“Teacher supply. We’ve ambition in spades when it comes to becoming the best in Europe. But there’s a major problem: where are we going to find the qualified teachers to teach key subjects? Many schools currently report acute difficulties recruiting teachers for Stem and languages …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien, Irish Times, 1 January]
“My STYLE GUIDE that I expect students to use includes tiresome words to be avoided when producing essays for third level. I borrow from Northern Michigan’s Lake Superior State University 43rd Annual List. The 2017 list of phrases not to be used include the following: – Let me ask you this; – unpack; …” (more)
[Inside View, 1 January]
“A chara, – Fiach Kelly writes in ‘State may pay to train teachers’ (News, December 30th, 2017) that the Government is considering paying ‘some if not all of the cost of a teaching qualification’ to tackle chronic shortages of teachers in key subjects. Other proposed measures referred to in this article include …” (more)
[Catherine Martin, Irish Times, 2 December]
