Archive for the 'GATS' Category

Universities threatened by market-based funding, warn international experts

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Universities are being subjected to the same market-based, profit-driven policies that caused the crisis in the financial markets and face an increasing risk of a crisis in academic standards and credibility, David Robinson, [...]

International trade talks affect Education, not just Farming

Monday, July 28th, 2008

The General Secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT), Mike Jennings, has called on the Minister for Education to clarify the Irish Government’s position on changes affecting Education to be discussed shortly at the World Trade Organisation’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
The IFUT Press Release is available here.