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Technological Universities move a step closer

Tom Dunne · 2018-01-25 09:42:03

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/technological-universities-a-step-closer-following-passage-of-bill-1.3367279 I wonder if this will create a 4-tier post-compulsory education system - Universities at the top, Technological Universities next, Institutes of Technology that don't get TU status and Further Education…

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https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/technological-universities-a-step-closer-following-passage-of-bill-1.3367279

I wonder if this will create a 4-tier post-compulsory education system - Universities at the top, Technological Universities next, Institutes of Technology that don't get TU status and Further Education colleges?

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#2 25-01-2018 6:16pm

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Hard to know. I reckon once one gets it they will all get it one way or the other.

I can't help but feel that the Connacht Ulster Alliance (GMIT, Sligo, Letterkenny) sounds like a political party rather than a university

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