“How Irish universities and colleges operate, teach, make money and research will face fundamental change over the next five years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With remote teaching set to become a mainstay until a widespread roll-out of a Covid-19 vaccine, the business model for higher education is also going to face significant challenges. Increasing numbers of students may opt to defer courses, ‘big tech’ looks likely to play a much larger role in the sector and we could see fewer institutions …” (more)
[Jess Casey and Ciannan Brennan, Irish Examiner, 14 May]