University of Galway president says top students may end up going overseas
Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, outgoing president of University of Galway, said there were 'missed opportunities' over recent years to return inflated grades to more normal levels
Florida politician lashes Ireland as ‘anti-Semitic country’ in row with governor over football game visitLatest official data shows the number of students who did not progress from first to second year increased from 9 per cent in 2019/2020, or 3,600 students, to 15 per cent in 2021/2022, or almost 7,000 students.– when colleges put in place supports such as open-book exams and remote lectures for students – they have now exceed pre-pandemic levels of 12-13 per cent.
Prof Ó hÓgartaigh, meanwhile, said research for the college’s strategy revealed a “desire for belonging”, which he said was significant. While he said the Government has made progress in tackling the underfunding of higher education, it needed to go further to reach its own targets set out under the previous minister for higher education
However, universities say more than €300 million in additional core funding has been pledged and many increases in core funding have been “wiped out” by pay inflation arising from national pay agreements, as well as other factors. “There are some courses where you could possibly increase numbers. These are really good students, why wouldn’t you? There are some where it would be much more challenging, particularly medicine or dentistry,” he said. “My own view is random selection should be avoided, where possible, though in some cases it can’t.
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