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25% of Dubliners Have More than Two Legs!

Posted on 26 November 2014 by

The Sunday Independent this past week published an article whose headline claimed:  25% of university academics earn more than €100,000 This is what we in the academic business refer to as a lie. Not just a misuse of statistics, but a misuse … Continue reading →

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We Have Ways to Make you Talk!

Posted on 7 September 2011 by

Ferdinand von Prondzynski had a post on his blog lamenting the loss of university autonomy implied by HEA Head Tom Boland’s recent speech in which he proposed the now-infamous idea of “directed diversity” for our universities. Ferdinand summarised this idea … Continue reading →

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Stomping Like an Elephant Through the Fine Points: Brian Lucey on Academic Salaries

Posted on 9 May 2011 by

You might think, given their role in our continuing national nightmare, that woolly-headed economists would be a little bit circumspect when it comes to making pronouncements that affect people’s livelihoods. Not Brian Lucey. In a recent blog post he purports … Continue reading →

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Two Birds, One Stone

Posted on 14 March 2011 by

With all the hemming and hawing and handwringing about whether and how to reintroduce student fees, something has been lost on almost everyone but working lecturers: the woeful rates of student attendance. Absenteeism among students is absolutely endemic and, in … Continue reading →

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All’s Fair in a Propaganda War

Posted on 13 November 2010 by

News comes in today’s Independent that “Academic pay of €113,000-plus far outstrips worldwide average.”  The article then elaborates: The lowest salary for our professors of €113,000 is also way ahead of the average salary of €79,000 paid to professors in … Continue reading →

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