Sep 06 2011
Irish University Rankings
There are new university rankings published this week, and it is bad news for all of the Irish universities. See Most Irish universities fall further in world ranking for details of the Irish situation, and QS World University Rankings 2011/2012, now with fees information for the complete rankings. As an aside, I think the DCU satisfaction at improving four places is seriously over optimistic!
Additionally, as one UCD researcher whom I know said:
I wonder will Des Fitzgerald’s salary be reduced in line with UCDs falling performance.
Personally, I think it is unlikely :| (The background to this comment is in The top 100 best-paid in education.)
Maybe the solution from an Irish point-of-view is to create a good university and a bad university, in the style of the banking solution. Actually, maybe not when it is considered how well the Government have managed that!
So in summary, Irish universities are delivering poor service at exceptionally high costs. Welcome to the knowledge economy – Irish style!