Andrew Deeks
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Lecturing abroad: A necessary step for many Irish academics
- Working Abroad
- January 24, 2017, 15:00
This article forms part of a new series for Irish Times Abroad on the opportunities worldwide for Irish teachers. Already teaching abroad? Tell (...)

UCD refused extra €2.5m for Confucius Centre
- Irish News
- October 25, 2016, 01:00
The Government rejected a plea from University College Dublin for an extra €2.5 million needed to build a Chinese government-backed building on its c(...)

Broke Irish universities are slipping down the rankings and missing Brexit opportunities
- Irish News
- October 20, 2016, 18:00
On paper, it is a golden opportunity for the State’s universities. The Republic’s soon to materialise status as the biggest English-speaking member o(...)

Whoops: Data blunder sees TCD fall out of global rankings
- Education
- September 21, 2016, 21:00
Irish universities have failed to rank in the top-200 for the first time in the latest set of influential global rankings. Trinity College Dublin (TC(...)

Lt Tom Kettle recalled 100 years after death at Battle of Ginchy
- Heritage
- September 9, 2016, 14:12
One hundred years to the day after he was killed at the Battle of Ginchy in France during the first World War, Lt Tom Kettle has been remembered in Du(...)

Irish universities continue to fall in global rankings
- Education
- September 6, 2016, 00:01
A decade of higher educational cutbacks means nearly all of Ireland’s universities are continuing to fall in international rankings and the decline w(...)

UCD plans €300m student accommodation expansion
- Education
- August 24, 2016, 01:00
University College Dublin, the State’s largest university, plans to spend more than €300 million to build on-campus accommodation for 3,000 more stud(...)

Brexit difficulty of British universities is Ireland’s opportunity
- Opinion
- July 21, 2016, 17:50
Against a backdrop of angst in the UK universities caused by Brexit, the long awaited Cassells report on the future funding of the Irish higher educat(...)

TCD and UCD come together to create €60m start-up fund
- Technology
- June 17, 2016, 07:00
Trinity College Dublin and UCD have put their rivalry aside to collaborate on a new €60 million investment fund for high-potential start-ups. Special(...)

AIB funds behavioural economics chair at UCD
- Financial Services
- May 9, 2016, 01:00
AIB is to fund the first Irish chair in behavioural economics in partnership with University College Dublin. This will involve the appointment of a (...)