Higher Education Kerstin Mey to resign as University of Limerick presidentMey will be taking up a professorship role at the university
Tech Dogpatch Labs and University of Limerick team up to build talent pipeline via start-up placementsThe collaboration will give students on UL’s immersive software engineering programme the chance to develop their own ideas or work with affiliated start-ups
Connected Magazine How Irish education system must change to prevent cracks in the tech talent pipelineChanges in third-level education are meeting demands from the tech industry for a combination of transversal skills and real-world experience as well as excellent qualifications. Ian Campbell reports
Higher Education UL official who raised concerns over €12m Rhebogue deal to fill finance roleJohn Field, who recommended that acquisition of houses should not proceed in March 2022, will take over as chief financial and performance officer on temporary basis
Higher Education Absence of Rhebogue deal sponsor at UL hearing like ‘Hamlet without the prince’UL’s interim president said he opted not to invite Andrew Flaherty to the Pac session, adding that the ‘appropriate team’ was in attendance
Higher Education University of Limerick’s €12m housing purchase went ahead despite senior official’s early concerns UL’s planning director recommended that the Rhebogue purchase should not be presented to senior officials, but the project proceeded regardless
Higher Education UL officials ‘excluded’ from Rhebogue deal after challenging proposalNew report says treatment of those who challenged university’s €12 million purchase of 20 houses is ‘striking’
BP Exclusive University of Limerick: Independent valuations priced €12m Rhebogue houses at ‘maximum’ levelNew report into UL’s housing overspend suggests university doesn’t appear to have followed ‘any negotiation strategy’
News Out of Office: Airlines to take legal action in Dublin and UL in “needless jeopardy”The Business Post gets you up to date with the big stories of the day
Higher Education Housing overspend has put University of Limerick’s reputation in ‘needless jeopardy’Brigid Laffan says situation at UL amounts to a ‘crisis’ amid ongoing review of its finances and governance
Architectural Design Architectural schools seek curriculum overhaul to equip students for climate crisis National standard for architecture education set to be revised to reflect modern challenges like climate change and housing shortages
UL Controversy Analysis: Recent university controversies indicate deeper problems caused by unsustainable financingGraham Love, the former chief of the Higher Education Authority, questions if there is a deeper crisis in Irish institutions
Big Read Big read: University challenged – Limerick chiefs face deepening crisis over spendingUL faces increasing scrutiny and pressure from regulators and planners with crucial funding now in doubt
UL Controversy University of Limerick spending scandal puts €100m funding in doubtNew details emerge of how controversial overspend on student homes was handled as watchdog orders pause on all capital spending
This week: doubts over €100m funding for University of Limerick; Harris makes case for Fine Gael This week’s edition is packed with original stories and insightful analysis on business and politics
Comment Ian Guider: Why neutered committee system won’t be getting any real powers any time soonThe restrictions put on Oireachtas committees shortchange elected respresentatives and the public
Higher Education University of Limerick to post €700,000 deficit due to property overspendUniversity had anticipated €7.5m surplus but substantially overpaid for two sites, with acting president promising accountability
Inside Story Groundhog day: University of Limerick staff demand answers on €5.2m housing overspendStaff at the University of Limerick are angry about the decision to spend €12m on student houses, while the Higher Education Authority has ordered a review of the episode
UL Controversy Exclusive: International investors spooked by University of Limerick housing controversyStephen Kinsella, the UL economics professor, has been working to assuage the concerns of the multinationals backers of its landmark software course
Education University of Limerick: a timeline of two botched acquisitionsHow UL lurched from one controversy to another after overpaying for a former Dunnes Stores site in Limerick city and doing so again with the purchase of 20 houses in Rhebogue