TCD provost says new students may end up starting college ‘slightly later’ this yearPrendergast reassures secondary students hoping to study at Trinity that it will welcome new students in the autumnThu Mar 26 2020 - 21:09
RTÉ to broadcast ‘school on TV’ from next weekHome school hub will be aimed at primary school children from first to sixth classThu Mar 26 2020 - 19:35
Coronavirus: Schools to provide weekly boxes of groceries for disadvantaged pupilsGovernment confirms funding for schools meals programme for 250,000 childrenThu Mar 26 2020 - 13:31
Leaving Cert students could sit deferred exams and start college in mid-autumnContingency plan being explored in case of delay to June examsWed Mar 25 2020 - 17:28
Coronavirus: Varadkar ‘hopeful’ schools can return in May or JuneTaoiseach says ‘very good chance’ Leaving Cert exams will go aheadTue Mar 24 2020 - 18:09
Students risk losing out as online teaching creates ‘digital divide’Many do not have access to broadband or teachers are ill-equipped to teach remotelyMon Mar 23 2020 - 02:15
Teachers should provide online support during closures – DepartmentNational Parents Council says supports from schools and teachers vary significantlySun Mar 22 2020 - 18:00
Junior Cert could be cancelled to prioritise Leaving Cert written examsTaoiseach says school closures could be extended into April or MayFri Mar 20 2020 - 12:44
Cancelled exams: ‘I got so annoyed and frustrated that I started crying’Leaving Cert students’ reaction to the decision to cancel oral and practical examsThu Mar 19 2020 - 23:04
Leaving/Junior Cert students to get full marks as orals and practicals cancelledMinister working on assumption Leaving Cert written exam will go ahead as plannedThu Mar 19 2020 - 11:39
‘Students are super-stressed. They don’t know when the exams will be’Coronavirus: Leaving Cert students feel anxious and uncertain over what lies aheadWed Mar 18 2020 - 17:33
Coronavirus: Call for clarity on future of State exams to ease students’ anxietyContingency plans for Junior and Leaving Certs being worked on, department saysWed Mar 18 2020 - 16:59
Coronavirus: Hundreds of medicine students fast-tracked into fight against Covid-19‘We’re know there’s a tsunami coming. We’re ready to to help’Wed Mar 18 2020 - 08:34
Coronavirus: University of Limerick likely to set up field hospital on campusUL president expects it will be at least mid-June before college reopens to studentsMon Mar 16 2020 - 11:59
Why Confirmation is still ‘a thing’ in Irish schoolsIn a slowly secularising school system, the numbers getting confirmed are holding upSat Mar 14 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus: Parents urged to avoid children mixing with others‘No playdates, no parties and no playgrounds,’ warns hospital consultantFri Mar 13 2020 - 20:42
Home-schooling during coronavirus closures: advice from expertsQ&A: What you need to know about timetables, rewards and parents’ resourcesFri Mar 13 2020 - 16:41
Teachers’ Easter conferences postponed due to coronavirusAsti, TUI and INTO did not say if there is a provisional date later in the year for conferenceFri Mar 13 2020 - 15:17
Schools, colleges and childcare facilities may shut well beyond March 29thLeaving Cert and Junior Cert oral and practical exams to be postponedThu Mar 12 2020 - 21:10
Q&A: How will school closures impact on pupils, parents and exams?Leaving Cert and Junior Cert oral and practical examinations are set to be postponedThu Mar 12 2020 - 19:09
Coronavirus: Schools prepare to move classes onlineDisruption due to mass school closures set to be unmatched by any weather event in living memoryThu Mar 12 2020 - 18:54
Coronavirus: Junior and Leaving Cert exams still scheduled for later this monthState Examinations Commission says oral and practical exams are set to take placeWed Mar 11 2020 - 20:19
Further education courses boost students’ chances of graduating from third levelQuarter of institute of technology students now come from further education sectorWed Mar 11 2020 - 17:25
Coronavirus: No plans for large-scale school closures ‘at this point’Department of Education says decision to shut schools would be made on public health adviceTue Mar 10 2020 - 18:41
Coronavirus: No plans for large-scale school closures ‘at this point’Department of Education says decision to shut schools would be made on public health adviceTue Mar 10 2020 - 16:06
Trinity introduces online classes in bid to limit coronavirus threatUniversity closes Book of Kells exhibition and Old Library to visitorsTue Mar 10 2020 - 13:07
Warning over ‘emergency’ shortage of secondary school principalsLess than a third say they will remain in a school leadership role in five years’ timeTue Mar 10 2020 - 06:00
Increase in CAO applications for science and environment coursesFigures reflect interest among young people in climate change and sustainabilityTue Mar 10 2020 - 06:00
Thousands of students apply for hardship funds to help pay for rising rentsUp to 14,000 to get payments from Student Assistance Fund in current academic yearMon Mar 09 2020 - 13:03
Snobbery at the heart of two-tier education system for school-leaversAnalysis: Consultation paper points to closer links between further and higher educationMon Mar 09 2020 - 02:01
CAO may be expanded to include further education coursesDepartment of Education paper questions whether too many students go to collegeMon Mar 09 2020 - 02:00
Irish universities face financial black hole over coronavirusColleges fear losing millions as foreign students may be obliged to cancel enrolmentSun Mar 08 2020 - 17:11
‘No evidence’ fee-paying schools do better at boosting academic performanceSchool performance often distorted by students’ prior ability or family backgroundThu Mar 05 2020 - 20:09
RCSI to bring forward exams amid concern over spread of coronavirusState exams body taking Department of Health advice over Junior and Leaving CertThu Mar 05 2020 - 17:18
Social media ‘overload’ linked to fatigueThose prone to feeling bored on social media more likely to feel overwhelmed, study findsTue Mar 03 2020 - 22:07
Coronavirus: Universities plan online classes and exams in case of campus closuresContingency plans drawn up to ensure teaching and learning can continueTue Mar 03 2020 - 18:03
Laws aimed at cutting numbers jailed for unpaid fines ‘not working’‘Revolving door’ means many offenders choose prison over alternatives, says Chief JusticeSun Mar 01 2020 - 19:44
Trinity students crowned team champions of 60th Irish Times DebateIndividual speaker’s award goes to Rachael Mullally representing UCD LawFri Feb 28 2020 - 22:25
Dispute over timing of secondary school teacher meetings escalatesASTI insists Department of Educaton circular aimed at resolving row is ‘unacceptable’Fri Feb 28 2020 - 09:27
Opposition grows among school groups to plans for changes of SNA allocation systemDepartment is planning to ‘frontload’ 10,000 special needs assistants to mainstream schoolsFri Feb 28 2020 - 01:00
‘Children’s needs have to be at the centre . . . otherwise, it’s pointless’Mother increasingly concerned son’s access to special needs assistant has been dilutedFri Feb 28 2020 - 01:00
iPads in school experiment gets fail mark as kids go shopping and gamingHighly critical review commissioned by Ratoath College is likely to be influentialFri Feb 28 2020 - 00:20
Coronavirus: Some schools send pupils home following Italy tripsConfusion among schools over advice to students returning from affected areasWed Feb 26 2020 - 20:31
Schools face losing hundreds of teaching posts due to disputeDepartment puts ASTI under pressure over junior cycle meetingsWed Feb 26 2020 - 19:10
Colleges must provide alcohol-free student accommodation under new rulesGovernment health drive also urges drug and alcohol-free social spaces on campusWed Feb 26 2020 - 02:05
Children may learn foreign languages from third classSweeping changes proposed to primary school curriculumTue Feb 25 2020 - 06:32
Trinity College plans wildflower meadow on College GreenUniversity wants to transform prominent grassy area in response to biodiversity crisisTue Feb 25 2020 - 02:48
Algeria to fund hundreds of students to study at University of LimerickUL says €20m ‘game changing’ English-language deal will boost international presenceTue Feb 25 2020 - 02:22
Graduates 'not well-equipped' for future workplaceAccenture report finds education and businesses at odds over students’ preparednessTue Feb 25 2020 - 02:03
Teachers face ‘longer tuition hours’ under plan to resolve disputeDepartment seeks to stop practice of placing pupils in ‘free classes’ to fit in junior cycle meetingsMon Feb 24 2020 - 04:19
