The Irish Times

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An Irishman’s Diary

Wed Apr 14 2021 - 19:01

Is doing a PhD a waste of time?

There are almost 9,000 PhD students in Irish third-level institutions

Tue Sept 26 2017 - 15:37

Plans to review teaching quality in universities ‘exasperating’

Lecturers call for increased funding for third level amid deteriorating staff-student ratios

Wed Aug 09 2017 - 01:00

Third level colleges accused of ‘wild west’ approach to use of taxpayers’ money

Public Accounts Committee report critical of corporate governance failures

Tue Jul 11 2017 - 20:54

Groups have mixed views on new public pay agreement

ASTI head voices extreme disappointment over provisions for new entrants

Thu Jun 08 2017 - 18:38

Tributes paid to former UCD registrar Caroline Hussey on her death

University administrator had ‘a lifelong commitment to the interests and needs of higher education’

Sat May 13 2017 - 18:34

University teachers warn patience of staff is at an end

Conference told of major cuts to university teacher staffing as student numbers surge

Sun May 07 2017 - 20:43

Is this the end of job security in academia?

Colleges turn to casual contracts to cut costs as lecturers struggle to survive

Tue Apr 04 2017 - 01:00

Staff and students at former Church of Ireland college protest

After 200 years Rathmines college of education closure occurred with one day’s notice

Thu Jan 26 2017 - 20:06

Lecturing abroad: A necessary step for many Irish academics

Precarious contracts in Ireland push lecturers abroad to advance their careers

Tue Jan 24 2017 - 15:00

Trinity College Dublin seeking to sell naming rights for €1m

Education establishments accused of selling themselves by federation

Thu Oct 27 2016 - 19:50

Arts degrees: are they worth doing any more?

These days, all the focus seems to be on how science and technology are the ‘sexy’ subjects everyone should be doing, but employers say arts courses develop crucial skills for the modern workplace

Tue Sept 13 2016 - 06:00

Low rankings for Irish universities ‘a disaster and inevitable’

President of NUI Galway says a focus on research and teaching has paid off

Wed Sept 07 2016 - 09:34

Students encouraged to abandon arts for Stem subjects

Anecdotal evidence says earning capacity of arts graduates increases after five years

Mon Aug 22 2016 - 06:00

Report shows use of zero-hour contracts by universities

Report finds up to two-thirds of third-level teachers not in full-time or permanent jobs

Wed May 18 2016 - 13:16

University teachers warn of strike action at colleges

Union says some staff earning €5,000 a year and many on insecure contracts

Sat May 07 2016 - 08:30

Lecturers’ union cries foul over Trinity’s overseas recruitment plan

Forty assistant professors to be employed under five-year ‘tenure-track’ contracts

Sat Oct 17 2015 - 09:35

EU-US trade deal to undermine education as ‘public good’

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

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 16:48

Rush to e-learning may fuel online plagiarism, warn lecturers

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

Mon Apr 20 2015 - 21:13

Education policy seeks to diminish status and morale of researchers

Ireland’s research policy runs counter to EU proposals

Mon Mar 23 2015 - 00:02

Student loans and graduate taxes will lead to an exodus

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

Tue Nov 18 2014 - 01:00

Workers picket Tyndall Institute over pay inequality

Unions say staff being paid less money to do same work as colleagues in UCC

Wed Feb 19 2014 - 10:02

Universities becoming ‘profit-making institutions’

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

Mon Nov 25 2013 - 20:56

Tough times for third-level lecturers

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

Tue Oct 01 2013 - 00:00