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Overhaul of state’s training and education system needed, says Code Institute chief

The government needs to target cohorts of the workforce for retraining with skills of the future to fix shortages in the economy, according to the chairman of the online learning company

Key report into UL’s Dunnes site purchase took eight months longer than planned

KPMG’s investigation into UL’s acquisition of the €8m site was due to be completed in under a month but took far longer, causing delays to scrutiny of the deal

Trinity in plan to maximise ‘cash for visas’ earnings due to concerns scheme could be scrapped

A memo, seen by the Business Post, told board members at the university that there was a ‘short window of opportunity’ to raise extra cash from Chinese investors amid fears the Immigrant Investor Programme could close due to pressure from Europe

Doubts over University of Limerick’s new city centre campus due to funding shortfall

New documents seen by the Business Post show the government was warned just 300 students could be educated at the former Dunnes site instead of the planned 4,000 without an €87m government grant

Lucinda Creighton: Stopgap ‘solution’ reveals a system that is still failing special needs children

Ireland’s culture of knee-jerk planning and an inability to anticipate problems means the vulnerable in our society are often the ones who lose out the most

Matt Cooper: Avolon boss’s €150m plan to bring the brightest and best here could pay off

It will be considered elitist by some, but Dómhnal Slattery’s proposal to attract the ‘best brainpower in the world’ to Ireland to carry out research here could bring big rewards

Harris aims to ‘free up’ entry route for nursing courses

Only a small number of places are set aside for graduates of PLC courses in Ireland

Intellectual capital: Can the government afford to cut fees, increase grants and provide hundreds of millions more for third-level funding?

The government admitted last week that the third-level sector was underfunded to the tune of €307 million a year, and promised to rectify this over the next three budgets. But where will the money come from?

Class struggle: the mounting pressures faced by Ireland’s teachers

Long and demanding hours, low salaries and a rising cost of living are just some of the many factors forcing an increasing number of teachers to leave this country for better conditions. What can be done to stop the squeeze?

Expected move by Harris on third-level funding likely to spark division between FF and FG

Minister for Higher Education is bringing a long-awaited policy document to cabinet next week, but he faces a challenge to convince Fianna Fáil that cutting student fees is the best course of action

Demand for third-level courses ‘not aligned to skills needs’

Minister for Further Education Simon Harris said courses in areas such as ICT, construction and health would be prioritised

Gender equality

Women up front: ‘Ambition should be a word that nobody is afraid to use’ - two leading female academics tell their story

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Nadine O’Regan interviews Linda Doyle, provost of TCD, and UCD historian Mary McAuliffe on career highs, ambition and the challenges still facing women in the world of academia

University of Limerick got legal threat over report into €8m site purchase

University says it is unable to publish KPMG report into acquisition of Dunnes site until threat is ‘reviewed’

Universities say state funding a ‘fraction’ of what’s required to tackle investment gap

Universities association says government’s funding plans have done little to address the underlying core funding deficit in the sector

UCD seeks fundraising agent to tap donations from Chinese investors

College aims to seek support from Chinese-dominated IIP visa programme, after professors warned of political interference on campus

Yugo says Dublin needs more student accommodation as it announces new 235-bed block

US operator expects its strongest-ever year in Irish market as it reaches full occupancy across its ten properties

Call for school inspectors to go back into classrooms

As staff shortages bite due to Covid-19 and self-isolation, there are calls for Norma Foley, the Minister for Education, to send inspectors in as substitute teachers

Dan O’Brien: Sticking with the books has put Ireland at the top of the class

Ireland has retained its place as the most educated country in Europe. This, along with a ‘brain gain’ of highly able immigrants, is good news for everyone

State withheld capital grant from Limerick university amid concerns over €8m site purchase

Department paused payment of €2.5m grant to UL after it was heavily scrutinised for the acquisition of a former Dunnes Stores site in 2019

Leading expert calls for schools to close a week early

Cases have surged among primary school children in recent weeks, but the government does not plan to bring forward or extend the Christmas holidays