Ireland hopes to entice academics as US becomes ‘a cold place for free thinkers’

<p>Proposed scheme involves talent scouts offering attractive packages to tempt academics and lecturers from abroad</p><p>Ireland is to launch a scheme to poach academics and university lecturers from overseas on the basis that the Trump administration has made the US “a cold place for free thinkers and talented researchers”.</p><p>The higher education minister, James Lawless, will on Tuesday seek cabinet approval for a “global talent initiative” to entice top international academics, including those seeking to leave the US or deterred from working there.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/13/ireland-hopes-to-entice-academics-us-cold-place-for-free-thinkers">Continue reading...</a>