National rollout of ‘unlawful’ school assessments halted New system aimed to make school principals responsible for key aspects of education needs assessments for vulnerable childrenThu Oct 27 2022 - 21:42
Students ‘more likely to take responsibility’ for learning after Junior Cycle reformsReview highlights concerns over gap between Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert following recent changesThu Oct 27 2022 - 07:00
‘I have nowhere to live next week. I’m scared’: International students lift lid on rental crisisState’s reputation as destination for overseas students ‘at risk’ due to housing crisis, states reportWed Oct 26 2022 - 16:19
Teacher shortages: Most secondary schools unable to fill key posts — surveyTUI poll says in many cases teachers accepted a position only to later reject it for one elsewhereWed Oct 26 2022 - 00:00
Sharp drop in teachers marking State exams despite some earning up to €8,000Number of Junior Cycle examiners down 38 per cent on a decade agoTue Oct 25 2022 - 19:51
‘Standing room’ only at university drop-in counselling serviceMental health staff struggle with demand from students in distress on campuses, Oireachtas committee toldTue Oct 25 2022 - 17:58
‘The student experience is at risk’: Trinity’s first female provost on running Ireland’s top-ranked universityProf Linda Doyle, the first woman to take the reins of Ireland’s top-ranked university, on the challenges facing Irish higher educationTue Oct 25 2022 - 00:01
Row over ‘unlawful’ protest outside school ahead of Minister for Education’s visitASTI members protest over school’s ‘refusal’ to allow maths teacher attend Teaching Council meetingsFri Oct 21 2022 - 15:13
Retired teachers may be encouraged back to schools to plug classroom gapsNorma Foley says pension rules could be changed to make it more financially attractive for retireesFri Oct 21 2022 - 14:52
Parents urged to ‘take back control’ as children spend time on digital devicesMany children as young as eight using Whatsapp and other social media platforms, despite over-13 age limitFri Oct 21 2022 - 00:01
Government to review pay rates for thousands of PhD studentsResearchers call for payments to be increased for thousands of specialists on incomes ‘below minimum wage’Thu Oct 20 2022 - 13:11
Secondary schools forced to hire unqualified staff due to ‘unprecedented’ teacher shortages, say principals Staff shortages are ‘worst I’ve ever seen’, says head of school principals’ representative groupWed Oct 19 2022 - 18:27
‘Children are suffering and getting worse’: Principals’ alarm at rise of anxiety among primary schoolchildrenSchool leaders say mental health problems have ‘escalated’ since the pandemicTue Oct 18 2022 - 21:00
Parents paying rent of third-level students to get €500 tax creditRental rebate extended in move to help cut education costsTue Oct 18 2022 - 17:28
Examiners’ pay to be reviewed in attempt to speed up return of exam resultsNorma Foley says shortage of teachers correcting exams a key factor behind delayed release date for Junior Cycle resultsTue Oct 18 2022 - 15:41
Q&A: Why are Junior Cycle results so late this year?Minister for Education Norma Foley pledges review into marking of State examsTue Oct 18 2022 - 13:54
Junior Cert results will not be released until November 23rdState Examinations Commission confirms delayed date for release of results to 68,000 studentsTue Oct 18 2022 - 08:19
Homeless as a child, a school dropout at 15, an engineering supervisor at 18James Flanagan had the odds stacked against him from the start, but his fortunes changed when he attended an alternative education centre for young people at riskMon Oct 17 2022 - 06:00
Susi grant holders set to receive double payment on December 16thPlans to extend €500 rent tax credit to parents who pay for children’s accommodation under considerationMon Oct 17 2022 - 00:01
Half of black professionals say ethnicity is a barrier to their career — surveyUnconscious racial bias in hiring people a key obstacle, say members of African Professional Network of IrelandSun Oct 16 2022 - 19:39
Junior Cycle exam results release date due this weekShortage of teachers willing to work as examiners among the factors behind delaySun Oct 16 2022 - 16:56
‘There’s no college experience any more’: Students walk out of lectures to highlight cost of living crisisThousands of students left lecture theatres at 11.11am in protest over ‘unsustainable’ financial pressuresThu Oct 13 2022 - 15:02
Universities to create posts to tackle sexual harassment on campusThousands of third-level students experience harassment or unwanted sexual advances, research indicatesThu Oct 13 2022 - 00:10
State exams review to focus on boosting examiner numbers as wait continues for Junior Cert resultsDate for release of Junior Cycle exam results to be announced early next weekWed Oct 12 2022 - 20:39
Fine Gael TD criticises exclusion of pupils in fee-charging primary schools from free schoolbooks‘These are taxpayers, the same as everyone else. What is different about them?’ says Jennifer Carroll MacNeillWed Oct 12 2022 - 15:27
Trinity College slips in latest set of world university rankingsUniversity says underfunding and high student-staff ratios to blame for drop down global league tableWed Oct 12 2022 - 02:00
‘This is a game changer’: civil engineering apprenticeships available outside CAO points race‘Earn and learn’ option will allow students complete degree and masters level qualificationsTue Oct 11 2022 - 19:55
Cillian Murphy: ‘Irish people are afraid of emotion. Acting saved me from that’The actor is part of a ground-breaking educational campaign on empathy and connectionSat Oct 08 2022 - 05:00
Total of 20% of rechecked Leaving Cert exams upgraded 3,769 subject results upgraded, equivalent to 1 per cent of overall exam resultsFri Oct 07 2022 - 06:00
Woman appointed to role of chief inspector for schools for first timeYvonne Keating is first woman to hold the top role in inspectorate which dates back to 1832Thu Oct 06 2022 - 20:04
Cuts to college fees this year are ‘just the start’, says HarrisReduction in €3,000 student registration and higher grants are ‘clear direction of future travel’Thu Oct 06 2022 - 19:46
Special needs children bussed out of their communities due to shortage of school placesOireachtas committee hears of long waiting lists for access to vital supports such as speech and language or occupational therapyTue Oct 04 2022 - 16:59
Trinity’s provost warns new Bill could threaten university autonomyHigher Education Authority legislation to be enacted shortly is biggest shake-up in third level governance in 50 yearsSun Oct 02 2022 - 19:45
‘Groundbreaking’ plan to provide counselling in primary schools as anxiety levels risePilot project follows rising levels of anxiety among schoolchildrenSun Oct 02 2022 - 16:50
Teachers’ unions vote overwhelmingly to accept public sector pay deal80% of Irish National Teachers’ Organisation members back 6.5% pay increaseFri Sept 30 2022 - 16:08
Schools’ fuel bills should not be funded by parents ‘in any form’ - Norma Foley Management body says schools will need parents’ support, but Minister insists €90m budget package will be ‘sufficient’Thu Sept 29 2022 - 20:29
Cuts to third-level fees do not apply to students at private colleges — HarrisHibernia College chief says the exclusion of its students from supports this year amounted to ‘discrimination’Thu Sept 29 2022 - 17:01
Fee-charging schools will have ‘no automatic right’ to energy bill fundsFee-charging schools will not be automatically eligible for once-off emergency fundWed Sept 28 2022 - 20:50
Free primary schoolbooks and one-off €1,000 cut in third level contribution fee announcedEducation: Class sizes at primary set to fall to lowest on record as schools get €100 million package to deal with energy costsTue Sept 27 2022 - 19:42
Budget sees slew of measures to ease education costs - but long-term funding issues remainBudget 2023: Schools and universities say they will continue to suffer from chronic underfunding despite record investmentTue Sept 27 2022 - 18:29
Budget 2023: Free schoolbooks and tax break for renters in store in €10bn package Finishing touches being put to measures designed to counter inflationMon Sept 26 2022 - 05:00
Free schoolbooks on way under measures to be unveiled in Budget 2023Initiative costing €47m not a once-off move and will continue over coming years, say sourcesMon Sept 26 2022 - 01:00
Harris aims to cut €3,000 student fee and improve college grants in budgetMinister opens Higher Options, Ireland's main education expo for secondary studentsWed Sept 21 2022 - 19:02
Vulnerable children suffering ‘frightening’ levels of regression due to shortcomings in servicesSome young people with complex needs can’t access school summer programmes, parents sayTue Sept 20 2022 - 18:04
Covid catch-up initiative ends amid concern over gaps in children’s learningStudies indicate pupils lost out on nearly a half-year’s worth of learning since the pandemic beganMon Sept 19 2022 - 02:00
Catholic primary schools in Archdiocese of Dublin will continue Communion, Confirmation preparationUpdated policy places greater emphasis on families and the local parish in sacramental preparationSun Sept 18 2022 - 14:58
Cold classrooms, extra layers and lights off: how schools are preparing for the energy crisisA dramatic increase in State funding is needed to ensure classrooms are kept warm and lit, principals saySat Sept 17 2022 - 03:00
Hundreds of social care students do not know if their degrees will be accreditedNew entrants must have an approved qualification to work in the sector from November 2023Fri Sept 16 2022 - 17:28
Schools struggle to collect parents’ voluntary contributions as bills mountSome principals say income is down by up to 30 per cent as energy bills mountFri Sept 16 2022 - 00:00
‘We can already see a difference in the children’: Pupils adapt to new surrounds at state-of-the-art special school Stewarts School’s new €25 million building makes it one of the biggest schools of its type in the StateWed Sept 14 2022 - 20:10
