Simon Harris has left his successor Patrick O’Donovan with a series of complex challenges
‘Tackle funding crisis, plug skills gaps and boost pay’: the key challenges facing the new Minister for Higher EducationNewly appointed Minister for Further and Higher Education, Patrick O'Donovan TD at Áras and Uachtaráin where he received his seal of office this week. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin
While Simon Harris was the first minister to grasp the nettle of agreeing a new funding model for higher education, many in the sector grumble that delivery is taking too long. Enrolments across the five new technological universities dropped 9 per cent in the past two years, whereas the eight universities grew by 4 per cent.
This will be vital in plugging skills gaps and meeting national targets in areas such as green skills and retrofitting. About 40 tertiary degree options will be available in September 2024 – but will students opt for them?The Research and Innovation Bill 2023 aims to establish a new research and innovation funding agency called Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland by amalgamating the Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland.
This will involve agreeing the establishment and pay scales of the grades of assistant professor and professor within the new technological universities, alongside their senior management structures.
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