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University funding crisis to hit new students hard
Jun 9th
THE Leaving Cert Class of 2010 face packed lecture halls when they get to university, fewer tutorials, reductions in library facilities and the introduction of waiting lists for counselling services.
A confidential working paper drawn up by the Irish Universities Association warns that specific courses will have to be axed and says the Government’s national research strategy for the ‘Smart Economy’ is in danger of collapsing.
Thousands fret over student grants
May 31st
THOUSANDS of students still do not know if they will get higher education maintenance grants in the current academic year — even though some have already finished their studies.
Startling new figures show that 3,436 applicants are still awaiting decisions by vocational education committees (VEC) on their grant applications.
Hero student helped his pals trash landlady’s flat after seven-hour binge
May 6th
A HERO student who was awarded for saving a drowning youth, has admitted to trashing an apartment over “grievances” a friend of his had with the landlady.
Patrick McAweeney was one of four “privileged” students who broke into and smashed up the apartment in an “act of madness” after a seven-hour drinking session.
Co-accused Daniel Shipley (23) was a former tenant and had issues with the landlady.
McAweeney, with an address at Mulvey Park, Dundrum, and Shipley of Market Square, Dublin 1, admitted charges of burglary at the flat at Elmwood Avenue, Ranelagh, on November 12 last.
Tech-savvy students are first on the grid
May 3rd
TECHY-savvy Irish students are preparing to take on the world with cutting-edge ideas.
Winners of two separate competitions yesterday will now represent Ireland in global finals.
Students from Dundalk Grammar School fought off competition from 150 second-level schools to take the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge trophy.
Are brain-boosting pills morally correct?
Apr 13th
Exam pressure is an attribute of college life that students – except the slackers – can relate to.
There is nothing worse than a looming deadline and an imminent exam on a subject only worthy of pure science evaluation. In pressurised situations people have a tendency to seek the “easy way out”.
Record number applying for third-level places
Mar 30th
Demand for higher education remains very strong with a record 71,843 people applying for third-level places this year, according to analysis of CAO applications.
A study carried out by Head of Statistics at the Higher Education Authority Dr Vivienne Patterson will be presented to the Authority today and will also be published on its website.
The analysis found the total number of applicants reached a record high of 71,843 this year, increasing 6.2% from 2009 in addition to a 6% increase in the previous year.
‘Cap’ on courses keeps thousands out of college
Feb 26th
THOUSANDS of students are being denied access to Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) courses because of where they live.
And the most deprived of all live in Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s native Co Offaly, which has only 50 PLC places compared with 1,216 in Co Cavan, which has a smaller population.
The uneven distribution of places was disclosed at an Oireachtas Education Committee meeting yesterday which heard calls to lift the ‘cap’ on PLC numbers to cope with rising demand. At present there is official sanction from theDepartment of Education and Science for 31,688 places nationally but a number of counties are not getting their fair share.
Even Einstein failed exams. So, everything is relative
Feb 24th
The mock Junior and Leaving Cert exams are already over in many schools. Over the past few weeks, thousands of pupils have had their first nerve-jangling experience of severe exam stress.
Butterflies in the stomach may benefit many candidates, but, in some cases, they are paralysed by anxiety, according to consultant psychiatrist Pat Devitt.
“Some candidates are frozen with anxiety like a rabbit caught in the headlights,” says the psychiatrist, who offers advice on exam stress on the website examsupport.ie.
€2k trail of damage by drunk students in holiday rampage
Feb 23rd
A UCD student and a group of his friends caused thousands of euro worth of damage to holiday homes in a drunken rampage at a seaside resort.
Alex O’Connor (20) and other students were staying in one of the holiday homes at Brittas Bay when they caused the damage after having “far too much to drink”.
Judge Murrough Connellan adjourned the case and told O’Connor to bring a €500 charity donation to court.
Thousands of students face school shutdown
Feb 23rd
Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe dons a lab coat as he's shown round the newly renovated laboratories in the Kane Science building at University College Cork , by Professor Anita Maguire and President of UCC Dr Michael Murphy
SECONDARY schools face the prospect of being forced to close as unions block teachers from covering for key staff who can’t be replaced.
In a major escalation of action, unions yesterday – for the first time – directed members not to undertake any duties that are carried out by teachers in middle-management positions who are not replaced when they retire.
Around 900 assistant principals and hundreds of specialduties teachers have already retired this school year and have not been replaced.