New university places lead to sharp fall in uptake of PLC courses
Proposal for extra third level funding and fee cuts to be considered by Cabinet
University or technological university – what’s in a name?
Technological universities are expected to have an emphasis on level six to eight programmes and industry-focused research
Company assessing country’s non-profit sector shuts after funding withdrawal
Benefacts received yearly financing of about €1.3 million from public and private sources
‘We won’t be teaching philosophy’: Meet Ireland’s five newest universities
Higher education is being transformed with merger of institutes of technology - but some fear it is a step in wrong direction
Grade inflation: lowering standards in higher education
It is denied as a serious problem but could cause reputational damage
Has the Leaving Certificate been ‘dumbed down’?
Experts differ over significance of grade inflation in this year’s record-breaking results
Welfare services should stick to giving advice and recommending education
Policy that assumes people are lazy and prone to welfare dependency is dubious
‘Shocking, shocking:’ Justice Sean Ryan on the abuses of children uncovered in his report
Interview: On the 10th anniversary of the report’s publication, Ryan looks back
‘Huge drop’ in literacy levels of Irish university graduates – OECD study
Up to 6% of Irish university graduates are functionally illiterate
Revealed: the universities most likely to award higher grades
Grade inflation risks undermining confidence in degrees, campaigners claim
Academics are in the crosshairs of the populists
Opinion: Higher education must engage with populism and its root causes
Populism poses ‘major threat’ to autonomy of universities
Academics told that ‘over-educated, over-bearing’ elites are key targets
Is it time to cut back on criticism?
Unthinkable: An ‘arms race’ of critique is hindering social progress, argues sociologist Tom Boland
Time to rebuild trust between higher education and political system
Universities and institutes of technology have recently come into the crosshairs of critical politicians
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