Injecting, drug dealing, bloodied wipes, ‘the kids see everything’Principal of Dublin national school says authorities are ignoring impact on pupilsWed Mar 20 2019 - 01:13
Colleges risk losing funding if sexual consent classes not providedReport ordered by Minister recommends ‘transparent and accountable’ protocolsTue Mar 19 2019 - 14:00
Consent on campus: ‘We’re building zero tolerance to sexual harassment’UCC’s ‘bystander intervention’ is being made available to all 22,000 studentsTue Mar 19 2019 - 01:00
Cultural change needed to make campuses safer for third-level studentsAnalysis: Sexual harassment and rape remain major issues on campusTue Mar 19 2019 - 01:00
Why do so many Leaving Cert students skip the Irish exam?Is it fear or loathing that made 9,500 students sit out the test in 2016 – and does it matter?Sat Mar 16 2019 - 06:00
School climate strikes pose dilemma for principalsAny move to endorse walkouts poses welfare and safety risks for studentsFri Mar 15 2019 - 07:00
World’s oldest college debating society to celebrate 250th anniversaryTrinity College Dublin Historical Society to celebrate its gilded, and star-studded, historyThu Mar 14 2019 - 01:00
Alan Hawe was not facing disciplinary threat, school saysCastlerahan NS says reputation of staff damaged by claims killer accessed porn on premisesTue Mar 12 2019 - 16:07
Thousands of students opt not to sit Leaving Cert Irish exam each yearNew data shows thousands of pupils without exemptions are choosing not to sit examMon Mar 11 2019 - 01:36
Sharp drop in CAO applications from UK amid Brexit uncertaintyDemand up for language, humanities courses and down for journalism, theologySat Mar 09 2019 - 06:00
Prescription drugs implicated in most deaths by overdoseJust 5% of drug-related deaths are among people who inject drugsFri Mar 08 2019 - 00:01
Women earn 16% less than men in the European Union, report findsEuropean Commission report calls for greater steps to narrow gender pay gapThu Mar 07 2019 - 18:05
Inadequate numbers of trained staff at centre for vulnerable adultsReport finds some staff not trained to give medication to residentsThu Mar 07 2019 - 17:55
Government rules out review of plan to ‘demote’ geography in junior cycleVaradkar says making too many subjects compulsory risks overloading curriculumThu Mar 07 2019 - 17:16
Higher education fees for students from Northern Ireland to be frozenAmendment to Brexit Bill will protect existing fees regime in event of hard BrexitWed Mar 06 2019 - 22:50
‘Critical’ shortage of engineering graduates55% decrease in civil and building engineering graduates over the last five yearsWed Mar 06 2019 - 17:26
Eight undocumented Leaving Cert students face ‘limbo’ after examsBrazilian students arrived in Galway during boom years with their working parentsTue Mar 05 2019 - 19:02
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to be given university statusChange will help in securing ‘top-level’ staff, research funding and students, CEO saysTue Mar 05 2019 - 16:41
Teachers may face ‘fitness to teach’ complaints if they do not support special needs pupilsAutism charity issues warning following ASTI and TUI instructions to membersMon Mar 04 2019 - 00:05
State and students ‘should bear cost’ of third-level educationSimmering debate on loan scheme sidelined in latest survey which endorses status quoMon Mar 04 2019 - 00:01
Hawe murders: Flanagan to review options for inquiryMinister to meet mother and sister of woman murdered, along with three sons, by husbandThu Feb 28 2019 - 03:00
Have your say: How would you change the Leaving Cert?Students say senior cycle pressure is causing stress, burnout and mental health problemsWed Feb 27 2019 - 10:00
Thousands of children with mental health concerns on waiting lists for assessmentsChildren’s Rights Alliance expresses concern over impact of delays on young peopleTue Feb 26 2019 - 13:24
Secondary schools to share teachers in bid to ease staff shortagesMany schools struggling to hire teachers in subjects such as maths, science and languagesMon Feb 25 2019 - 01:01
Student literacy levels: 'It is almost as if they are word blind'‘Some of the stuff I was grading was the worst I’ve ever seen – even from good students’Mon Feb 25 2019 - 01:00
Irish trainee teachers being offered financial sweeteners to work abroadScience and maths teachers hired to work abroad despite acute shortages in Irish classroomsThu Feb 21 2019 - 17:56
Multi-denominational patrons for 12 new primary schoolsEducate Together awarded patronage of seven new commuter belt schoolsThu Feb 21 2019 - 13:28
Education board dedicating ‘significant resources’ to Garda investigationCriminal probe into concerns over spending of taxpayers’ moneyWed Feb 20 2019 - 20:39
‘Huge drop’ in literacy levels of Irish university graduates – OECD studyUp to 6% of Irish university graduates are functionally illiterateWed Feb 20 2019 - 18:28
Arts graduates earn least while teachers earn most, survey findsHigher Education Authority reports 90% of graduates get jobs in IrelandMon Feb 18 2019 - 00:01
Economic recovery boosting prospects for college graduatesStarting salaries rising, employment rates climbing and emigration going downMon Feb 18 2019 - 00:01
Employment rates for college graduates at boom-time levelsOf working graduates, 90% find employment in Ireland with average starting pay at €33kMon Feb 18 2019 - 00:01
Today’s unfit teenagers. Tomorrow’s diabeticsSome 15-year-olds are less healthy than their grandparents. How do we avoid an epidemic?Sat Feb 16 2019 - 06:00
Leaving Cert students set to receive college offers four days earlier than normalChanges mean students will have to wait just 48 hours for offers after resultsFri Feb 15 2019 - 18:51
Too many people in Ireland going to college and unsuited to itIt seems increasingly clear that student aptitude should determine learning pathwaysFri Feb 15 2019 - 03:00
Parents need to learn higher education is not the only measure of successETBI chief says many students may flourish in more hands-on further education coursesFri Feb 15 2019 - 00:04
Is it too easy to get into some third-level college courses?Significant number of students with low CAO points are strugglingThu Feb 14 2019 - 01:00
Significant gender gap in number completing college coursesStudy shows male students with lower Leaving Cert points more likely to drop outThu Feb 14 2019 - 01:00
Teachers who do not support students with special needs may be in breach of lawDepartment of Education issues warning to secondary teachers’ unionsThu Feb 14 2019 - 01:00
Some third-level computing courses have 80% drop-out rateHigh non-completion rates in certain areas of ‘huge concern’ to education authoritiesThu Feb 14 2019 - 00:00
Hard Brexit could put major pressure on ‘creaking’ third-level sectorIrish students may stay home from UK over fees uncertainty, Oireachtas committee hearsWed Feb 13 2019 - 06:00
Trinity team secures place in ‘Irish Times’ Debate finalStudent teams debated decision to invite Pope to Ireland in hotly contested competitionMon Feb 11 2019 - 21:57
Some teens’ cardiovascular health akin to that of 60-year-oldsAge indicates a trend towards neglecting fitness in the lead-up to the Leaving CertMon Feb 11 2019 - 01:00
Students in south Dublin warned over mumps outbreakCases of the virus confirmed in Trinity College and some schoolsSun Feb 10 2019 - 18:22
University status for RCSI would boost efforts to attract students and fundingStatus matters more than ever in fiercely competitive global education marketplaceThu Feb 07 2019 - 02:11
College of Surgeons in Ireland to become a universityNew legislation would enable 235-year-old college to secure university statusThu Feb 07 2019 - 00:58
Analysis: Carter case appeal puts Government in a thorny positionMinister promoting greater access to third level while arguing no one has a right to itWed Feb 06 2019 - 16:00
Minister to argue no right of access to higher education in Carter appealCourt ‘erred’ in Leaving Cert student’s case over CAO points, Joe McHugh believesWed Feb 06 2019 - 01:05
Shortage of examiners in lead up to Leaving Cert oral examsState Examinations Commission may recruit teachers right up to start of examsMon Feb 04 2019 - 01:00
Employers must make workplaces more ‘age-friendly’ for over-65sDCU report says proportion of workers aged over 65 is set to increase dramaticallyMon Feb 04 2019 - 00:20
