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]]> Comment on Academic tenure in the Universities Act, 1997 by Sean O Nuallain PhD http://www.cearta.ie/2011/01/academic-tenure-in-the-universities-act-1997/comment-page-1/#comment-39832 Sean O Nuallain PhD Fri, 11 May 2012 18:38:33 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=5638#comment-39832 Sorry - the immediately above should refer to statute no 3, not statute no 2; http://www.dcu.ie/info/statutes/statute3.shtml In fairness, it is hard to keep up and we will be well into statute double figures before a legal one is produced It is my view that in failing to produce a valid mechanism through which management - representing the taxpayers - exact proper behavior from staff, DCU has failed to the point that it should no longer exist. Free course websites like coursera.org in conjunction with open science do everything DCU does, and better. Sorry – the immediately above should refer to statute no 3, not statute no 2;

http://www.dcu.ie/info/statutes/statute3.shtml

In fairness, it is hard to keep up and we will be well into statute double figures before a legal one is produced

It is my view that in failing to produce a valid mechanism through which management – representing the taxpayers – exact proper behavior from staff, DCU has failed to the point that it should no longer exist. Free course websites like coursera.org in conjunction with open science do everything DCU does, and better.

]]> Comment on Academic tenure in the Universities Act, 1997 by Sean O Nuallain PhD http://www.cearta.ie/2011/01/academic-tenure-in-the-universities-act-1997/comment-page-1/#comment-39789 Sean O Nuallain PhD Thu, 10 May 2012 03:20:29 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=5638#comment-39789 Statute no 5 has just been rejected at DCU by a vote of 151-12 among the remaining Siptu members at DCU. This follows a resounding rejection in 2002 of its predecessor statute no 2, after which management decided to try their luck in the courts and lost the state many millions in legal fees. That management is still in place, and may try the same again. small wonder Ireland is broke Statute no 5 has just been rejected at DCU by a vote of 151-12 among the remaining Siptu members at DCU. This follows a resounding rejection in 2002 of its predecessor statute no 2, after which management decided to try their luck in the courts and lost the state many millions in legal fees.

That management is still in place, and may try the same again. small wonder Ireland is broke

]]> Comment on In England, justice is open to all – like the Ritz Hotel by Eoin http://www.cearta.ie/2012/05/in-england-justice-is-open-to-all-like-the-ritz-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-39735 Eoin Tue, 08 May 2012 09:45:03 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=8599#comment-39735 The <i>Irish Times</i> has a <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0507/1224315684132.html">summary report here</a>. The Irish Times has a summary report here.

]]> Comment on The dubious second Employment Control Framework is revised by Mitch http://www.cearta.ie/2011/06/the-dubious-second-employment-control-framework-is-revised/comment-page-1/#comment-39670 Mitch Sun, 06 May 2012 15:36:39 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=7556#comment-39670 Nice post which Tom Boland, Chief Executive of the Higher Education Authority, said that the revised Framework “provides reasonable flexibility to the higher education institutions to manage their staffing requirements”; and the public response has been largely positive. In which are funded from external sources, and gives colleges additional flexibility on promotional posts. Thanks a lot for posting this article. Nice post which Tom Boland, Chief Executive of the Higher Education Authority, said that the revised Framework “provides reasonable flexibility to the higher education institutions to manage their staffing requirements”; and the public response has been largely positive. In which are funded from external sources, and gives colleges additional flexibility on promotional posts. Thanks a lot for posting this article.

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