If newly created institutions shift their focus too much in striving to be academic like the traditional universities then students and vocational education will suffer
For example, more than half of the new entrants to technological universities each year through the CAO are not recent school-leavers.
A further element is the regional dimension of technological universities. While each of the technological universities has built strong links with its local education and training boards, there has to date been no consistent formal structures in place to facilitate such co-operation.The Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021–2025 seeks to ensure that apprenticeships can constitute a much larger part of the education landscape in Ireland.
This investment will have a strong impact on the sector reaching the legislative targets, thereby enhancing postgraduate research capacity in the technological university sector.Since 1991, the technological third-level sector has been gradually integrated into the higher education system through the CAO application process, and by 2023 has become in many ways indistinguishable from traditional universities.
From the traditional universities’ perspective, there is a nervousness that the pot of funding for fourth-level research, which to date they regarded as their exclusive preserve, will now be spread across all the universities Their key challenge will be to serve those who learn most effectively through an active “hands-on” engagement with the knowledge and skills of the various disciplines on offer while enhancing their university credentials.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Brian 'Tosser' Meehan's life behind bars from murder to golf and cushy new jobThe 55-year-old, serving life for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin, was given the role which is only for trusted inmates at Shelton Abbey open prison in Arklow, Co Wicklow.
Read more »
Real Weddings: Country fans Amy and Brian tie the knot in Co KildareIncorporating their work with the dairy industry, the happy couple added tractors, milk churns and cow-themed table names to their big day. weddings wedding bride Irish farmers
Read more »
Waterford man risks life to fetch water for vulnerable neighbourhood in SudanWaleed Saeed, 49, teamed up with about 20 volunteers and drove through rebel-held strongholds in a lorry to reach the Nile
Read more »
NTA cites risks that could put brakes on BusConnects schemeA series of high-level risks are threatening the delivery of the BusConnects programme, including planning delays, legal challenges, delays to electric charging points, inflation and driver recruitment problems
Read more »
Irish health officials sound alarm over deadly risks of popular painkillerA new report accuses the packaging of codeine-containing medicines of failing to properly warn consumers of potential dangers. The Irish Health Products Regulatory Authority is now taking the lead in an EU investigation into these controversial painkillers.
Read more »
NTA cites risks that could put brakes on BusConnects schemeDelivery of bigger, better and cleaner urban public transport systems under threat from issues including planning hurdles and financial uncertainty
Read more »