Sarah Harte: Is it worth doing a masters straight after a degree? Not according to employers

Tánaiste Micheál Martin's suggestion to shorten teacher training by a year because of a dire shortage of teachers was welcomed by the Teachers’ Union of Ireland, but Education Minister Norma Foley and academics voiced their opposition. It will be interesting to see which point of view prevails

In the late 1980’s, billionaire Chuck Feeney responded to Ireland's chronic underfunding of our third-level sector by pumping money into Irish universities. 

Chuck Feeney, the Irish-American philanthropist died on Monday. A visionary man, he made a fortune and gave it away transforming Higher Education in Ireland by investing hundreds of millions in the sector.

He came from a modest background and went to college with the help of the GI Bill. This left him with a passionate belief in education which he saw as “an essential accelerator for individuals and societies.”