tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post482187601246835886..comments2023-06-15T10:07:03.835+01:00Comments on Cllr Mary Roche: Time To Reinvigourate University CampaignCllr Mary Roche, Waterfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319272267259620843noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-48039119481492132532009-06-20T19:21:37.094+01:002009-06-20T19:21:37.094+01:00In fairness, Anonymous (last comment) WIT has alre...In fairness, Anonymous (last comment) WIT has already been assessed as operating at University level by many Independent analyists including the Governments' own appointed Dr Jim Port and the Statutory Process should be put in place. Your other questions are therefore in my opinion, already answered. However I accept that no Institution (or University for that matter) can operate perfectly. WIT is doing what it can with far inferior budgets and resources. However, as is usual with any arguement and with some people, there are always those who think their own prejudices should be used to hold everyone back. Congratulations on being yet another begrudger. Mary RocheCllr Mary Roche, Waterfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319272267259620843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-5496697282516097982009-06-18T23:29:45.811+01:002009-06-18T23:29:45.811+01:00The key question that has to be asked is whether W...The key question that has to be asked is whether WIT makes the University grade. Many of its lecturers are overpaid, underperforming journey men who have no research record. Its a well known fact that many lecturing staff at WIT teach way below their contractual lecturing load and can still earn 90k a year.It is commonplace for lecturers not to show up for class at all and nothing is done about it. WIT management talk a good talk but yet have been responsible for spiraling debt. The key questions here are whether the tax payer is getting value for money, whether the students are being truly served by a scant academic year and not whether WIT should be upgraded to university status.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-81682862889626462262009-06-15T15:48:07.883+01:002009-06-15T15:48:07.883+01:00Don't let anyone kid us that the present crisi...Don't let anyone kid us that the present crisis is the wrong time to upgrade WIT into the University of the South East. The transitional phase into full university status in fact costs very little: it will involve planning for the governance of the university (how it is to be run)and determining its initial strategy (what will be the priorities for action). It will help if USE/WIT can hire a small number of professors, preferably youngish and definitely energetic and visionary, to take the project forward and develop some new areas of teaching. But the important point is that the University will be in place when the upturn eventually comes. That's what investing in the future is all about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com