Moneypoint Memories – Frank McNally on disaffected dockers, Shannon admirals, and the Colleen Bawn
An Irishman’s Diary
An Irishman’s Diary
There are almost 9,000 PhD students in Irish third-level institutions
Lecturers call for increased funding for third level amid deteriorating staff-student ratios
Public Accounts Committee report critical of corporate governance failures
ASTI head voices extreme disappointment over provisions for new entrants
University administrator had ‘a lifelong commitment to the interests and needs of higher education’
Conference told of major cuts to university teacher staffing as student numbers surge
Colleges turn to casual contracts to cut costs as lecturers struggle to survive
After 200 years Rathmines college of education closure occurred with one day’s notice
Precarious contracts in Ireland push lecturers abroad to advance their careers
Education establishments accused of selling themselves by federation
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
President of NUI Galway says a focus on research and teaching has paid off
Anecdotal evidence says earning capacity of arts graduates increases after five years
Report finds up to two-thirds of third-level teachers not in full-time or permanent jobs
Union says some staff earning €5,000 a year and many on insecure contracts
Forty assistant professors to be employed under five-year ‘tenure-track’ contracts
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
Opinion: Ireland’s status as one of Europe’s best-educated societies is under threat from financial starvation
Unions say staff being paid less money to do same work as colleagues in UCC
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
Union claims proposed legislation may be unconstitutional
Minister indicates priority to be given to those on low pensions
Government risk destroying `fabric of industrial relations’, union agm told
Government risks “destroying the fabric of industrial relations”, AGM in Dublin was told
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices