Daily Archives: 20 January, 2018

What Government Shutdown Means for Higher Ed

University chief confirms legal dispute with contractors but hopes for an ‘early resolution’

Are arts degrees past their sell-by date?

20 Jan, 2018
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arts, graduate employment, pay, Richard Bruton
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Trinity College employee sacked after sexual assault plea drops bid to get €120,000-a-year job back "Brendan Leahy, the senior Trinity College Dublin manager sacked after pleading guilty to a sexual assault, today dropped his legal bid to be reinstated ..." ...
ChatGPT in the Swampland "My inestimable PhD student Kay Lehnert has been having a look at the capabilities of the Artificial Intelligence platform ChatGPT at writing about string theoretical ...
Trinity College advises students and staff to wear masks "David McGrath, Medical Director at the College Health Service in Trinity College Dublin, on the University's advice for students and staff to wear face masks ...
Maynooth University Library Cat Update "People keep asking me how Maynooth University Library Cat is getting on so on my way back from lunch today I took a picture of ...
UCC student centre’s dismissal of hairdresser without notice was ‘unreasonable and unlawful’ "The actions of UCC student centre bosses in dismissing a hairdresser without consultation, notice pay or any mention of a redundancy payment were 'entirely unreasonable' ...
Students on 420 points are locked out of veterinary, teaching and nursing. How is that fair? When the Higher Education Authority (HEA) was established 50 years ago it was, inter alia, accorded the following functions: furthering the development of higher education; ...
Fees – repeating or changing courses " To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if serious consideration will be given to a proposal (details supplied) in relation to the €1,000 ...
ChatGPT and Physics Education "Following on the theme of ChatGPT, I see that Phil Moriarty has done a blog post about its use in Physics Education which many of ...
How should universities handle cases of blackmail by essay mills? "Samir (not his real name) was an international student on a postgraduate degree at a UK university ..." (more) [Daniel Sokol, Wonkhe, 27 January]
UK universities report sharp post-Brexit drop in EU students "Brexit and immigration policies are shaping who studies and works at UK universities, according to data released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on ...
‘We see hunger, homelessness, destitution’: The hidden struggle of overseas students in Ireland "Tens of thousands of Brazilian students attend English language schools and work part-time - but many are unprepared for the real cost of living in ...
What next for TEF? "Across the sector there are a large number of people who have just breathed a huge sigh of relief. They’ve clicked the button, and after ...

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Daily Archives: 20 January, 2018