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A technical university for the south?
“CIT and IT Tralee are apparently planning to put together a submission to establish a Technical University of Munster. I have to say that my initial response to this was ‘what the hell is CIT...
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Elitism and third-level education
“Sir, – I support Dr Greg Foley’s request (April 15th) that he should be allowed question the proposal that IoTs are deserving of university status without having to be called elitist and caricatured...
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Inputs, outputs, IoTs and CAO points
“I have written quite a bit recently, both here and in the papers about honours degrees, CAO entry points and the IoTs. My fundamental point is that there is a CAO points limit below which honours...
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Maternity and Adoptive Leave – Amendment for Academic Staff in Institutes of...
“I am directed by the Minister for Education and Skills to refer to the practice whereby Institutes awarded periods of ‘leave in lieu’ during term, where maternity leave or adoptive leave for academic...
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Minister orders probe into colleges’ expenses claims
“Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has ordered a probe into the level of expenses claims at institutes of technology …” (more) [Ralph Riegel, Independent, 10 May]
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Institutes of Technology Issues – Expenses
“Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the investigation by the Higher Education Authority that is to examine the expense claims by institutes...
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Review to examine expenses paid to institutes’ governing body members
“A review of expenses systems at institutes of technology is to examine how much was paid to governing body members since 2009. Education Minister Ruairi Quinn asked the Higher Education Authority to...
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The cost of legal advice to Irish Institutes of Technology
“How much do institutes of technology and universities spend on external legal advice? Thanks to the indefatigable Peter Mathews TD we now have the information for the IoT sector. See below the total...
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ITs cleared to become ‘technological universities’
“The number of third-level institutions in Ireland will be reduced from 39 to 25 under major education reforms rubber-stamped by Government. Details agreed by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and...
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Quinn’s reforms
“What’s in a name? Why not an ‘institute of technology’, rather than a ‘university’? What matters, surely, is the standard and type of education provided. Except that the State’s 14 ITs have long...
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Technological universities? A view from the South-East of Ireland
“The question of technological universities has come to the fore again in Ireland this week. According to an article in Thursday’s Irish Times, the Cabinet has accepted proposals from the Minister for...
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Students must wait five more years for merged institutes
“Proposed new technological universities (TUs) will take up to five years to come into being. They will be formed through mergers of existing institutes of technology as part of plans to reshape higher...
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Croke Park Agreement Savings – Additional Hours
“Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the savings made by all the institutes of technology here by the additional two teaching hours that lecturers...
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Technology universities must not forget their local roots
“At the end of May the Cabinet authorised the biggest reorganisation of the higher education sector in the history of the State. It opened the way for the formation of three technological universities...
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Institutes of Technology Issues – Restructuring and Reconfiguration
“Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the proposed reorganisation of third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter …”...
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Institutes of Technology Funding
“Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the capital funding which has been allocated to Institutes of Technology over the past three years;...
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Programme for Government, Summer 2013 – Third Level
“Bills in respect of which heads have been agreed and texts are being drafted – 35. Universities (Amendment) Bill – To give the Minister the power to require universities to comply with government...
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‘Ireland has too many universities’ – Glen Dimplex chairman
“Ireland has too many universities and needs a more disruptive approach to education, the chairman and CEO of Glen Dimplex has said …” (more) [Pamela Newenham, Irish Times, 5 October]
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‘Institutes of technology have a place in Irish education, but it’s not as...
“I teach at an institute of technology, and I have no desire to become a university lecturer. Nor, as far as I’m aware, do any of my colleagues …” (more) [Irish Times, 15 October]
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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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USI welcomes extra allocation to the Student Assistance Fund
“Measures could result in up to an extra €1 million being made available for students in financial difficulties …” (more) [Union of Students in Ireland, 22 January]
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Colleges need to become ‘more commercial’ to balance books
“Third-level institutions need to adopt a ‘more commercial approach’ if they are to survive, according to a major review of the financial health of higher education. The study by consultants Grant...
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QQI publishes revised Policy on Delegation of Authority to IoTs
“This policy, approved by the QQI Board in May 2014, will establish the infrastructure required to enable Institutes of Technology to establish joint awards under the 2012 Act. It will also enable...
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The third level funding crisis: ‘tax and spend’ or cut your cloth?
“When Governments run up budget deficits, the political and economic conversation tends to focus on achieving the appropriate balance between raising taxes and cutting back on expenditure. Each side of...
View Article‘Innovative Culture in Ireland’s Higher Education Institutions: An Assessment’
Abstract: The role of universities has expanded to include being a driver of innovation. We suggest that any such body so charged is perhaps best suited to achieve this if it itself is innovative. We...
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Fighting the spin – some interesting data on college entry
“Points in IoT and university sectors – are universities really gaming the system? …” (more) [educationandstuff, 29 September]
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4,000 lecturers to strike today
“4,000 lecturers at the country’s Institutes of Technology will go on strike today in a row over cutbacks and staff levels. Protesters have said the number of students has increased by nearly 22,000...
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Classes at institutes of technology stop as lecturers strike
“Thousands of students face disruption on Wednesday as a strike by 4,000 lecturers at the country’s 14 institutes of technology gets underway. The one-day strike by lecturers and researchers follows...
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‘Poorer students will suffer if Institutes of Technology merger goes ahead’
“Students from poorer backgrounds will suffer if the Government follows through on its commitment to merge institutes of technology. Around 4,000 lecturers and researchers will begin industrial action...
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Institutes of Technology – Deficits
“David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of institutes of technology which are running a deficit in tabular form …” (more) [Dáil written answers,...
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Institutes of Technology Funding
“Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make additional funding available in the upcoming budget to institutes of technology, which have been...
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