Minister for Education and Skills increases power to investigate universities
Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton, has announced that the Minister’s powers will expand to allow him to appoint investigators to look into issues of concern in higher education institutions. This announcement follows revelations of financial mismanagement and issues of poor governance in a number of universities. Both the Higher Education Authority (HEA) […]
Budget: Minority government offers short-term solutions for long-term problems
Posted by Bláithín Sheil on October 11, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Having digested today’s budget, one can’t escape the underlying feeling that it provides short term solutions to long term problems. The government today showed a reluctance to commit to particular approach to student housing, and higher education funding. While this may be expected, given the volatile nature of a minority government, this budget has failed […]
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