Teacher's Pet [IrishTimes]
- Published: 08 February 2011
An insider’s guide to education
That bitter dispute between UCD president, Hugh Brady and Tom Boland (pictured), chief executive of the Higher Education Authority over unauthorised allowances to senior Belfield staff continues to rage.
But behind the scenes, both parties are being encouraged to stop digging. The other university presidents and some board members of the HEA take a dim view of the dispute – and want to see an end to hostilities.
The argument is that the dispute, if left simmering, will do long-term damage to higher education by encouraging the politicians to examine every line of university spending.
The good news? A happy resolution of the dispute is set to be announced after the next HEA board meeting in March. UCD will make a without-prejudice payment to student services and the HEA will back off.
That, at least, is the plan. It’s now up to UCD vice president, Philip Nolan and Tom Boland to tidy up the details.
- Pat King, the new-ish general secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) is being widely praised for his calm stewardship of the union since taking office last year.
Instead of a less-than-splendid isolation, the union entered talks on Croke Park and is now reballoting members.
So far, so good.
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