• Eyes on the future rather than a judgment of the past

  The new UCC president, Dr Michael Murphy, faces the challenge of reviving the image of the college after a bruising period, marred by internal feuding. He talks to Seán Flynn , Education Editor p
  

• End game: It's time to work out your Leaving Cert options

  As the next cohort of Leaving Certificate students get ready to pick their options, guidance counsellor Brian Mooney answers your key questions on what subjects are best for you p
  

• Subjects at a glance

  Irish Although studied by all students throughout their schooling, higher-level Irish is studied by less than a third of students, with a 72/28 per cent female/male take-up. As it is essential for entry into primary teaching, the lack of male students taking Irish at higher level for Leaving Certificate acts to suppress their numbers in primary school classrooms. A large number of students seem to have a mental block when it comes to studying Irish. For those who do not, Irish is an attractive higher-level subject. p
  

• Subject matter: The grade shake-up:

  The percentages of student achieving at least a grade C in higher-level papers in 2006 were as follows: p
  

• Give the would-be politicians a hard-knock life

  Teaching Matters: Something rather odd happened to me recently. On three different occasions in the course of a week, people I had never met before approached me with a request. Would I please write an article designed to convey to the public the sheer grind and pain of teaching? p
  

• Teacher's Pet

  An insider's guide to education p
  

• Questions & Answers

  All your education questions answered by  Brian Mooney p
  

• Noticeboard

  GMIT Health and Wellbeing Fair Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is holding its annual Health and Wellbeing Fair today from 10am to 4pm at the Dublin Road campus. p
  

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