Daily Archives: 07 January, 2021

Remote Exam Time

07 Jan, 2021
steve
coronavirus, exams, MU, online assessment
Teaching

Education and exams in a pandemic

Colleges Must Mitigate Effects of Stricter Lockdown on Students – USI

An Indisputable Ranking Scorecard? Not Really

UCC reintroduces No Academic Disadvantage exam policy for winter examinations

07 Jan, 2021
steve
coronavirus, exams, online teaching, UCC
Teaching

Top posts – last 7 days

UCC nursing students ‘strongly’ advised to hold off buying ‘required’ iPads "University College Cork (UCC) is standing over its decision to require first-year nursing students to have access to an iPad as necessary for the course ...
Third-level fees cut by €1,000 while grant recipients to get double payment this year "Third-level fees are to be cut by €1,000 this year and significantly reduced on a permanent basis over the coming years under a major Budget ...
Universities citing large numbers of deferrals in students taking college courses due to accommodation crisis "Universities are reporting an increase in deferral applications for the new academic year, with the accommodation crisis among the key reasons given ..." (more) ...
Higher Education Authority Bill amended to include recognition of students’ unions "The Higher Education Authority (HEA) Bill 2022 has been passed in the Seanad, including amendments to provide for the formal recognition of students’ unions in ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy will virtually address all third-level students in Ireland next month "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to address all third level students in Ireland next month, Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has confirmed ...
Maynooth University student centre project cancelled "A university in the Republic of Ireland has announced that construction work on a new student centre has been stopped. Maynooth University (MU) said rising ...
IFUT Executive advises acceptance of the pay proposal ‘Building Momentum’ Public Service Agreement 2021-2023 "At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Irish Federation of University Teachers on Saturday 24th September, representatives present considered the proposal in detail ...
Students condemn removal of 1,300 eBooks from university libraries "Students have condemned the removal of more than 1,300 eBooks from college libraries' collections before the beginning of the term ..." (more) [Jess Casey ...
Higher Education Bill ‘essentially a Government takeover of academia’, researchers warn "The first major legislative reform of higher education in more than 50 years 'amounts essentially to a Government takeover of academia' ..." (more) [Jess ...
Dublin Business School "Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the decision regarding students ...
Old Man Belfield "On the 11th of January 2021 the body of a homeless man was found on the grounds of University College Dublin’s Belfield campus. His passing ...
Welcome to the new academic year! "After more than two years of a pandemic unprecedented in our lifetimes, we can feel entitled to look in the rear-view mirror and relax in ...

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Daily Archives: 07 January, 2021