Tag: environment
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Hollowing Out
So, thanks to Pearse Doherty ( although sent on 6 Nov this seems to have only hit my mailbox now…) we now have a clarity on the reduction in staffing from the top levels of Irish universities. In particular, TCD and Maynooth and Limerick ….. In response to a question he obtained from the Dept Education the following…
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What sectors have contracted most in the crash?
The CSO produced a very good set of tables on value added by sector 2002-9 The data tables contained in this release can be downloaded in excel from this link. Summary : in terms of output the economy was 13% smaller in 2009 than 2002. Service industries and agri have been hit hard, as with…
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Whats REALLY going on inside higher education
Last week, in The Irish Times, an opinion piece was printed on third level education. Penned by Paul Mooney, sometime President of the National College of Ireland, and now back as a fulltime management consultant. To put it mildly it was…astonishing. Fuller than straw men than a wizard of oz convention, it has been mercilessly…