Daily Archives: 24 February, 2020

Rethinking Laser Pointers

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Education Technological universities are not a ‘mistake’, they’re a milestone in 21st-century higher education "Philip Altbach and Hans de Wit’s argument in this newspaper on September 3rd, In creating new technological universities, did we make a mistake?, for a ...
MTU student describes capacity issues on North Kerry bus route as barbaric "An MTU student has described capacity issues on a daily bus route as barbaric. It follows problems on the North Kerry route in recent weeks ...
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 ...
International student numbers in higher education climb to new high "The number of international students attending Irish universities climbed to a record high of more than 35,000 in the last academic year, or almost one ...
Artificial intelligence could pose ‘major threat’ to college qualifications "The cheating threat posed by new artificial intelligence (AI) tools in higher education assignments requires urgent training for college staff in order to protect the ...
Students to be excused from class for USI Dáil march, Vice-Provost announces "Vice-Provost Orla Sheils has requested that students’ absence from class be excused during the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) Dáil march on Wednesday as ...
‘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 ...

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