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Universities need stronger support
The universities have laid the foundation of our knowledge
society and economy. It's now high time to have a proper debate on
how to fund them, writes
Peter Sutherland p
Putting yourself in the framework
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: My son will be sitting his Leaving Cert in 2009. We have been looking at the Qualifax website to help him identify a list of courses for consideration on his CAO application. All the courses refer to "NFQ Level". What does this mean? p
Don't ask about Bertie
TEACHER'S PET: Mary Hanafin had a rough time at the teacher conferences last week. And, she was visibly angry when one reporter quizzed her about the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and his continuing troubles at the tribunal. I will only take questions on education issues, she snapped. I have enough on my plate with education. p
A distracting study break at home in Poland
FRESH START: THE EASTER BREAK finally arrived and I boarded a plane to go home to Poland. As I stood in the check-in queue, I noticed a family with some loud young children, a guy on his own looking like he wanted to make conversation, and a girl with a noisy iPod. I wondered who I would end up with on the flight. p
Financial help to go further
They didn't even apply for it, so the Donogh O'Malley scholarship was the best surprise for 17 of last year's Leaving Cert students, writes Grainne Faller p
