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Spell your name right and you could soon win a first-class degree Liam Fay, Sunday Times Irish Edition 25/3/07. See original article for full text. "Getting into university has never been easier. There are now enough third-level places for all the middle-class kids who want them..." "Leaving Certificate students, meanwhile, are setting new records every year with their ever-increasing points scores." "Graduating from university, and with first-class honours, has also never been eaiser." "We've known about grade inflation in secondary school results...It now appears that the same thing is happening at third level." "..there's significant anecdotal evidence that academics are under growing pressure to award students unduly high marks, as third level institutions prioritise student numbers and growth at the expense of educational standards." "Fortunately, there's a mounting fightback." "Tralee researchers have launched a website to highlight their findings. It warns that continuing decline in the quality of Irish education has serious long-term implications, especially for the competitiveness of our economy."