Higher Education

Institutes of Technology Gain New Award-Giving Powers in Win for Autonomy

The power of awarding degrees will no longer be delegated to Quality and Qualifications Ireland.
By Cormac Watson

Impeachments, Referendums and a Boardroom Scandal: 10 Years at The University Times

As the decade comes to an end, we look back at some of the biggest stories to rock Trinity – and higher education – in the last 10 years.
By Donal MacNamee and Cormac Watson
Editorial

When the Government Ignores the Arts, Trinity Must Fill in the Gap

This week’s investment in business and science subjects shows that the government has little interest in the arts.

USI Calls for National Framework on Students’ Union Autonomy

In a letter to Minister for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O'Connor, USI also called for better supports in higher education for asylum seekers.
By Donal MacNamee

Exam Sittings Rose by Nearly 10% in the Last Two Years, Figures Show

The figures are likely to raise questions about why the number has increased despite the implementation of the Trinity Education Project.
By Cormac Watson

For this Government, ‘Looking to Tomorrow’ Means Serving Today’s Corporations

On higher education, the government's priority is not building a better future – it's creating a workforce to cement the status quo, writes Cormac Watson.
By Cormac Watson

Third-Level Gets 3,000 New Places in Science and Technology Courses

A government investment of €24 million will see 2,745 places created on courses in areas of 'high priority' – mostly in science and technology.
By Donal MacNamee
Editorial

A Withering Critique of Direct Provision – Which Ignores Third-Level Entirely

An Oireachtas report on direct provision made no recommendations for how to improve access to third-level for asylum seekers.

Working Group Loan Package to Abolish Grants for Fees and Increase Charge to €4,000

Cassells group to recommend €1,000 increase in student contribution charge and income-contingent loan scheme, say sources.
By Edmund Heaphy

UCD Head Calls for ‘Flexibility’ From Government on Hiring Regulations

Prof Andrew Deeks said the state should 'empower' Irish universities by giving them more flexibility to hire.
By Donal MacNamee