O'Keeffe plan to scrap NUI faces major new delays [Independent.ie]
- Published: 08 February 2010
EDUCATION Minister Batt O'Keeffe's plan to scrap the National University of Ireland faces major delays.
The NUI is a federal umbrella body that consists of four major universities and a number of colleges, including the Royal College of Surgeons.
Mr O'Keeffe's plan to disband the body -- announced last month -- has met with a cool reception from the university, many of its graduates and others.
But it now emerges that a number of hurdles have to be overcome, and that the NUI degrees and bursaries will still be issued into the future.
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