Daily Archives: 20 November, 2018

DCU launches Ireland’s first dedicated early childhood research centre

Half of all third-level students never talk to lecturers about career plans

A question of money

French universities to offer more courses in English to attract foreign students

Cheating on the rise in Irish universities

The return of history as a core subject?

One in five postgrads consider quitting over financial or personal issues

Who are the biggest cheaters in Irish universities?

University Council to Discuss Trinity’s University of Sanctuary Prospects

Provost, a ‘Believer’ in Public Funding, Defends College’s Commercial Strategies

Top posts – last 7 days

Technological University Dublin beefs up security, increasing patrols and garda presence after campus ‘altercation’ "Gardaí will increase patrols of a university campus following the latest major public order incident in Dublin city centre ..." (more) [Fionnán Sheahan, Independent ...
Six Years in Maynooth! "It is 1st December 2023, which means that it’s six years to the day since I started work at Maynooth University. (Obviously, I’m not there ...
Minister Harris announces multi-million euro funding approved to progress two key student learning projects for MTU "Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today announced two projects in Munster Technological University (MTU) that will ...
The Irish Times view on higher education: students under strain "Like so much of the population affected by the pandemic, students attending higher education had their lives turned upside down. Many were undertaking courses, but ...
UCC and UCD found to be among world’s most sustainable universities "A number of Irish universities have climbed the global ladder when it comes to sustainability, with University College Cork (UCC) and University College Dublin (UCD) ...
Are Students Customers? "When tuition fees were brought in to the UK higher education system many academics worried that the relationship between students and lecturers would be changed ...
Irish students superior to rest of EU at reading, but are getting worse at maths – OECD study "Irish students are the best performers in reading literacy in the European Union, according to a major international study - but there has been a ...
Student housing could be this government’s lifeline, but are they really taking it? "An investment in student accommodation across the State, worth €434 million, was announced last month by Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris and ...
Where Did the Open Access Movement Go Wrong? "Richard Poynder has long been one of the most respected and insightful commentators on the scholarly communication ecosystem, and in particular on the development and ...
Universities plan easier access for NI students to colleges in South "Universities plan to make it easier for students in Northern Ireland to go to college in the South by ensuring A-levels results translate more fairly ...
No, Appointing One Female University President Does Not Shatter the Glass Ceiling "Prof Kerstin Mey’s appointment as interim president of the University of Limerick (UL) earlier this week has – rightly – been lauded as historic. She ...
Ulster University removes ‘top 2% of universities in the world’ poster after latest complaint "Ulster University has removed another advertisement after new complaints about misleading statements. In a sign spotted on its Coleraine campus this week, the university was ...

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Daily Archives: 20 November, 2018