President of University of Limerick is calling for urgent Government action on a new funding model for the Irish university sector.
Professor Kerstin Mey believes “the importance and resilience of the Higher Education sector has never been more evident”.
Professor Mey says while UL has welcomed the establishment of the new Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest and continue to collaborate with colleagues in TUS and Mary Immaculate College, there is little point in creating new universities without funding all higher education institutions sufficiently to enable them to act as societal change engines.
She says the “Lack of adequate funding is pushing Irish universities down the international rankings as we struggle to compete with the resources afforded to many of our global university partners.
