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An Irishman’s Diary
Is doing a PhD a waste of time?
There are almost 9,000 PhD students in Irish third-level institutions
Plans to review teaching quality in universities ‘exasperating’
Lecturers call for increased funding for third level amid deteriorating staff-student ratios
Third level colleges accused of ‘wild west’ approach to use of taxpayers’ money
Public Accounts Committee report critical of corporate governance failures
Groups have mixed views on new public pay agreement
ASTI head voices extreme disappointment over provisions for new entrants
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’
University teachers warn patience of staff is at an end
Conference told of major cuts to university teacher staffing as student numbers surge
Is this the end of job security in academia?
Colleges turn to casual contracts to cut costs as lecturers struggle to survive
Staff and students at former Church of Ireland college protest
After 200 years Rathmines college of education closure occurred with one day’s notice
Lecturing abroad: A necessary step for many Irish academics
Precarious contracts in Ireland push lecturers abroad to advance their careers
Trinity College Dublin seeking to sell naming rights for €1m
Education establishments accused of selling themselves by federation
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
Low rankings for Irish universities ‘a disaster and inevitable’
President of NUI Galway says a focus on research and teaching has paid off
Students encouraged to abandon arts for Stem subjects
Anecdotal evidence says earning capacity of arts graduates increases after five years
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
University teachers warn of strike action at colleges
Union says some staff earning €5,000 a year and many on insecure contracts
Lecturers’ union cries foul over Trinity’s overseas recruitment plan
Forty assistant professors to be employed under five-year ‘tenure-track’ contracts
EU-US trade deal to undermine education as ‘public good’
Upheaval in third-level sector escalates on Monday with industrial action at Cork IT
Rush to e-learning may fuel online plagiarism, warn lecturers
Union’s members express concerns over impact of technology on higher education
Education policy seeks to diminish status and morale of researchers
Ireland’s research policy runs counter to EU proposals
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
Workers picket Tyndall Institute over pay inequality
Unions say staff being paid less money to do same work as colleagues in UCC
Universities becoming ‘profit-making institutions’
Teachers’ unions open campaign to defend third level bodies in their research
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
Lecturers seek legal advice over Haddington Road pay cuts
Union claims proposed legislation may be unconstitutional
Government may restore some pension cuts for retired public servants
Minister indicates priority to be given to those on low pensions
University teachers to withdraw Croke Park `concessions’ if pay cuts are introduced
Government risk destroying `fabric of industrial relations’, union agm told
University lecturers vote to fight any pay cuts
Government risks “destroying the fabric of industrial relations”, AGM in Dublin was told
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