Prof Feely questioned why, given the changes and competitive forces facing the State, we should be “constraining our ability to reflect these with agility and ambition within Irish higher education”.
Prof Feely said the Government recently assessed the funding gap in higher education at €307 million annually and has pledged to bridge this over successive budgets. Recruitment restrictions which were introduced followed the economic crash just over a decade ago have been blamed on a deterioration in student-staff ratios.
Officials are discussing replacing this employment control framework with a new system which “better aligns with current realities in the sector”.
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