Martin O Grady
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Staff protest over ‘grade inflation’ at institute of technology
- Education
- December 31, 2018, 01:00
Lecturers at Institute of Technology Tralee are refusing to attend exam and course meetings after an exam board at the college overturned a lecturer’s(...)

Irish universities’ grade inflation sparks claims of ‘dumbing down’
- Education
- December 31, 2018, 00:01
Students are most likely to secure first or upper-second class degrees at Dublin City University (72 per cent), followed by University College Dublin (...)

Revealed: the universities most likely to award higher grades
- Education
- December 31, 2018, 00:00
Which university offers the best shot of a first-class or 2.1 degree? Is there much difference between University College Dublin and Trinity College D(...)

Surge in first-class honours at institutes of technology
- Education
- June 14, 2016, 21:45
The proportion of students at institutes of technology graduating with first-class honours degrees has doubled in the past 15 years, new fi(...)

Are university grades being inflated to suit jobs market?
- Education
- October 13, 2014, 01:00
Education may be priceless, but increasingly the marketplace is putting a monetary value on a 2.1. For a long time, people wishing to do postgradua(...)

DCU, UCC award more ‘firsts’ in new indicator of grade inflation
- Education
- October 13, 2014, 01:00
Students attending Dublin City University (DCU) or University College Cork (UCC) have a much higher chance of graduating with a first class honours de(...)

Fish passes will allow salmon scale Dodder weirs
- Irish News
- July 30, 2013, 01:00
Several man-made weirs on Dublin’s Dodder river are to be modified to allow wild salmon and sea trout back upstream for the first time in more than 2(...)