“Anne Scott has listened to the critics and, as NUIG’s gender equality vice-president, is promising big changes. It was walking down a street in Kenya, surrounded by people with a different skin tone to her own, that Prof Anne Scott was struck by what it meant to be treated differently …” (more)
[Kathleen McNamee, University Times, 3 January]
“The Technological University (TU) process which the Waterford IT/IT Carlow bid is party to has been described as ‘a fudge’ by a former member of WIT’s Governing Body. Independent City and County Councillor Mary Roche expressed her fears about the entire process to The Munster Express, which she feels, comes with a hint of ‘Groundhog Day’ to it from a WIT perspective …” (more)
[Dermot Keyes, Munster Express, 3 January]
“Technological universities are drawing closer. And with the legislative process drawing to a close, the prospect of a new era for higher education draws nearer every day. The Technological Universities bill aims to unite numerous institutes of technology into four national technological universities …” (more)
[Aisling Marren and Kathleen McNamee, University Times, 2 January]
“Work is nearing completion in UCC on Cork city’s 29th bridge to cross the River Lee. The new pedestrian bridge over the south channel of the river will connect with a new entrance to the campus off the Western Road. The bridge will cross the river from the rear of the Aula Maxima to a green space at Perrotts Inch, approximately halfway between Gaol Cross and the main entrance to UCC …” (more)
[Alan Healy, Evening Echo, 2 January]
“The UK government’s recent proposal to introduce more two-year (‘accelerated’) degree courses in England has already attracted quite a lot of criticism. One aspect is student debt: given that universities will be allowed to charge up to £2,000 more for these ‘fast-track’ degrees, there are doubts in terms of how students will be able to afford them …” (more)
[Jana Bacevic, Times Higher Education, 26 December]
