geodesic42
Morberticus
The recent 3rd level institution league tables are a little disheartening (for me). Ireland used to have a good educational reputation, but colleges and universities here seem to be suffering the same problems that have plagued many U.S. highchools: Placing greater emphasis on the preservation of self-esteem than on genuine hard work and acheivement. Any masters qualification I get from Trinity simply won't carry as much international weight as it used to because of this.

It's a shame really. One of the main reasons my family moved to this country was because I could receive the equivalent of an Ivy league education at a fraction of the cost. But that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. And what's more, colleges and universities in the states (Especially New England, where I used to live) are offering more and more impressive bursaries and scholarships.

*shrug* oh well. *Makes a paper plane out of degree parchment.* rolleyes


Morb, I know you know your stuff and respect your opinion (recall I've mentioned you specifically in a few posts regarding solid state and chaos theory). Even if your masters doesn't carry as much weight as it used to, I know it's not something to scoff at. I really doubt your CV will make it hard to find a position somewhere. =)

Very late edit: Trinity is also an absurdly reputable school. My dad tends to be pretty savvy about a school's reputation (especially in physics) and says Trinity is the only other U.K. school whose undergrad degree is highly recognized by Cambridge and Oxford (can you confirm this? ^_^).
Anywho, mayhaps if you're pondering going for a Ph.D. you could head to one of the schools in the New England area.


Just spotted the edit now. Hmmm... My undergrad degree is from NUI Maynooth. My masters will be from Trinity (School of Mathematics to be precise). I've decided to ignore league tables as I've found a few more with very little in common between them all.