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Watch – Scaling Up Startup Organizations
Centre for Entrepreneurial Growth and Scaling (CEGS) at the Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change were delighted to host a panel conversation on: “Scaling Up Startup Organizations” with Dr. Alicia DeSantola, author of the Harvard Business Review article “Start-ups that last: How to scale your business.” In conversation with Elaine Murphy and Professor Jonathan… | Read on »
Study Abroad and Subsequent Academic Performance: Evidence from Administrative Data
There has been a growing trend in recent years towards third level students studying abroad for a semester or more as part of their degree programme. For example, in Europe, around 2 million students participated in the EU’s Erasmus+ exchange programme between 2014 and 2020. Numerous benefits have been linked to study abroad, including improved… | Read on »
RTÉ Brainstorm – 8 actions that would make the Local Property Tax more acceptable to taxpayers
Whitaker Institute member Dr Gerard Turley, of the Performance Management cluster, has written a new piece for RTÉ Brainstorm. The article looks at 8 actions that could be taken to make the local property tax more acceptable to tax payers. 8 actions that would make the Local Property Tax more acceptable to taxpayers Analysis: Given… | Read on »
RTÉ – Watch: Will Remote Working Change Rural Ireland?
As part of the Galway International Arts Festival, Whitaker Institute member Professor Alma McCarthy participated in the First Thought Talks series of events where she was a panellist on the remote working and rural Ireland event. The event was featured on RTÉ and is available to watch back here. To read more about the Whitaker… | Read on »
The Irish Times – Long Covid care: ‘There has been a sense of swimming upstream on my own’
Whitaker Institute member Dr John Cullinan has been featured in a recent article from The Irish Times. The piece looks at the impact of long covid on those who suffer from it. Read the article here.
Irish Independent – Children may use ‘pester power’ to sway hesitant parents into letting them get jabbed, expert says
Whitaker Institute member Dr Jane Walsh, of the Health and Well-Being cluster, has said that vaccine hesitant parents could be swayed by the views of their children. Read more from the Irish Independent here and here.
Local Authority Times
Whitaker Institute members Dr Gerard Turley and Stephen McNena, of the Performance Management cluster, have written an article for the recent issue of Local Authority Times. The piece looks at the model designed by Dr Turley and Mr McNena for estimating top-up or so called equalisation grants for local councils with inadequate revenue bases. Read the… | Read on »
Irish Times – Vast high-rise development for Galway appealed by An Taisce
Prof Alan Ahearne, Director of the Whitaker Institute, has been featured in a recent article from the Irish Times. The piece looks at the appeal against a 21-storey tower development in Galway City. Read the article here.
The Irish Independent – How the pandemic has sparked wave of cultural reflection – and why nostalgia is back in fashion
The pandemic has sparked a wave of cultural reflection for what feels like simpler times. Whitaker Institute member Professor Brian Hughes, of the Creative, Liveable and Sustainable Cluster, spoke to the Irish Independent about how if we remove our rose-tinted glasses, what are the benefits of escaping our present to relive the past. Read more here.
The Irish Times – Ageing Ireland: ‘I don’t want to go to a residential home… The idea abhors me’
Whitaker Institute member Professor Eamon O’Shea, of Health and Well-Being cluster, told The Irish Times that the push of public policy into the future will be to provide more care for older people in their own home for as long as possible – the homecare option. Read the full article here.