“IT Tralee says no member of staff will be given professorships following the merger with CIT. The Institute of Technology Tralee and Cork Institute of Technology will become the Munster Technological University in January of next year, after the Minister for Education approved their merger last month …” (more)
[Radio Kerry, 13 June]
“There has been a lot of commentary on the women-only professorships proposed by Mary Mitchell O’Connor. On balance, it seems that both men and women are in favour of the idea. There seems to be two arguments made in favour of the proposal …” (more)
[An Irish Blog about Education, 18 November]
“Minster for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor will tomorrow announce she is creating female-only professorial posts …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 11 November]
“The Minister for Higher Education is to create women-only professorships in a radical move to address persistent gender inequality at senior levels in universities and third level colleges. Mary Mitchell O’Connor has revealed that she is making some professorial posts in third level institutions open to female applicants only under new plans to counter the ‘paltry proportion’ of women in senior third level positions …” (more)
[Maeve Sheehan, Independent, 11 November]
“Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if persons who hold adjunct professorships but not full professorships are entitled to use the appellation professor …” (more)
[Dáil written answers, 6 November]
“Out of 88 chair professors in Trinity, only a quarter are women, according to a new report seen by The University Times. The report revealed that since 2014, there has only been a 9% increase in women being promoted to the top-level position. The Annual Equality Monitoring Report 2016/17 said that only 22 out of 88 chair professors, the highest grade of professor in Trinity, are women …” (more)
[Róisín Power, University Times, 2 November]
“Last week we got an email from our HR department informing us that we are adopting the American ‘professor’ system of academic titles. So now I’m an Associate Professor! Personally, I’m glad this change has been made and it’s not because I’ve always fancied being a professor …” (more)
[educationandstuff, 19 June]
“The review carried out last year by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) confirmed what many commentators had observed for years: women are ‘vastly under-represented in top positions within the higher education sector’. While 52% of entry-level academic positions are filled by women, they represent only 19% of professorships …” (more)
[Linda Connolly, Irish Times, 22 February]
“Only one in five professors in Irish universities are women. The number is unacceptably low and represents persistent gender segregation, according to the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) …” (more)
[Katherine Donnelly, Independent, 8 April]
“Sir, – Recent references to the impact of caring on women’s lives are well made and ultimately reflect the reluctance of the State to really value such care (‘Imbalance at the top in third level’, Education, March 18th; Letters, March 20th) …” (more)
[Pat O’Connor, Irish Times, 22 March]
“New research into gender equality demonstrates how the age, size or location of an Irish higher education institution has very little to do with striking a balance at the top …” (more)
[John Holden, Irish Times, 18 March]
“There’s a letter in this week’s THE, from 50 Cambridge academics, which may interest some readers. It’s about the ‘gender gap’ in academic promotions. The basic message (which I am no doubt crudifying) …” (more)
[Mary Beard, A Don’s Life, 22 February]
“The position to hold the first Chair in Creative Writing in memory of Frank McCourt has been advertised – with a starting salary in excess of €100,000 …” (more)
[Anne Sheridan, Limerick Leader, 2 September]
“Women may fail to win chairs because they do not cite themselves enough. One of academia’s deficiencies is that, though its lecture halls and graduate schools are replete with women, its higher echelons are not …” (more)
[The Economist, 29 August]
“Campaigners say universities will appoint more minority ethnic and female academics to the top jobs only when their funding depends on it …” (more)
[Rachel Williams, Guardian, 28 January]
“So, thanks to Pearse Doherty we now have a clarity on the reduction in staffing from the top levels of Irish universities. In particular, TCD and Limerick …” (more)
[Brian M Lucey, 10 January]
“University managers without high-level academic achievement are winning the title of professor for ‘authority needs’, according to a confidential report obtained by the HES. Academic distinction at the international level is the traditional criterion for Australian professorship, according to a report for the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority. However, changes to higher education and academic roles over the past decade have had a run-on effect in changing the criteria for conferring the title of professor, according to the report’s author, Kelly Farrell …” (more)
[Guy Healy, The Australian Higher Education, 18 November]
“Universities are cheapening the title ‘professor’ by awarding it to administrators with no academic credentials, a senior lecturer argued today. Administrators are being rewarded with the rank if they hold ‘high status’ positions, while academics are considered worthy of the title only if they have an international reputation and scores of publications in their field, Dennis Hayes, senior education lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church, said …” (more)
[Jessica Shepherd, Guardian, 28 May]
