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Glass ceiling has finally broken in higher education leadership There is still a long way to go to reach gender balance at senior levels Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 00:00 Ross Woods For the first time in its 429-year history, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland’s oldest university, will elect a female leader. Photograph: iStock   This weekend will mark a momentous occasion in the history of Trinity College Dublin. For the first time in its 429-year history, Ireland’s oldest univers...

But the election of a female head at Ireland’s oldest and most prestigious university -- due to be picked from an all-female short list of three senior scholars on April 7 -- will be the most momentous female appointment so far. “We’ve seen a very significant transformation with the appointment of three female leaders in the past year, but we need to keep pushing for further improvements across the sector,” said Orla Feely, vice president for research at University College Dublin, who has backed the recently announced Science Foundation Ireland strategy that would seek to ensure that...

Millions flushed away by COVID-19. But how bad was it for WA unis, really? We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement West Australian universities have weathered the coronavirus storm relatively well, with two institutes even turning a reasonable profit – but that won’t stop cost-cutting measures. The University of Western Australia and Edith Cowan University came out on top, while Curtin University found itself on the wrong side of balance sheet, with Murdoch University returning to its 2016 losses. W...

Startling fall in EU applications to study in the UK 15 April 2021 "Applications from the United Kingdom’s number one overseas student market have plummeted by 40% for undergraduate courses starting in 2021-22,… Delay’s the Thing 14 April 2021 "... The biggest delay of all has hit the long awaited new engineering building at WIT. This was first announced… ‘Creaking’ universities may struggle to provide extra third-level places this year 15 April 2021 "Higher education institutions are 'creaking' and will struggle to provide additional college places in key areas this year aimed...

Minister Harris welcomes appointment of new president at Maynooth University   Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today welcomed the appointment of Professor Eeva Leinonen as the next president of Maynooth University. Professor Leinonen will succeed Professor Philip Nolan, who has led the University for the past 10 years. Professor Leinonen’s appointment is effective from 1 October 2021. Speaking today, Minister Harris said: "I want to congratulate Professor Nolan for an incredible tenure as President of Maynooth ...