“The chief executive of the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises association yesterday hit out at what he described as the ‘crocks of gold’ received by retiring university dons …” (more)
[Gordon Deegan, Irish Examiner, 23 December]
“Thousands of small businesses are being ‘cruelly squeezed’ by the country’s top universities and colleges who are failing to pay them on time, in breach of their own rules, the Sunday Independent has learned …” (more)
[Daniel McConnell, Independent, 17 August]
“Irish universities remits and units are shrinking in most areas, with one exception it seems. There has been a growth over the last number of years in university-based industrial incubators …” (more)
[Brian M Lucey, 8 September]
“Why do we have universities? What are they for and who are they meant to serve? It seems they are being pulled first in one direction and then in another, serving one master and then a second, with the expectation they will be able to respond to all …” (more)
[Dick Ahlstrom, Irish Times, 2 September]
“A new initiative called ‘Degree Plus’ will involve Griffith College students being linked directly to a member company of ISME from September of this year …” (more)
[Sorcha Corcoran, Business and Leadership, 26 August]
“Irish universities have rejected claims by a business lobby that third-level education here was delivering graduates ill-prepared to enter business. The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (Isme) yesterday said the universities were ‘failing industry’ …” (more)
[Dick Ahlstrom, Irish Times, 21 August]
“Irish business students are not being prepared adequately for life in the entrepreneurial world, with universities ‘paying lip service’ to education in the area, the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association has said …” (more)
[Mark Hilliard, Irish Times, 21 August]
“… The group is criticising the main universities for what it describes as their poor teaching methods, dry academic content and few applications to real business life …” (more)
[Carlow Nationalist, 21 August]
