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
Irish oral exam changes for trainee primary teachersMove aims to streamline entry process for postgraduate programmesTue Nov 13 2018 - 16:14
‘There’s nothing wrong with women . . . We are more than capable’Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington says sexism against women in third level is widespreadMon Nov 12 2018 - 01:00
Preschools in poorer areas to benefit from extra staff and free meals for childrenDeis-style support model to be extended to early years care and educationMon Nov 12 2018 - 00:00
Funds for women-only professorships aim to end gender inequalityGovernment to back roles in third level institutions at cost of €6 millionSun Nov 11 2018 - 13:00
Higher education chair urged chief to change his mind on resignationGraham Love resigned as HEA boss amid frustration over ‘risk’ faced by collegesFri Nov 09 2018 - 23:30
All schools to reopen today after closures over structural concernsSome parents refusing to return children to affected Tyrrelstown school over safety fearsFri Nov 09 2018 - 01:00
Schools may be asked to share teachers to ease supply ‘crisis’Joe McHugh publishes action plan to help tackle shortages of teachers in key subjectsThu Nov 08 2018 - 20:16
The kids seem to be doing just fineIt’s easy to feel gloomy about the state of children’s lives – but a new study paints a much brighter pictureThu Nov 08 2018 - 18:48
DCU to lead EU project to tackle ‘fake news’Initiative will use digital technologies to identify modifications and similarities in social media contentThu Nov 08 2018 - 07:00
Tyrrelstown school partially reopens after structural concerns‘The schoolyard looks like Mountjoy Prison’: Protest planned over ‘unsafe’ alterationsThu Nov 08 2018 - 06:40
Parents refusing to send children back to school at centre of structural concernsProtest planned outside St Luke’s national school over threats posed by remedial worksWed Nov 07 2018 - 18:53
Call for gardaí to investigate structural defects in school buildingsTD claims in Dáil that ‘bottom feeder’ firms undercutting competitors by up to 30%Wed Nov 07 2018 - 13:05
