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YTC 2017 survey sent to 2,500 NCHDs is open for 12 weeks

Aim of Special Study Module is to broaden horizons beyond the daily schedule

IMO AGM attendees passed a motion calling for tax relief to offset debts

The University of Limerick (UL) has become the third Irish university to appoint a medical doctor as its current President, meaning that medics now head up three out of the seven universities in Ireland, writes June Shannon.

At both Trinity College and UCD, the number of Central Applications Office (CAO) points needed for entry to Medicine this year is 730, which is a slight fall of three and six points respectively from last year, due to a fall in applications.

Pilot studies in UK and Australian primary schools has suggested that the introduction of so-called ‘sit-to-stand desks’ appears to be an effective way of reducing classroom sitting and tackling children’s sedentary behaviour.

Children who attended a full-day preschool programme had higher scores on measures of school readiness skills (language, math, socio-emotional development, and physical health), increased attendance, and reduced chronic absences compared to children who attended part-day preschool, according to a study in JAMA.

It’s long been the case that the need to wear glasses has been conflated with a higher intelligence.

By replacing the stick with the carrot and ending compulsory Irish, Dr Ruairi Hanley believes we might see more young people willingly take up the language and loving it for what it is.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.