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National Strategy for Higher Education – Implementation Group
“Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way the new national strategy for higher education will be implemented; if he intends to establish an implementation group...
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Reduction in third level places
“Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the new planned national strategy for higher education will result in a following the consolidation of some smaller colleges; if...
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Plans laid out for future of higher education and DIT
“A submission for the creation of a ‘Dublin Technological University’ has been assessed by the Higher Education Authority, as Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, forecasts a tight...
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Meetings with University Presidents
“”Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met any of the university presidents recently; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the...
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Reconfiguring the landscape
“… Yet from the oldest to the most forward-facing, Ireland’s universities and institutes of technology are all being shaken by a major reform programme that is likely to affect every institution, with...
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Disrupting Higher Education – I
“Trinity College Dublin today hosted a symposium in the Science Gallery on Online Higher Education – Disrupting Higher Education – to stimulate discussion about technology-enhanced learning …” (more)...
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New chair of Institutes of Technology Ireland appointed
“President of Letterkenny Institute of Technology Paul Hannigan is the new chairperson of Institutes of Technology Ireland for 2014 …” (more) [Karina Corbett, Business and Leadership, 8 January]
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Minister Quinn publishes General Scheme of Technological Universities Bill
“The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD, has today announced the publication of the Heads of a Bill which will allow for the future establishment of Technological Universities and the...
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Third Level Education Reform
“Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more) [Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 9 April]
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Speech by Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General, Department of Education and...
“Good morning. It is a pleasure for me to be invited to address you today.In my address I would like to refer to developments in a number of areas as follows: The higher education reform programme and...
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Third Level Facilities
“Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the strategy for maximising the potential use of third level infrastructure such as classrooms and lecture theatres for part-time and...
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A review of HEA funding model
“In early June, the HEA released the ‘Higher Education System Performance 2014-16′, the first annual system performance report in which the HEA presents how Irish HEIs are delivering those national...
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To merge or not to merge: is that really a useful question?
“One of the experiences of higher education is that policy-makers are all too easily seduced by the alleged benefits of merging institutions. This is true of politicians, but also of those who advise...
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Reforming third level education: the systems approach
“Mary Doyle outlines the strengths of Ireland’s higher education sector and how the new performance framework is holding institutions accountable for delivery. The education and training system...
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HEA to brief Education Committee on issues confronting higher level education
“The Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection Committee will meet with the Higher Education Authority (HEA) tomorrow, Wednesday, February 4th. The meeting will focus on strategic issues...
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Minister for Education asked to intervene in row over college merger
“Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan has been asked to intervene in the row over a planned merger between St Angela’s College Sligo and NUI Galway. Academic staff at St Angela’s are balloting this week...
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‘Are Irish universities committed to Enlightenment ideals?': Trinity College...
“Speaking in the Seanad recently, the Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan, said that the government was considerably advanced ‘in setting in train the legislative underpinning for the...
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Higher Education Forum Discusses Fears for Independence of Irish Universities
“A forum organised by the Trinity College Fellows was held in Trinity last night on the recent and forthcoming developments in Irish higher education. Under the auspices of Are Irish Universities...
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Four ways to improve the lack of women in senior roles in Irish universities
“The lack of women in senior positions in Irish universities has been labelled a ‘systemic’ issue. Women represent just 19% of professors and no woman to date has ever headed an Irish public university...
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