Higher Education Bill 'essentially a Government takeover of academia', researchers warn

New bill follows several high-profile revelations in recent years of corporate governance and financial mismanagement across higher education.

The first major legislative reform of higher education in more than 50 years “amounts essentially to a Government takeover of academia.”

That is the warning from a new paper complied by researchers who oppose the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Bill 2022, which is currently before Seanad Éireann at the report stage.