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There are two great blogs, one from DCU and one from UCC, that concern themselves with Higher Education in Ireland.

The first is Ferdinand von Prondzynski’s A University Blog: Diary of a University President http://universitydiary.wordpress.com/. Blogging since June 2008, the Dublin City University President blogs about issues that interest him, some personal, some of great interest to Irish researchers. The blog has built up a good following, so comment and debate can be lively. See, for example, last week’s post on Research, economics and trench warfare.

The second interesting blog comes from Steve Hedley of University College Cork’s Faculty of Law. Ninth Level Ireland: Irish University Politics, News and Law http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/ mainly links to news and discussion elsewhere on the web, usefully tagging each post with the flag of the country concerned, but also includes on the sidebar some excellent overviews and links. Check out, for example, The fees issue under Politics on the blog's sidebar.

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