Introduction
“Approximately 1 in 6 students who start a college course are likely to leave the course before the end of first year”
The number of students studying at Irish third level institutions has risen dramatically in the past 50 …
irish times
Students from fee-paying secondary schools are 4 times more likely to get a place in Trinity
Analysis of feeder school data illustrates Trinity’s place in the Irish educational divide
The most recent data on “feeder” schools to third-level institutions has illustrated Trinity’s place within the Irish educational divide.
Students who attend one of the country’s 51 fee-paying schools are more than four times more likely to attend Trinity than …
Troubled Waters
Conor McGlynn
Deputy Comment Editor
On a Friday at the end of March, it was announced that the columnist John Waters would stop contributing pieces to The Irish Times. Waters’ weekly column featured in the Friday paper since 1991, and …
National Media Conference 2013: A round up
Staff Writer
The Irish Times editor, Kevin O’Sullivan, has warned student journalists not to engage in “muck-raking.” Student writers have a tendency, O’Sullivan claimed, to be “delightfully oblivious” to defamation rules. Their actions could put student media at …