Friday 18th May 2012 
40% of college students could be classed as ‘alcoholics’ under revised mental health manual
A whopping four out of ten college students could be officially rendered ‘alcoholics’ next year, if changes planned in the ...
Union of Students in Ireland (USI) to hold nationwide fees poll tomorrow
In a first of its kind step, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is to hold a national vote ...
€500m DIT campus gets green light
An Bord Pleanála has approved the highly anticipated development of a new €500m campus in Grangegorman for DIT. However the ...
Chinese man to face sentencing over student rape
A Chinese national is to face sentencing next week after Gardaí happened upon him raping an Irish college student in ...
Bizarre images show Chinese students hooked up to IV drips to prepare for dreaded exams
Bizarre images have emerged showing Chinese school-children hooked up to intravenous fluid (IV) drips as they prepare for the country’s ...
Dull PE lessons putting girls off exercise for life, research claims
Researchers at a UK university have said that dull and unsatisfying Physical Education (PE) lessons are putting girls off the ...
Students expelled from Dublin secondary school after Facebook teacher gaffe
Four students have been expelled from a Dublin secondary school after posting defamatory and insulting comments about a teacher to ...
USI preferendum will continue after first day hitch, confirms Deputy President
The Union of Students’ in Ireland (USI) national ‘preferendum’ ran into a major technical hitch on its first day of ...
Pyjama craze takes off at Oxford, as students warned against donning them at meals
One of the world’s most elite academic institutions, Oxford University, has been forced to make a surprise warning to students ...
Kenny ‘surprised’ by civil service jobs scandal
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that he was ‘surprised’ to learn that a widespread policy of re-hiring retired public servants ...
Cambridge ‘library whispers’ site shut down over cyber-bullying claims
‘Library Whispers’, a Cambridge University gossip website, has been shut down after reportedly turning into a ‘forum of hate’. The ...
- Dull PE lessons putting girls off exercise for life, research claims
- Updating Facebook rewards same neurological pathways as food, sex, according to research
- Civil servants’ review blasts lack of ‘bigger vision’ at Dept of Education
- ‘Strong interest’ in applications for UCC’s IGNITE programme, as open night showcases programme talent
- Quinn blasts teacher college numbers, 22 is ‘wasteful’
- Bad teachers to get the sack – Dept of Education in brutal push to rid schools of under-performers
- Research: more than 354 Facebook friends makes you a narcissisist
- Dublin student contracts TB — but HSE confirms: an isolated case.
- Disgraced UCD student caught ruffling through charity clothes
- Irish science researchers land key trip to Silicon Valley to meet technology chiefs
Your first day at work
Dress to Impress Never underestimate the importance of dressing professionally when beginning a new job. Regardless of whether the company has casual days or not, your appearance reveals a lot about your personality. A perfectly groomed appearance means efficient and reliable, while unkempt and sloppy can say unprofessional and disorganised. Arrive Early ...
Success for UCC researchers at Tyndall research awards
Two researchers from the UCC-affiliated Tyndall Research Center were among the eight 2012 Intel Outstanding Researcher Awards recipients. Professor Jim Greer, the Head of Electronics Theory and Graduate Studies at Tyndall, and Dr. Paul Hurley, Senior Staff Researcher and Head of High-k Research at Tyndall, were both recognised by Intel for their ...
