There was an interesting article in The Irish Times today titled “Thousands of students face school shutdown“. It basically highlights the fact that the government have banned replacement workers so teachers & staff that are retiring or going on breaks for whatever reason cannot be replaced, meaning existing staff will be over stretched and they …
When you’re being taught about  a subject, you assume that your teacher is qualified to teach… you probably don’t even question their qualifications (i know i didn’t when i was at school). Surely that’s down to whoever hires them, whoever pays their wages and evaluates them. photo credit: stammler However, a recent report reveals that …
Today was a very important day. Today, we received a very special “legal document from the department, THE DEPARTMENT GIRLS” that listed out all our subjects and the levels at which we will be examined, and the point of it all is to check and make sure that everything is right as rain so we’re …
That’s what the Union of Students of Ireland has suggested. The budget comes out tomorrow (not the proper one… the knee jerk reaction /Â panic / tax the crap out of everything one). However the issue of college fees has been put on the back burner for a few weeks. I wouldn’t call it a …
A wake up call about how hard the life of a Junior Doctor really is and a rant at how awfully NCHDs are treated.