Higher Education
IUA Calls for €538m Package for Higher Education in Pre-Budget Submission
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is set to announced the new budget on Tuesday.
Queen’s Investigates ‘Reckless’ Students Who Danced to ‘Rock the Boat’
Queen’s University Belfast is investigating a video that appears to show its students dancing to “Rock the Boat” without masks or social distancing.
The Leaving Cert Crisis Has Laid Bare A Wrecked Third-Level System
The leaving certificate crisis hurts everyone – but above all it sheds lights on what is a profoundly damaged third-level sector, writes Orla Murnaghan.
Blanket Statements For All Universities ‘Unhelpful’, Says Provost
The presidents of Ireland's universities met the Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris today to discuss the crises facing third-level.
Some Students May Have to Defer College Place, Foley Says
It has been estimated that up to 1,000 additional third-level places may be necessitated by the errors.
Everything You Need to Know About Consent
As consent workshops continue on campus, Aoife Kearins breaks down the most important elements of consent.
Students Should Not Have to Pay the Debt for a Decade of Underfunding
The third-level sector has been starved of funding for years now, but students shouldn’t be forced to compensate for this during a pandemic, writes Rose Conway-Walsh.
Analysis
Few Revelatory Moments in Tetchy Higher Education Debate
Today's higher education debate in Trinity saw more arguments about statistics than ideas or a vision for the future.
NUIG Postgraduate Students Strike Against Unpaid Teaching Hours
Postgraduate students are required by the college to carry out a maximum of 120 hours of unpaid teaching per academic year.
Analysis
This Year’s CAO Results Were – Predictably – Like No Other Year’s
Aoife Kearins examines the highlights of today’s historic CAO results.