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

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

Damaging effects of higher education cutbacks now obvious, say TCD and UCD heads

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

Key decision-making bodies in colleges must be gender balanced, HEA report says

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

Move may have significant implications for other colleges and public sector employers

Only 19 per cent of professors are women despite recent gender equality initiatives

Members of Unite union reject Lansdowne Road accord as terms are ‘insufficient’

Ireland’s research policy runs counter to EU proposals

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

Irish Federation of University Teachers says females given less than a fifth of professor grades

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

Leading Tyndall researcher left in disagreement over pay and conditions

Policy decisions are taken without considering policy and planning. Irish universities have absorbed serious funding cuts and now face a crisis

Members in 7 public service trade unions have now voted to reject the proposed new Croke Park agreement.

Medical Laboratory Scientists Association votes against proposed agreement

Union says it will not be bound by congress decision on proposed Croke Park agreement

Union members told proposals are bad for public service workers and wider economy