University welcomes report as Siptu branch questions credibility of group’s findings

Almost 73% of academics surveyed indicate increasing student diversity

Language difficulties and inadequate writing skills are cited as core academics problems

Working hours of secondary teachers are 4th longest in Europe but shorter than US, Australia

Researchers at Tyndall National Institute to continue strike action over pay dispute

NUI Galway lecturers lodge challenges over lack of promotions on two occasions

University Teachers group seeks ‘clear and detailed public statement’ from Minister on NUIG gender issue

Upheaval in third-level sector escalates on Monday with industrial action at Cork IT

Union’s members express concerns over impact of technology on higher education

Ireland’s research policy runs counter to EU proposals

Representative says university staff feel too isolated to take gender discrimination cases

Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington says ‘concrete action’ required

Boys underperform in school but women get fewer professorships in academia. How do we tackle the factors that skew how children and adults fare through their studies?

Opinion: Ireland’s status as one of Europe’s best-educated societies is under threat from financial starvation

Higher Education Authority has ‘gone native’, says Irish Federation of University Teachers

University lecturers hear warning over ‘predatory’ for-profit colleges

Teachers’ unions open campaign to defend third level bodies in their research

The image of the leisurely academic in an ivory tower is one that hard-pressed lecturers, suffering intense third-level education cutbacks, simply don’t recognise

ASTI industrial action to start on October 2nd

Union claims proposed legislation may be unconstitutional