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Business Lessons 6: Systematic Designation
In all types of management, it is always an essential necessity to properly designate the workforce into the jobs in which they could perform with efficiency. These are some guides for systematic de… more →
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Did highly paid academics object because Bertie would do it for free?
Steve wrote 2 hours ago: “Free Education for Everyone, with the inapt acronym FEE, organised up to 1,000 student signat … more →
Compulsory unpaid leave to be focus in talks with public sector
Steve wrote 2 hours ago: “The introduction of a compulsory unpaid leave arrangement for staff in the public service nex … more →
UCD hunts developers to build apartments for students - complete with all mod cons
Steve wrote 12 hours ago: “UCD is appealing to developers to build apartments for student accommodation. University Coll … more →
Trinity Students' Union to withdraw from Forum for University Students' Unions
Steve wrote 12 hours ago: “Trinity Students’ Union will secede from the Forum for University Students’ Unions (FUSU). Th … more →
Professor Bertie Ahern
Steve wrote 1 day ago: “NUI Maynooth has appointed Bertie Ahern as a visiting professor. Think about that now for a m … more →
Maynooth group expresses its opposition to Ahern appointment
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “A group of academics and students at NUI Maynooth has called on the university to suspend its … more →
Spend extra €10k on each student, urges EU report
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Steve wrote 2 days ago: “… the report shows that public investment in third level education in Ireland fell from … more →
In defence of academic salaries
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “Salaries in the public sector are under scrutiny as the budget looms. I regularly read critic … more →
Trinity by the numbers
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “75 per cent of Trinity students secured more than 450 CAO points in their Leaving Cert. No jo … more →
Autonomy paradox traps the academy
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “Universities’ efforts to strengthen their autonomy by reducing their reliance on state … more →
Floods
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “I also think colleges could also do a little to help with floods! Esp in Athlone (AIT) Galway … more →
Trinity turns to foreign donors
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “Trinity College Dublin is being forced to rely on foreign donors to fund lecturing posts beca … more →
Strike, strike baby
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “So yesterday, most of the Irish civil service, including professors at this university, went … more →
Degree certificates
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “Mine’s blocking my mirror at the moment. Latin incomphrensibility of TCD degrees helps … more →
Degree certificates
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “Got to admit DCU MA looks like it was printed out by an office laser printer. Seem to remembe … more →
'Virtual graduation' for students
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “A university is to hold a ‘virtual graduation ceremony’ for students on a distanc … more →
Letter from 42 academics in support of CDPs
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “In the midst of all the coverage of cutbacks and the forthcoming budget, one major proposal h … more →
DCU unaffected by service strike
Steve wrote 2 days ago: “Dublin City University was one of the few public service workplaces unaffected by yesterday’s … more →
Up to 4,000 schools shut doors and colleges cancel lectures
Steve wrote 3 days ago: “The one-day strike by more than 50,000 teachers yesterday closed almost 4,000 schools. There … more →
