NUIG students notified of €100 increase on repeat fees to help bail out the college.
NUIG Boys Club.
Of sixteen women who applied for senior lectureship in NUIG during 2009, only one was promoted. As the resulting verdict of Dr Sheehy Skeffington’s discrimination case reverberates at NUIG, Simon Price dives into the murkier side of the Corrib university and asks what’s changed in 2015? The new engineering building stands at the gateway to NUIG’s north campus on the river Corrib. Opened in 2010 and conscious of its purpose, … Read More
Have Yiz Any Predictions For The Exams?
Is this some weird attempt at uniquely Irish humour or some dude punting for a job in the Institute on Leeson St? Have you made total hames of the school year? In dire need of some directed cramming? Then I’m not sure if this guy will be much help to you. We woke up in a bed of sweat this morning with the head rambling through lines of romantic poetry. … Read More
#rabbleRaker: Women Have A Way Of Shutting It Down
Peter McGuire in yesterday’s Irish Times reports that secondary school students are being taught lies by teachers and anti-choice groups Family & Life (friends of Reform Alliance) and Life Pregnancy Care. The Irish Times interviewed 14 students, one of whom is quoted: Sarah says the class was also told that, in some countries, abortions are conducted right up to term, and that as the baby crowns they “crack its skull”. … Read More
#outBeyond: Goddamn Louisiana
David Pakman examines some of the ‘facts’ taught in Louisiana schools under the state-approved ‘Voucher School’ system. Illuminating and depressing. Bible-based curriculum. At least 19 participating schools, carry textbooks that include facts such as: Dinosaurs and humans lived at the same time. Dragons probably existed The KKK wasn’t a bad organisation The Supreme Court enslaves fetuses (Pakman’s show is a regular insight from the US that’s worth a follow, here) … Read More
#rabbleRaker: The Google Archipelago
Cowprint rugs, beanbags, snooker tables, tax mitigation. Life at Google sure is sweet. Ronan Lynch says otherwise as he dives behind the Doodles to find out why not all Googlers are feeling lucky. For all its oft-touted motto ‘Don’t be evil’, Google Inc is a world-striding multinational corporation, and few people expect the company to behave like a charity. Still, Google is probably unhappy about all the recent publicity … Read More
Home Schooling Family Claim State Harassment.
With the Leaving Cert murder machine in full flow, teenagers across the country are engaged in coffee fuelled cramming sessions. Here’s an interesting mini-documentary on one antidote to the exam madness – home schooling. It’s definitely not for every family, but the documentary gives a sharp insight to the process nonetheless. Sadly, the O’Neill-O’Connor family from Tullow featured in the piece are stuck in the middle of a nasty court … Read More
Fight For Your Write: An Interview With Fighting Words.
Fighting Words is a creative writing centre based in the north inner city. The centre offers free creative writing workshops and courses to students of all ages. Mice Hell explores the project’s core ethos that “creative writing is an essential part of every child’s education. Why did you choose the name ‘Fighting words’ for the project and what does it mean? The name was chosen by Roddy Doyle. … Read More
Occupato – Italian for school
It seems to be a right of passage for Italian students to ‘Occupy’ their schools, something that has been going on since before we became familiar with the term in English courtesy of Wall Street’s protest movement. But what exactly is going on in Italian Schools? Following decades of decline, especially the last 5 years, the education budget has been pared further and further, leaving Italy’s percentage spend at … Read More