erasmus in France after Paris attacks

How the legal nature of the student-university relationship has changed

A college education is a right open to all, not a privilege

QUB Staff, UCU and Fossil Free Protest

Big is beautiful for merging universities

2015 ‘Dance Your PhD’ results

Technology and wellbeing: Mental health needs its place on campus

‘About time’ value of quality assurance is demonstrated

DCU named in league table of top universities in the world

OECD report an endorsement of work of Irish teachers and lecturers

Education at a Glance 2015 – OECD Indicators

Irish teachers amongst best paid in world, despite ‘austerity’ cuts – OECD

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The Meaningless University Rankings "I see that the Times Higher has now released this year’s outcomes of its annual exercise in numerology called the World University Rankings. The announcement ...
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Third-level colleges to agree standard approach to student cheating in exams "Third-level colleges are agreeing a common approach to student cheating in a move to achieve consistency across the system. A new framework sets out guidelines ...
Fears that €307m higher ed funding gap will not be addressed as Budget 2024 looms "Provost Linda Doyle has called on the college community to 'raise our voices' amid fears that the higher-education sector will not get additional €307 million ...
The Strain on Scientific Publishing "It’s the end of my first week away but before I go home for a swim in the pool on my roof terrace I thought ...
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Why are college dropout rates on the up in Ireland? "News that student dropout rates have been climbing across universities comes as no surprise to Treasa Fox. As head of student counselling at Technological University ...