Educators: We need immediate action on third-level funding

The urgency of solving the gap in funding of colleges requires more immediate action than awaiting the political consensus sought by Education Minister Richard Bruton, third-level figures have said.

However, while management and unions agree about the severity of the funding crisis, they differ on how the money is raised.

The Cassells report was published on the same day an international ranking system showed most Irish colleges improved their placings since last year. Trinity College Dublin is up 10 places to 175th in the Center for World University Rankings, but University College Dublin and University College Cork fell slightly to 240th and 443rd, respectively.