Comment & Analysis

Editorial
Munster Tech University Raises Many Questions. Answers Are Hard to Find
There are myriad issues that need to be solved if Ireland is to get a second technological university.

Editorial
Students Need Affordable Accommodation, Not Luxury ‘Studio Apartments’
Trying to paint the results of the National Student Accommodation Strategy as a win is an insult to students.

Seachtain Gnóthach don Ardoideachas. Ach Tá Fuinneamh ag Teastáil
Seans gur bratach bhréagach a bhí in óráid ‘cróga’ Micheál Martin ag comhdháil ardoideachais.

Is Gá do Mhic Léinn Tosaíocht a Dhéanamh de Gníomhú Aeráide – Láithreach
Níl smacht againn ar an éigeandáil aeráide go dtí seo, agus mothaíonn sé dósháraithe ar uairibh, ach ní leiscéal é sin do fhaillí.

Editorial
It’s Been a Busy Week for Third-Level. But Momentum Is at a Premium
Micheal Martin’s ‘brave’ speech at a higher education conference was possibly a false flag.

Editorial
Students Must Make Climate Action a Priority – And Do it Now
The climate crisis is overwhelming and can feel insurmountable, but that is no excuse for inaction.

Loan Schemes May Be Third-Level’s Best – and Most Equitable – Option
Abolishing fees sounds great, but in reality it would force the most vulnerable fund the education of the middle classes, writes Jack Synnott.

The Government’s Inertia on Cassells Is Now Bordering on the Absurd
Four years since immediate action was called for in higher education, we're still no closer to even the beginnings of a decision, writes Jack Synnott.

Easpa den Lucht Siúil ag Tríú-Leibhéal mar Drochléiriú ar Ollscoileanna
Má tá ionadaíocht le déanamh ar an Lucht Siúil sa pholaitíocht, beidh ar ollscoileanna bealaí chun oideachais i bhfad níos insroichte a chruthú.

Níl an Tríonóid in ann Éalú ón Milleán do Phráisc an Leithris ag an Sraith Samhradh
Is gá don Choláiste freagracht éigin a ghlacadh as na páirtithe a chuireann ócáidí ar siúl ar champas.