Daily Archives: 01 April, 2020

David Norris Re-Elected to Seanad on Fourth Count

Irish Universities should implement ‘No Detriment’ policy for student Grades – Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD

Advice for University Leaders in the post-coronavirus world

Student Leaders Urge Accommodation Companies to Refund Residents

College Considering ‘No Detriment’ Policy, Says TCDSU President

01 Apr, 2020
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assessments, coronavirus, exams, protest, TCD
Teaching

First Seanad seats filled from NUI and Labour panels

Vacant student accommodation should be freed up for frontline healthcare staff – Senator Máire Devine

Third level reassignments to proceed

On Boredom

Students studying abroad forced to come home due to Covid-19

DCU launch at-home study toolkit

All landlords must refund students who had to end their licences early because of COVID-19 – Eoin Ó Broin TD

It’s academic …

Lead From the Future

Can universities safely implement ‘no detriment’ policies?

Four Irish projects to share €10m of EU research funding

Contact tracing centre established at GMIT

Top posts – last 7 days

New contract for lecturers in technological universities "A new academic contract for technological university lecturers is to be brought forward by Simon Harris, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, early next ...
Ireland has far higher rate of third-level education than EU average, CSO data shows "Ireland has a far higher rate of third-level education than the EU averages, with women more likely to attain it than men, new data shows ...
Quarter of Trinity College Dublin students seeking counselling ‘had suicidal thoughts’ "About 25% of students seeking counselling support at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) have expressed suicidal thoughts in the past 12 months. Data obtained by the ...
UCD student ends climate hunger strike after eight days as demands met "A Dublin university student has ended his hunger strike over climate inaction after eight days, following an agreement on his demands ..." (more) [Conor ...
On the Multiple Publication of Academic Research "The topic came up in a recent conversation of the ethical issues surrounding what is sometimes erroneously called self-plagiarism, but is more accurately called duplicate ...
Nationwide interest in building capacity in Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Medicine, and Veterinary "A total of 39 expressions of interest have been submitted to the Higher Education Authority in response to a call to identify opportunities to build ...
Trinity College sets out plans to reopen Science Gallery after contentious closure "Trinity College Dublin has set out plans to reopen the Science Gallery next year after its closure last February, reversing a contentious move that prompted ...
Should Trinity College Rename Its Library? "Listen back: Gript Editor John McGuirk debates academic and activist Ebun Joseph on Newstalk breakfast on the subject of whether historic names of buildings are ...
Research Bill "Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the working group will be established to examine the issues in ...
UCD student will ‘fast until death if necessary’ over climate inaction "A student at University College Dublin (UCD) has been on hunger strike for eight days over what he sees as failings of the university and ...
Government to partially fund 700 student beds – Harris "Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has said the Government is going to partially fund the construction of almost 700 student accommodation beds ...
The Gradual, Disjointed Dispersion of Academic Twitter "So far, Twitter endures. On Oct 28, Elon Musk tweeted, 'The bird is freed', signaling what would become his chaotic takeover of the social media ...