Profit over excellence
At 250 points, is college really for you?
Fair is not the same as just or sensible.
The system also dislocates talent from the appeal of a career.
Contentious.
“Judges are human…and so they might be tempted to use Wikipedia.”
Winners and losers.
Could mean remote learning for some.
Next generation of lawyers and judges.
A body representing Irish businesses has claimed that many Irish Leaving Cert graduates are unable to perform “simple tasks,” and cannot write a paragraph of text without making significant grammar and spelling errors. The remarks were made this week by the Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association (ISME) while speaking to the Oireachtas Education Committee […]
It’s not hard to guess where the blame will fall for yesterday’s figures showing that, overwhelmingly, the wealthiest young people still dominate the most elite college places. As I remarked to Niamh when we were doling out the stories for today, “wealth finds a way”: Students from the wealthiest families continue to retain a firm […]
Universities are supposed to be bastions of free speech. Yet according to a nation-wide poll released today by ADF International (UK), almost 40% of British students admit fears that expressing their views on campus could adversely affect their future career opportunities. Over a third stated that events are being increasingly cancelled on campus due to objections from other student clubs and societies based on the topic and the speakers. “Freedom of speech is the foundation of every free and […]