‘Ireland’s Higher Education Research System: A Review by the Higher Education Research Group’ has been published.
This report by the Higher education research group :
- provides an insight into the ecosystem and complex interdependencies that underpin our national research system
- highlights the centrality of the health of our higher education system to the success of our research system and vice versa
- demonstrates the impacts of funding patterns and prioritisation on the Higher Education Research system
- offers a source of evidence for value-for-money arguments for increased investment in research. One of the main tenets for increased investment is recognising the higher education research system’s role as a national strategic asset through knowledge creation, and diffusion, underpinning Ireland’s long-term economic and social sustainability
- identifies some of the ways in which of the ways in which the performance of the higher education research system, as a whole, could be strengthened for enhanced performance and impact, contributing to broader national goals and objectives. This, in turn, could strengthen the value-for-money case for increased investment in higher education research referenced above
Comments