GMIT spent €5k on independent probe into lecturers insulting students on video call

In December 2020, the President of the Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology (pictured), Dr Orla Flynn issued an apology after a recording emerged on social media of two GMIT lecturers using offensive language when heaping scorn on business students who had just given virtual presentations. File picture: Ray Ryan

A third-level college paid out €5,000 to an independent investigator to carry out a report into lecturers insulting and ridiculing students on a video call.

In December 2020, the president of Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), Dr Orla Flynn issued an apology after a recording emerged on social media of two GMIT lecturers using offensive language when heaping scorn on business students who had just given virtual presentations.