Olly Donnelly | Contributing Writer More Irish students are getting firsts and 2:1’s than ever before, according to statistics in the Irish Times, with Trinity being top of the pile. Over the past 10 years, 71.7 per cent of TCD graduates have received a first or a 2:1. This is much higher than the national average: at the University of Limerick, for example, that number is 50.2 per cent. Trinity claim this is because of the “exceptionally bright cohorts of students” that the college attracts, which is about as close to a compliment from the Provost as most of us will ever get. However, some … Continue reading Inflated Out Of Proportion