#leavingcertificate — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/ie/591971/ Pupils were ‘getting sick in bathrooms’ after ‘impossible’ Leaving Cert paper, says parents – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #HildegardeNaughton #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeavingCertificate #MainNews #MainNews #News #StateExaminationsCommissionSec #TopStories #TopStories

Nottingham Forest bid for Ireland Under-21 defender rejected, second offer expected

Hull City prospect Cathal McCarthy is drawing interest from the Premier League, Championship and Scotland. Cathal McCarthy of…
#NewsBeep #News #Football #ChelseaFC #football #HullCityAFC #HullCityFC #LeagueofIreland #LeavingCertificate #MiddlesbroughFC #NottinghamForestFC #PremierLeague #RepublicofIrelandU21footballteam #Sports #UCDAFC #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/679128/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/573743/ Nottingham Forest bid for Ireland Under-21 defender rejected, second offer expected #ChelseaFC #Éire #HullCityAFC #HullCityFC #IE #Ireland #LeagueOfIreland #LeavingCertificate #MiddlesbroughFC #NottinghamForestFC #PremierLeague #RepublicOfIrelandU21FootballTeam #Sports #UCDAFC

https://www.europesays.com/ie/567255/ Leaving Cert holidays in Albufeira: ‘You know, 18-year-old Irish lads, they’re not all careful’ – The Irish Times #Business #Éire #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #portugal #weekendreview #WorldCup

https://www.europesays.com/ie/550354/ Leaving Cert Japanese exam gets positive reaction – The Irish Times #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #examwatch #Health #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #SecondLevel #Students

https://www.europesays.com/ie/541217/ More time, extra points: parents of dyslexic children sitting Leaving Cert have their say – The Irish Times #Autism #DepartmentOfEducation #dyslexia #Éire #Health #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #SecondLevel #StateExaminationsCommissionSec

https://www.europesays.com/ie/541038/ Irish teen founders building an AI sales company targeting US market – The Irish Times #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #Éire #IE #IndustryEnterprise #InnovatorsToWatch #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #LinkedIn #Technology #YourStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/528808/ Leaving Cert history: ‘Very challenging’ paper with few predicted staples  – The Irish Times #Business #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #examwatch #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #SecondLevel #Students

https://www.europesays.com/ie/528348/ Leaving Cert: History paper was ‘very challenging’; mixed reactions to French exam – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CAO #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #JuniorCert #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeavingCertificate #MainNews #MainNews #News #StateExaminationsCommissionSec #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/526959/ Leaving Cert biology paper contains mistake that may have caught out students – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #examwatch #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeavingCertificate #MainNews #MainNews #News #SecondLevel #StateExaminationsCommissionSec #Students #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/526135/ Leaving Cert day five: Students sitting Irish paper two after surprise omission in paper one – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CAO #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #JuniorCert #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeavingCertificate #MainNews #MainNews #News #StateExaminationsCommissionSec #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/525956/ Sophie should be doing her Junior Cert exams, but instead she’s sorting out her wardrobe – The Irish Times #Business #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #examwatch #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #SecondLevel #Students

The 2026 Leaving Certificate Mathematics Papers

As I mentioned a few days ago, examinations for the 2026 school Leaving Certificate are under way. One of the interesting things about the Irish system is that the examination papers are put up online immediately after the examinations. Students took their first paper in Mathematics (either Ordinary or Higher level) on Friday and the second was this morning. There has been some reaction in the news here and here.

Anyway, I thought I’d share the Mathematics papers here so you can see what you think of them.

Here are the two Higher Mathematics papers:

The Ordinary Level papers are here:

They look reasonable to me. The thing that strikes me about them is that they are much more structured than the A-level mathematics examinations I took way back in 1981.

Comments are welcome through the box below.

The 2026 Leaving Certificate Mathematics Papers

As I mentioned a few days ago, examinations for the 2026 school Leaving Certificate are under way. One of the interesting things about the Irish system is that the examination papers are put up online immediately after the examinations. Students took their first paper in Mathematics (either Ordinary or Higher level) on Friday and the second was this morning. There has been some reaction in the news here and here.

Anyway, I thought I’d share the Mathematics papers here so you can see what you think of them.

Here are the two Higher Mathematics papers:

The Ordinary Level papers are here:

They look reasonable to me. The thing that strikes me about them is that they are much more structured than the A-level mathematics examinations I took way back in 1981.

Comments are welcome through the box below.

The 2026 Leaving Certificate Mathematics Papers

As I mentioned a few days ago, examinations for the 2026 school Leaving Certificate are under way. One of the interesting things about the Irish system is that the examination papers are put up online immediately after the examinations. Students took their first paper in Mathematics (either Ordinary or Higher level) on Friday and the second was this morning. There has been some reaction in the news here and here.

Anyway, I thought I’d share the Mathematics papers here so you can see what you think of them.

Here are the two Higher Mathematics papers:

The Ordinary Level papers are here:

They look reasonable to me. The thing that strikes me about them is that they are much more structured than the A-level mathematics examinations I took way back in 1981.

Comments are welcome through the box below.

The 2026 Leaving Certificate Mathematics Papers

As I mentioned a few days ago, examinations for the 2026 school Leaving Certificate are under way. One of the interesting things about the Irish system is that the examination papers are put up online immediately after the examinations. Students took their first paper in Mathematics (either Ordinary or Higher level) on Friday and the second was this morning. There has been some reaction in the news here and here.

Anyway, I thought I’d share the Mathematics papers here so you can see what you think of them.

Here are the two Higher Mathematics papers:

The Ordinary Level papers are here:

They look reasonable to me. The thing that strikes me about them is that they are much more structured than the A-level mathematics examinations I took way back in 1981.

Comments are welcome through the box below.

The 2026 Leaving Certificate Mathematics Papers

As I mentioned a few days ago, examinations for the 2026 school Leaving Certificate are under way. One of the interesting things about the Irish system is that the examination papers are put up online immediately after the examinations. Students took their first paper in Mathematics (either Ordinary or Higher level) on Friday and the second was this morning. There has been some reaction in the news here and here.

Anyway, I thought I’d share the Mathematics papers here so you can see what you think of them.

Here are the two Higher Mathematics papers:

The Ordinary Level papers are here:

They look reasonable to me. The thing that strikes me about them is that they are much more structured than the A-level mathematics examinations I took way back in 1981.

Comments are welcome through the box below.

https://www.europesays.com/ie/524568/ Leaving Cert day four: Maths paper two ‘will have pushed students’ comfort zones’ – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CAO #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #JuniorCert #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeavingCertificate #MainNews #MainNews #News #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/520609/ Leaving Cert maths, paper one: A song and dance about a bum note – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CAO #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeavingCertificate #MainNews #MainNews #News #SecondLevel #Students #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/520024/ ‘The extra points really mean a lot’: Leaving Cert students prepare to sit maths paper one – The Irish Times #CAO #Éire #IE #Ireland #JuniorCert #LeavingCertificate #Technology

https://www.europesays.com/ie/519700/ Let’s not make the same mistake as the UK. ‘Sensible’ degrees are overrated – The Irish Times #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #Brexit #Covid19 #Éire #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #London #Plato #Technology #ThirdLevel #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/ie/519336/ Leaving Cert English paper two a ‘thought-provoking’ paper with ‘no curveballs’ – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CAO #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeavingCertificate #MainNews #MainNews #News #PaulaMeehan #SecondLevel #Students #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/518209/ ‘Paula Meehan number one’: Students pin hopes on ‘accessible’ poet appearing in English paper two – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CAO #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #JuniorCert #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeavingCertificate #MainNews #MainNews #News #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/518161/ Fiachna Ó Braonáin’s Leaving Cert: ‘I stayed up very late at night, drinking coffee and cramming’ – The Irish Times #Business #CAO #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #HothouseFlowers #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #SecondLevel #Students

https://www.europesays.com/ie/517623/ My Leaving Cert: ‘Remembering the fun, very silly, happy-go-lucky people we were is like a warm hug’ – The Irish Times #Business #CAO #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #SecondLevel #Students

https://www.europesays.com/ie/516850/ Have your say: should students with dyslexia get extra points in exams? – The Irish Times #Business #dyslexia #Éire #IE #Ireland #JuniorCert #LeavingCertificate

Leaving Again

It is an important day for many young people in Ireland because the Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate examinations both start today, so the first thing I need to do is wish everyone starting their examinations the very best of luck!

Among other things, the results of the leaving certificate examinations are important for September’s university admissions. In the system operating in England and Wales the standard qualification for entry is the GCE A-level. Most students take A-levels in three subjects, which gives them a relatively narrow focus although the range of subjects to choose from is rather large. In Ireland the standard qualification is the Leaving Certificate, which comprises a minimum of six subjects, with many students taking more than this. This gives students a broader range of knowledge at the sacrifice (perhaps) of a certain amount of depth; it has been decreed for entry into this system that an Irish Leaving Certificate subject counts as about 2/3 of an A-level subject for admissions purposes, so Irish students do the equivalent of at least four A-levels, and many do more than this. It’s also worth noting that all students have to take Mathematics at Leaving Certificate level. One can choose to do Leaving Certificate subjects at Ordinary or Higher level and there’s quite a big difference between the two, especially in Mathematics.

Overall I prefer the Leaving Certificate over the UK system of A-levels, partly the former gives the students a broader range of subjects than the latter. I would have liked to have been allowed to take at least one arts subject past O-level, for example. Another reason is that all students across the country take the same examination, so the difficulty or otherwise of the papers is a topic of national conversation. There will no doubt be many reactions in the media over the forthcoming days!

Anyway, tomorrow is a significant date for me (in more ways than one) so I’m up early this morning before heading off on a short journey to mark the occasion in style.

Leaving Again

It is an important day for many young people in Ireland because the Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate examinations both start today, so the first thing I need to do is wish everyone starting their examinations the very best of luck!

Among other things, the results of the leaving certificate examinations are important for September’s university admissions. In the system operating in England and Wales the standard qualification for entry is the GCE A-level. Most students take A-levels in three subjects, which gives them a relatively narrow focus although the range of subjects to choose from is rather large. In Ireland the standard qualification is the Leaving Certificate, which comprises a minimum of six subjects, with many students taking more than this. This gives students a broader range of knowledge at the sacrifice (perhaps) of a certain amount of depth; it has been decreed for entry into this system that an Irish Leaving Certificate subject counts as about 2/3 of an A-level subject for admissions purposes, so Irish students do the equivalent of at least four A-levels, and many do more than this. It’s also worth noting that all students have to take Mathematics at Leaving Certificate level. One can choose to do Leaving Certificate subjects at Ordinary or Higher level and there’s quite a big difference between the two, especially in Mathematics.

Overall I prefer the Leaving Certificate over the UK system of A-levels, partly the former gives the students a broader range of subjects than the latter. I would have liked to have been allowed to take at least one arts subject past O-level, for example. Another reason is that all students across the country take the same examination, so the difficulty or otherwise of the papers is a topic of national conversation. There will no doubt be many reactions in the media over the forthcoming days!

Anyway, tomorrow is a significant date for me (in more ways than one) so I’m up early this morning before heading off on a short journey to mark the occasion in style.

Number sitting Leaving Cert climbs to record level – The Irish Times

The number of students due to start the Leaving Certificate exams today has climbed to its highest ever…
#Ireland #IE #Europe #Europa #EU #hildegarde-naughton #ireland #junior-cert #LeavingCertificate #state-examinations-commission-sec #Students
https://www.europesays.com/3035779/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/515064/ ‘Kids after Leaving Cert English look punch drunk’: teacher has say on ‘tough’ first exam – The Irish Times #booterstown #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #ClassroomToCollege #dublin #Éire #ErnestHemingway #examwatch #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeavingCertificate #MainNews #MainNews #News #SecondLevel #StAndrewSCollege #Students #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/514314/ Dyslexic students should get extra points for the disadvantage they face, mother of LC pupil says – The Irish Times #Business #Éire #HildegardeNaughton #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #YourStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/514277/ ‘I’m going to do medicine’: Student who left school in second year now aiming for top LC points – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CAO #ChatGPT #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeavingCertificate #MainNews #MainNews #News #SecondLevel #Students #TempleStreetHospital #TopStories #TopStories #YourStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/512653/ My Leaving Cert: ‘I was upset with a performance anxiety-related false start’ – The Irish Times #Business #CAO #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #SecondLevel #Students #YourStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/511652/ Leaving Cert: ‘I’d be going constantly in and out of class, going to the first aid room’ – The Irish Times #Business #CAO #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #SecondLevel #Students

https://www.europesays.com/ie/494326/ ‘An amazing opportunity’: Science student’s journey from failing chemistry to TU Dublin – The Irish Times #Business #CAO #ClassroomToCollege #Éire #IE #Ireland #LeavingCertificate #SecondLevel #Students #TuDublin

https://www.europesays.com/africa/68438/ David Gillick among those calling for South African teen and family not to be deported – The Irish Times #DepartmentOfJustice #GonzagaCollege #InternationalProtectionAccommodationServicesIpas #InternationalProtectionOffice #LeavingCertificate #SouthAfrica

A Day of Offerings

Today (27th August) is the day that students across Ireland receive offers of places at Third-Level Institutions to start next month. The offers for all courses and all institutions are available on the official CAO website here; they are also widely available elsewhere, including this searchable list.

The official numbers for Maynooth are here. Minimum points required for Maynooth’s – and indeed Ireland’s – most important course, MH206 Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, are 520 this year, up a little from 513 last year. MH204 Physics with Astrophysics is 385, up two points on last year’s 383. MH201 General Science (of which Physics is a part) is on 352 points, up two from 350 last year. Just for comparison, the points for these courses from 10 years ago were: MH206 550; MH204 480; and MH201 435, all significantly higher than this year.

Maynooth’s biggest course (by student numbers) – and indeed the biggest course in Ireland reckoned that way – is the Omnibus Arts programme MH101 which has an entry level this year of just 300 CAO points. Ten years ago it was 390.

It seems the first-round entry points for most courses at Maynooth have not changed dramatically despite the reduction in Leaving Certificate grades this year after several years of artificial inflation over the Covid-19 years. Leaving Certificate results are just one factor in determining the CAO points for a particular course at a particular Institution. Overall the picture is rather complex. Across Ireland, points are up for about 50% of courses and down for about 42%. The CAO points needed for a course is largely a matter of demand versus capacity rather than academic performance. For the last few years Maynooth University has been recruiting more and more students, putting pressure on accommodation, teaching loads and campus space. This strategy will prevent any significant rise in CAO points for the foreseeable future. This is probably happening to some extent across the sector, though Maynooth has a more urgent need for more students: to pay for the legions of new managers it has appointed. Two new €100K managerial jobs have been advertised so far this week…

All this just concerns the first round of offers so things may change significantly over the next week or two. Students now have to decide whether to accept their first-round offer or try to change course. They have until next week to do this. Departments won’t know how many new students they have for a while yet.

#CAO #CAOOffers #LeavingCertificate #MaynoothUniversity #MH101 #MH201 #MH204 #MH206

Moving On

Last week I wrote a post about the loose ends of the academic year, one of which concerned my PhD student Aoibhinn, who passed her viva voce examination way back in May, who had to submit a bound copy of the thesis to the relevant office by September 6th so that her degree could be ratified by Faculty and Academic Council. She has now done that, and in the process kindly made me an extra copy of the Authorized Version to put on my shelf:

It will be easy to find on my shelf because it’s a different colour from the others. Aoibhinn will be off to Germany for a postdoctoral fellowship after her conferring ceremony in October.

In subsequent post I mentioned a plethora of meetings to take place this week, all of which went off without much incident. The various Departmental Examination Boards did their business and students will receive their results on September 5th. Students involved in these will be moving on in various ways: some will be graduating, some progressing to the next year of their course and others – though not very many at all – will be leaving without qualifying.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in Ireland, students in the Class of 25 have today been receiving their school Leaving Certificate results. As expected, the proportion at the highest grade (H1) is down significantly compared 2024. On the other hand, the total number of students taking  Leaving Certificate examinations is significantly higher  than last year. You can find all the national statistics here.

How these nationwide effects  will work their way through to undergraduate admissions at Maynooth remains to be seen. Applicants will get offers through the CAO system next week; the points required by each higher education institution should be available online on Wednesday 27th. The Irish Times traditionally publishes a pull-out supplement showing all the offers for all courses at all universities across the sector the following day, i.e. on Thursday 28th September.

By the end of next week, therefore, we’ll have some sort of an idea how many students we will have entering the University in September 2025 and can begin moving on to the next academic year. One thing I’ve already got sorted out – way ahead of previous years – is my teaching timetable for Semester 1. Usually I’ve been happy if I had this before the first week of term! My new timetable makes Tuesdays and Thursdays my heaviest teaching days, but gives me Wednesday free for research and other things that I’ve started planning already.

#AoibhinnGallagher #CAO #CentralAdmissionsOffice #ExaminationBoards #LeavingCertificate #LeavingCertificate2025 #MaynoothUniversity #PhD

The Week Ahead

Another weekend is almost over so, after spending most of this afternoon in the garden, I’ve retreated indoors to look at my calendar for the forthcoming week. I find a plethora of Examination Board meetings, one (tomorrow) for our Masters students who did their presentations on Friday and two for undergraduates who took repeat examinations in August (one for Mathematical Physics and one for Engineering, as I happen to have been teaching Engineering Mathematics this year). The two undergraduate boards are both on Thursday. All three of these should be relatively brief, but you never know…

There is another meeting tomorrow, Monday, about organizing our computational physics teaching for the new academic year. The merger of theoretical and experimental physics has given us the chance to coordinate the different computational modules offered by the two previous departments, but we need to make sure the teaching rooms are big enough and the computers have the correct software, etc. Fortunately I’m not actually teaching Computational Physics again until Semester 2 but we have to get it sorted in time for other modules happening in Semester 1.

In between Monday and Thursday I have two whole days with no meetings and no grading to do. I might be able to get on with some research, or at least with writing up some research I’ve already done.

Friday is a big day for the Irish higher education system, in that it’s the day students get their Leaving Certificate results. This year the grade inflation introduced during the pandemic is supposed to begin to unwind, but none of us outside the examination system knows how this will be achieved or what the results will be. If I had to bet I’d say that the CAO points needed for most courses at Maynooth will go down substantially, partly because of the deflation mentioned previously but also because The Management has decided that the University has to recruit more and more students and will drop entry standards as low as it needs to in order to meet its targets.

I don’t know how many students we will end up with for Academic Year 2025/6 but I do know that I will have retired before most of them complete their course. I used to find it a bit scary thinking about retirement, but not any more.

#ComputationalPhyscs #LeavingCertificate #MaynoothUniversity #Physics #postgraduate #undergraduate

The Week Ahead

Another weekend is almost over so, after spending most of this afternoon in the garden, I’ve retreated indoors to look at my calendar for the forthcoming week. I find a plethora of Examination Board meetings, one (tomorrow) for our Masters students who did their presentations on Friday and two for undergraduates who took repeat examinations in August (one for Mathematical Physics and one for Engineering, as I happen to have been teaching Engineering Mathematics this year). The two undergraduate boards are both on Thursday. All three of these should be relatively brief, but you never know…

There is another meeting tomorrow, Monday, about organizing our computational physics teaching for the new academic year. The merger of theoretical and experimental physics has given us the chance to coordinate the different computational modules offered by the two previous departments, but we need to make sure the teaching rooms are big enough and the computers have the correct software, etc. Fortunately I’m not actually teaching Computational Physics again until Semester 2 but we have to get it sorted in time for other modules happening in Semester 1.

In between Monday and Thursday I have two whole days with no meetings and no grading to do. I might be able to get on with some research, or at least with writing up some research I’ve already done.

Friday is a big day for the Irish higher education system, in that it’s the day students get their Leaving Certificate results. This year the grade inflation introduced during the pandemic is supposed to begin to unwind, but none of us outside the examination system knows how this will be achieved or what the results will be. If I had to bet I’d say that the CAO points needed for most courses at Maynooth will go down substantially, partly because of the deflation mentioned previously but also because The Management has decided that the University has to recruit more and more students and will drop entry standards as low as it needs to in order to meet its targets.

I don’t know how many students we will end up with for Academic Year 2025/6 but I do know that I will have retired before most of them complete their course. I used to find it a bit scary thinking about retirement, but not any more.

#ComputationalPhyscs #LeavingCertificate #MaynoothUniversity #Physics #postgraduate #undergraduate

The Week Ahead

Another weekend is almost over so, after spending most of this afternoon in the garden, I’ve retreated indoors to look at my calendar for the forthcoming week. I find a plethora of Examination Board meetings, one (tomorrow) for our Masters students who did their presentations on Friday and two for undergraduates who took repeat examinations in August (one for Mathematical Physics and one for Engineering, as I happen to have been teaching Engineering Mathematics this year). The two undergraduate boards are both on Thursday. All three of these should be relatively brief, but you never know…

There is another meeting tomorrow, Monday, about organizing our computational physics teaching for the new academic year. The merger of theoretical and experimental physics has given us the chance to coordinate the different computational modules offered by the two previous departments, but we need to make sure the teaching rooms are big enough and the computers have the correct software, etc. Fortunately I’m not actually teaching Computational Physics again until Semester 2 but we have to get it sorted in time for other modules happening in Semester 1.

In between Monday and Thursday I have two whole days with no meetings and no grading to do. I might be able to get on with some research, or at least with writing up some research I’ve already done.

Friday is a big day for the Irish higher education system, in that it’s the day students get their Leaving Certificate results. This year the grade inflation introduced during the pandemic is supposed to begin to unwind, but none of us outside the examination system knows how this will be achieved or what the results will be. If I had to bet I’d say that the CAO points needed for most courses at Maynooth will go down substantially, partly because of the deflation mentioned previously but also because The Management has decided that the University has to recruit more and more students and will drop entry standards as low as it needs to in order to meet its targets.

I don’t know how many students we will end up with for Academic Year 2025/6 but I do know that I will have retired before most of them complete their course. I used to find it a bit scary thinking about retirement, but not any more.

#ComputationalPhyscs #LeavingCertificate #MaynoothUniversity #Physics #postgraduate #undergraduate

The main issue I have with the Irish School #LeavingCertificate is that it doesn't have as much potential for smutty innuendo as the British #ALevel (or the old #OLevel)

The main issue I have with the Irish School #LeavingCertificate is that it doesn't have as much potential for smutty innuendo as the British #ALevel (or the old #OLevel)

The main issue I have with the Irish School #LeavingCertificate is that it doesn't have as much potential for smutty innuendo as the British #ALevel (or the old #OLevel)

The main issue I have with the Irish School #LeavingCertificate is that it doesn't have as much potential for smutty innuendo as the British #ALevel (or the old #OLevel)

The main issue I have with the Irish School #LeavingCertificate is that it doesn't have as much potential for smutty innuendo as the British #ALevel (or the old #OLevel)

The 2025 Leaving Certificate Mathematics Papers

As I mentioned a few days ago, examinations for the 2025 school Leaving Certificate are under way. One of the interesting things about the Irish system is that the examination papers are put up online immediately after the examinations. Students took their first paper in Mathematics (either Ordinary or Higher level) on Friday (yesterday), and there has been some reaction.

Anyway, I thought I’d share the papers here so you can see what you think. Paper 2 is on Monday 9th June, so I’ll add those papers then.

They look reasonable to me. The thing that strikes me about them is that they are much more structured than the A-level mathematics examinations I took way back in 1981.

Comments are welcome through the box below.

#HigherMathematics #LeavingCertificate #mathematics

The 2025 Leaving Certificate Mathematics Papers

As I mentioned a few days ago, examinations for the 2025 school Leaving Certificate are under way. One of the interesting things about the Irish system is that the examination papers are put up online immediately after the examinations. Students took their first paper in Mathematics (either Ordinary or Higher level) on Friday (yesterday), and there has been some reaction.

Anyway, I thought I’d share the papers here so you can see what you think. Paper 2 is on Monday 9th June, so I’ll add those papers then.

They look reasonable to me. The thing that strikes me about them is that they are much more structured than the A-level mathematics examinations I took way back in 1981.

Comments are welcome through the box below.

Update: As promised here are the Papers 2:

Reaction to Paper 2 of Higher Mathematics is that it was more challenging than Paper 1.

#HigherMathematics #LeavingCertificate #mathematics

The 2025 Leaving Certificate Mathematics Papers

As I mentioned a few days ago, examinations for the 2025 school Leaving Certificate are under way. One of the interesting things about the Irish system is that the examination papers are put up online immediately after the examinations. Students took their first paper in Mathematics (either Ordinary or Higher level) on Friday (yesterday), and there has been some reaction.

Anyway, I thought I’d share the papers here so you can see what you think. Paper 2 is on Monday 9th June, so I’ll add those papers then.

They look reasonable to me. The thing that strikes me about them is that they are much more structured than the A-level mathematics examinations I took way back in 1981.

Comments are welcome through the box below.

#HigherMathematics #LeavingCertificate #mathematics

As over 60,000 students across Ireland sit down for their #leavingcertificate exams, one question should be on all our minds, not just theirs:

If you had to take a climate exam today, would you pass?

https://globalactionplan.ie/blogs/as-students-sit-the-leaving-cert-gap-ireland-asks/

#leaving #leavingcert2025 #exams #ireland