Over-interference a big concern for college leaders

Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan says extra funding can only come at a price, writes Niall Murray

It is not just how the Government impacts on their finances but university bosses are also concerned about how it rules on their day-to-day management.

While Jan O’Sullivan stressed in her first public engagement with higher education chiefs yesterday that accountability has to be provided in return for the scale of public investment in our third-level colleges, the challenges being imposed were stressed by some of those institutions’ leaders.