Daily Archives: 07 May, 2020

Leaving Cert exams set to be cancelled and replaced with predicted grades

Leaving Cert ‘Plan B’ could see grades based on class rankings

07 May, 2020
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ASTI, coronavirus, DES, leaving cert, Leo Varadkar, Micheál Martin, TUI
Teaching

College Could Lose €40m Commercial Revenue by September 2020

Over 75% of Students Leave UCD Residences Since March

Minister Launches Timely Report of the Irish National Digital Experience (INDEx) Survey

07 May, 2020
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ICT, internet, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, surveys
Research

UCD Spent €1.3 Million on Exams Last Year

07 May, 2020
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Cork IT, DCU, exams, FOI, TCD, TUD, UCC, UCD, UG
Teaching

The Leaving Cert – media speculation is not helping students

By Hook Or By Crook You Shall Go To The (Freshers) Ball: Predicted Grades and some thoughts on LC 2020

Teachers voice grave concerns about health implications if Leaving Cert goes ahead

NUIG Students’ Union welcomes University’s decision to abandon 4% rent hike

Top posts – last 7 days

UCD student ends climate hunger strike after eight days as demands met "A Dublin university student has ended his hunger strike over climate inaction after eight days, following an agreement on his demands ..." (more) [Conor ...
Ireland has far higher rate of third-level education than EU average, CSO data shows "Ireland has a far higher rate of third-level education than the EU averages, with women more likely to attain it than men, new data shows ...
New contract for lecturers in technological universities "A new academic contract for technological university lecturers is to be brought forward by Simon Harris, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, early next ...
Harris hoping to continue in Government after Cabinet reshuffle "Simon Harris, Minister for Third Level Education, says he hopes to play a continued role in Government when the Cabinet reshuffle takes place in a ...
Nationwide interest in building capacity in Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Medicine, and Veterinary "A total of 39 expressions of interest have been submitted to the Higher Education Authority in response to a call to identify opportunities to build ...
Trinity College sets out plans to reopen Science Gallery after contentious closure "Trinity College Dublin has set out plans to reopen the Science Gallery next year after its closure last February, reversing a contentious move that prompted ...
Atlantic TU – Galway Campus "Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that is being made on the delivery of the new ...
Research Bill "Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the working group will be established to examine the issues in ...
Government to partially fund 700 student beds – Harris "Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has said the Government is going to partially fund the construction of almost 700 student accommodation beds ...
Should Trinity College Rename Its Library? "Listen back: Gript Editor John McGuirk debates academic and activist Ebun Joseph on Newstalk breakfast on the subject of whether historic names of buildings are ...
UCD student will ‘fast until death if necessary’ over climate inaction "A student at University College Dublin (UCD) has been on hunger strike for eight days over what he sees as failings of the university and ...
The Gradual, Disjointed Dispersion of Academic Twitter "So far, Twitter endures. On Oct 28, Elon Musk tweeted, 'The bird is freed', signaling what would become his chaotic takeover of the social media ...