Rebooting Irish higher education

Policy Challenges for Challenging Times

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ID4097902
AutoresEllen Hazelkorn (0000-0002-5278-843X, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume39
Fascículo8
Páginas1343-1354
Data de publicação2014-09-14
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2014.949540
OpenAlexW2077121792
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas14

The 2008 global financial crisis cast a long shadow over Ireland's higher education and research system. The IMF said Ireland experienced an ‘unprecedented economic correction’, while Ireland's National Economic and Social Development Office said Ireland was beset by five different crises: a banking crisis, a fiscal crisis, an economic crisis, a social crisis and a reputational crisis. Despite a return to growth, these circumstances provide the best explanation for the policy choices being undertaken as key actors struggle to sustain the publicly funded mass system, and reassert the country's position as a globally competitive knowledge society attractive to mobile capital and skilled labour. Whatever the outcome, it is unlikely that public funding for higher education will return to levels previously enjoyed. This paper examines the background and policy challenges confronting the government and higher education, and discusses the role of higher education researchers in helping shape options

Economic growth · Economics · Education policy · Higher education · Higher education policy · Irish · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Reboot · Sociology · Computer Science · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Learning Practices · Psychology