Just 1% of Traveller children go on to higher educationNew report shows gaps remain in numbers from marginalised groups at third-levelFri Dec 21 2018 - 00:01
Government to consider changing law on sex educationOireachtas report says religious schools should not use ‘ethos’ as bar to fair educationThu Dec 20 2018 - 12:53
UCD engineer made first president of Ireland’s newest universityProf David FitzPatrick to head Technological University DublinThu Dec 20 2018 - 11:58
Minister slows down school reform in response to concernsSchool admission changes now due to come into force in the 2020/2021 school yearWed Dec 19 2018 - 20:11
ASTI under fire for refusal to implement plans for students with disabilitiesTeachers union’s move condemned as ‘truly shocking discrimination’Wed Dec 19 2018 - 18:19
Q&A: Leaving Cert timetable changes: How will they affect you?Dates set to move for up to a dozen subjectsWed Dec 19 2018 - 15:30
Leaving Cert exams to be extended by two days to minimise timetable clashesMove aims to ease crowded exam schedule which forced students to sit three exams in one dayWed Dec 19 2018 - 13:07
Irish UN peacekeepers to visit all secondary schools under new programmeMore than 700 schools to receive UN flags and copies of UN CharterWed Dec 19 2018 - 12:13
Irish university makes first Brexit-inspired academic appointmentUCC and Oxford jointly hire top quantum scientist, capitalising on uncertainty in UKWed Dec 19 2018 - 06:00
Dublin principal set to lead country’s largest teacher unionINTO general secretary designate John Boyle pledges to help remove inequities in fundingTue Dec 18 2018 - 20:06
Unions concerned by plan to give business bigger say in university fundingIndustry to have central role in oversight of how €300m education fund is spentMon Dec 17 2018 - 00:00
Leaving Cert pressure causing stress and ‘burnout’ among pupilsStudents tell official review that senior cycle is crushing their creativityMon Dec 17 2018 - 00:00
Trinity likely to be hardest hit by disruption to flow of students after Brexit3,400 higher education students cross the Border to studyThu Dec 13 2018 - 19:15
‘Damning’ report finds 50,000 spare seats on State-funded bus servicesSchool transport scheme costs more than €1 million a dayThu Dec 13 2018 - 18:30
Rising cost of school transport scheme may ‘not be sustainable’Government officials say cost-saving and efficiency measures needed for €190m schemeThu Dec 13 2018 - 00:05
Homemakers may be encouraged into workforce to ease skills shortages‘Economically inactive’ groups could be encouraged into labour force with flexible working hoursWed Dec 12 2018 - 06:00
Parents pressure psychologists to grant Irish exemptionsOfficial report finds dislike of Irish linked to bedwetting and refusal to go to schoolWed Dec 12 2018 - 00:39
Parents to vote on patron bodies for 12 new primary schoolsThe schools will be based in areas of Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Wicklow and CorkMon Dec 10 2018 - 00:54
UL pledges to pay executives’ €1.2m pensions from private fundingMove follows C&AG report into controversial spending practices at universityMon Dec 10 2018 - 00:51
Employers to have key say on allocation of education fundingIndustry to have central role in oversight of how €300 million fund is spentMon Dec 10 2018 - 00:00
Computer science graduates earn more than other graduatesBut new data shows fall in new entrants to ICT coursesFri Dec 07 2018 - 18:12
Poorer students can outperform others through college foundation coursesDisadvantaged students fare better socially and academically with on-campus supportsThu Dec 06 2018 - 17:12
Schools struggling to recruit busy parents to boards of managementDepartment may create ‘federal boards’ to be responsible for number of schoolsThu Dec 06 2018 - 00:36
Ireland hailed for its commitment to education in developing countriesGlobal Partnership for Education salutes Government pledge to double overseas aidWed Dec 05 2018 - 23:57
Government to explore safeguards for English language teachersMove comes after Grafton College closure left about 20 staff without wagesWed Dec 05 2018 - 20:10
Archdeacon banned from taking part in services over comments on school-admissions rowC of I archbishop’s move comes after Edgar Swann warned Greystones, Co Wicklow, community being ‘torn apart’ by controversyWed Dec 05 2018 - 01:00
Affluent students 14 times more likely to go to university than disadvantaged peersEducational inequality: ‘Feeder Schools’ data shows the extent of two-tier schools systemTue Dec 04 2018 - 00:05
Irish architects awarded UCD’s highest honourGrafton Architects founders receive Ulysses medal for ‘outstanding global contribution’Fri Nov 30 2018 - 17:43
ASTI rejects pay deal for new entrant teachersMove increases potential for disruption in schoolsThu Nov 29 2018 - 16:04
Primary school principals to protest over ‘unsustainable’ workloadsNational forum says members will not engage with initiatives or training daysThu Nov 29 2018 - 15:05
Hate speech against immigrants and Travellers ‘widespread’ onlineUsers seldom report hate speech, study tracking ‘racially-loaded toxic speech’ findsWed Nov 28 2018 - 20:19
Rise in pupil numbers exempt from Irish study due to stressUnpublished report finds exemptions system for Irish language is ‘not fit for purpose’Wed Nov 28 2018 - 02:00
Academic calibre of trainee teachers dips, report findsIrish teachers’ qualification standards still among the world’s top countries despite fallWed Nov 28 2018 - 00:04
University of Limerick added executives to pension schemeC&AG report finds benefits received by executives has been valued at over €1.2 millionTue Nov 27 2018 - 13:14
Department accused of ignoring ‘shocking’ Clare school failuresEnrolment at Ennis Educate Together fell by two-thirds following poor inspection reportsTue Nov 27 2018 - 05:00
Homeless campaigner Alice Leahy named humanitarian of the yearIrish Red Cross awards recognise pupils’ campaign to revoke classmate’s deportationSun Nov 25 2018 - 14:06
Higher Education Authority seeks new laws to clarify its independenceHEA chief resigned this year amid frustration over Department ‘micro-managing’Fri Nov 23 2018 - 20:10
Bray school’s ‘homeless’ crisis looms ahead of State examsPrincipal flags mounting anxiety among staff and students as temporary home up for saleThu Nov 22 2018 - 15:44
Third of eight-year-olds play ‘graphic’ adult video gamesParents warned against buying over-18s games ahead of Black Friday salesThu Nov 22 2018 - 05:00
Status of apprenticeships suffering from ‘overwhelming’ focus on college placesLong-term marketing plan needed to boost the image of the sector, committee hearsTue Nov 20 2018 - 19:44
Cheating on the rise in Irish universitiesBusiness studies students most likely to be accused of ‘academic dishonesty’Tue Nov 20 2018 - 00:52
Irish-speaking schools warn of legal action over ‘unfair’ patronage processSchool management body for gaelscoileanna says ‘first past the post’ system is biasedMon Nov 19 2018 - 01:00
Two-tier funding system to reward high quality preschoolsPlans feature in early-years strategy to be published by Minister Zappone next weekSat Nov 17 2018 - 01:00
Repairing schools to cost ‘big money’, says Minister‘I don’t have the estimates ... assessments will need to be carried out on all 42 schools’Fri Nov 16 2018 - 18:20
New project aims to boost inner city students’ chances of securing tech jobsSchools to take part in programme to give students career pathways into digital economyFri Nov 16 2018 - 18:16
Are plans to close gender gap in university posts fair?Creation of women-only posts in academia set to spark objections from many factionsThu Nov 15 2018 - 09:45
Principals warn teacher shortage will worsen due to spike in student numbers40,000 more students set join second level over next six yearsThu Nov 15 2018 - 09:43
Secondary school will be ‘forced’ to vacate building ahead of State examsNorth Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School says students are being affected by uncertain futureWed Nov 14 2018 - 19:19
Concern over lack of oversight involving sale of spin-out companyWIT retained less than €1m from €65m sale of firm developed on its campusTue Nov 13 2018 - 21:14
Panti Bliss tells teenagers: ‘It’s good to be different’Wellbeing and education seminar for ‘generation Z’ attracts thousands of school pupilsTue Nov 13 2018 - 17:34
