Daily Archives: 24 June, 2019

Long-awaited Munster Technological University decision due shortly

24 Jun, 2019
steve
Cork IT, DES, HEA, IT Tralee, mergers, MTU, technological universities, TUI, WRC
Governance and administration

College will cost an average of €12,171 for students living away from home as experts share tips for big savings

Minister Mitchell O’Connor convenes a consultative meeting on substance abuse in Third Level Education at The Writers Museum, Parnell Sq

350 new research positions to be created as part of €40m investment

24 Jun, 2019
steve
AMBER, materials science, research funding, SFI, TCD
Research

President Higgins calls for higher education to equip students to deal with ‘crisis’ of climate change

Concern as students at University of Limerick get ‘wrong’ results

Mature students and third level

Major setback for plan to create Munster technological university

Student Accommodation Zoning Changes Aren’t an Affront to University Autonomy

Court drama continues in discrimination case against NUIG

Top posts – last 7 days

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 ...
Public sector pay talks expected to begin in coming weeks "Unions have agreed a core set of priorities ahead of public sector pay talks which are due to begin in the coming weeks. The current ...
‘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 ...
Trinity moves up 30 places amid mixed results for Irish universities in world rankings "Ireland’s top-ranked university has climbed almost 30 places in the latest set of global rankings which overall show mixed results for Irish universities ..." (
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
College dropout levels climb amid ‘perfect storm’ of Covid disruption "Student dropout rates climbed across all third level colleges during the 2020-21 academic year, against the backdrop of a 'perfect storm' of Covid disruption and ...
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 ...
Colleges’ capacity to deliver skilled graduates is ‘stretched to the limit’, warn university presidents "University presidents have warned the Government that their capacity to deliver high-quality education has been 'stretched to the limit' due to rising student-staff ratios and ...
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 "The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 include 1,904 universities across 108 countries and regions. The table is based on our new WUR 3.0 ...
Students to march to Dáil on October 4 to demand Government uses Budget 2024 surplus to address accommodation crisis "Students from across Ireland are set to take to the streets of Dublin next week to demand Government use its €65 billion ‘rainy day’ fund ...