Parents campaign over ‘chronic shortage’ of school placesDepartment says multiple applications to secondary schools may inflate waiting listsFri Feb 26 2016 - 01:00
School admissions: ‘The least you expect in a civilised society is a place for your child’Families’ anxious wait for places as Wexford town’s five secondary schools are oversubscribedFri Feb 26 2016 - 01:00
ASTI motions may spark fresh industrial unrest in schoolsMove could deepen opposition to reform agenda and lead to closure of schoolsThu Feb 25 2016 - 01:00
Election 2016: On the canvass with Peter MathewsIndependent TD who lost Fine Gael whip has scorn for banks and bureaucratsWed Feb 24 2016 - 01:00
Students run up major debts over grant issue, campaign warnsLow-income students who attend private colleges are not eligible for financial supportFri Feb 19 2016 - 01:00
Leaders’ debate – as seen through the eyes of children‘Calm down, stop shouting’: students have some sage advice for political leadersWed Feb 17 2016 - 01:00
Labour declines to rule out rising fees for third-level studentsParty pledge to cut student contribution fee by €500 to €2,500 in budget if re-electedTue Feb 16 2016 - 18:04
Reforms to see students who get 20% in Junior Cert exams passMove aimed at placing less emphasis on rote-learning and written examsTue Feb 16 2016 - 08:40
ASTI opposition means only some benefit from junior cycle reformClassroom-based assessments aimed at making space for new types of teaching and learningTue Feb 16 2016 - 01:00
UCD chat page claims raise concerns over ‘lad’ culture on campusAlleged sharing of explicit images on Facebook highlights sexual harassment in collegeSat Feb 13 2016 - 01:00
One in six Irish teens ‘low performers’ at mathsIreland emerges relatively well from international OECD study of 15-year-oldsWed Feb 10 2016 - 19:56
#FactCheckIT: ‘We will have a new armed unit with 55 gardaí’We put Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald’s claim to the testWed Feb 10 2016 - 16:05
Concern over ‘culture of inappropriate expense claims’ at ULIrregular claims included mileage for journeys between home and college - reportWed Feb 10 2016 - 10:01
Dublin school relives sights, smells and emotions of 1916Easter Rising is recreated by students at Trinity Comprehensive in BallymunWed Feb 10 2016 - 01:00
Third-level system in danger of being ‘stressed to the point of breaking’Outgoing chairman of Higher Education Authority says funding urgently requiredMon Feb 08 2016 - 08:34
Student loan scheme ‘urgently required’ at third level, says experts bodyRoyal Irish Academy criticial of effects of funding cuts over past seven yearsMon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
‘There are no votes in third-level education’Outgoing chairman of Higher Education Authority says country faces urgent decisions over funding third-levelMon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
Classes at institutes of technology stop as lecturers strikeTUI move follows mounting concern over ‘crisis level’ cuts to funding, staff numbersWed Feb 03 2016 - 12:01
Fine Gael plans to introduce third-level student loan schemeParty also pledges to reduce pupil-teacher ratios at primary and post-primary levelWed Feb 03 2016 - 01:01
Eight technologies that are changing educationFrom real-time tracking systems that enable parents to follow their children’s progress in school to plagiarism alerts in universities, technology is changing how people learn and are taughtTue Feb 02 2016 - 06:00
Latest CAO figures show record numbers set to apply for third-level coursesPoints increases in some courses likely due to record number of applicationsMon Feb 01 2016 - 19:09
OECD finds literacy an issue among university studentsOne in five Irish graduates has no more than basic grasp of language and numeracySat Jan 30 2016 - 01:00
Universities offer ‘literacy clinics’ for studentsExperts concerned over less academic students being pushed into collegeSat Jan 30 2016 - 01:00
TCD may introduce ‘mandatory’ sexual consent classesStudents’ union initiative follows similar moves in Oxford and Cambridge universitiesFri Jan 29 2016 - 11:18
Guidelines aim to help special needs children adjust to schoolParents urged to contact schools early to ensure they have chance to prepare properlyThu Jan 28 2016 - 20:24
Skills plan to deliver 50,000 apprenticeships over five yearsVariety of measures under consideration, one of which is older school-leaving ageWed Jan 27 2016 - 17:30
Creating technological universities to cost students, says unionMerger expenses to top €45m, according to data submitted to Department of EducationWed Jan 27 2016 - 01:00
Survey of principals shows support for less religious teachingPrimary survey shows 90% want more time for focusing on maths and EnglishWed Jan 27 2016 - 01:00
CAO point increases likely with applications set for record levelIncreases expected in growth sectors such as science, technology and businessTue Jan 26 2016 - 01:00
Apprentices look beyond construction as rebuild continuesOnly seven applications were made last year to train as a plasterer, figures showTue Jan 26 2016 - 01:00
A live Caesarean section: ‘You don’t see this on Grey’s Anatomy’Dozens of transition year pupils witness a C-section beamed live from the Rotunda as part of a programme to give students a very real feel for medicineMon Jan 25 2016 - 08:00
Just six of 350 cases of alleged school abuse settled under State schemeLouise O’Keeffe accuses State of trying to minimise its legal responsibilitiesMon Jan 25 2016 - 01:01
Lawnmower parents cutting a new swathe for their offspringA new breed of protective parents are clearing a path for their childrenSat Jan 23 2016 - 14:15
Special needs assistants often made do extra work - reportSNA duties need to be regularly communicated to parents and teachers, says committeeThu Jan 21 2016 - 21:02
Jan O’Sullivan pledges to cut third-level fees by €500If Labour returns to government Minister says reduction will come into force next yearThu Jan 21 2016 - 13:15
Students have unrealistic expectations, academic saysAttendance rates for third-level lectures are falling due to online notes, committee hearsThu Jan 21 2016 - 11:00
Schools to ban drinks industry materialMinister asks schools to ignore teaching resources from alcohol industryWed Jan 20 2016 - 01:00
Is this the answer to the school patronage debate?With 96% of schools under religious control, community national schools say they offer a way around the ‘baptism barrier’Tue Jan 19 2016 - 06:00
State bodies concerned over Minister’s job contract reform planHSE and Department of Education fear labour market proposals could add to costsMon Jan 18 2016 - 01:00
CAO Watch: College abroad is an option worth studyingUniversity fees are minimal or even non-existent in many European countriesThu Jan 14 2016 - 01:00
TUI members at institutes of technology set for one-day strikeIndustrial action on February 3rd part of campaign over underfunding of sectorWed Jan 13 2016 - 20:46
A teaching revolution that ‘makes the classes come alive’Donegal school has become one of the top-ranking in Ireland after ditching focus on ‘chalk and talk’, moving to Canadian student-led modelTue Jan 12 2016 - 06:00
Colleges may raise maths requirement due to high drop-out ratesAs many as 80% of students in some courses failing to progress beyond first yearMon Jan 11 2016 - 20:19
Revealed: non-progression rates for higher education coursesIrish Times figures show numbers failing to progress beyond first-year in each courseMon Jan 11 2016 - 16:05
Concern over drop-out rates in computer science coursesUp to 80% of students in some courses are failing to progress to second yearMon Jan 11 2016 - 11:39
Stressed students ill-informed about choicesLack of maths blamed for non-progression rates in computer science and engineeringMon Jan 11 2016 - 09:01
Slingshot Academy helps students with course selectionPatrick Guiney set up charity to give students first-hand insight into Stem coursesMon Jan 11 2016 - 01:00
Staff at teacher union complain about alleged cyberbullyingComplaint includes failure of ASTI to tackle allegation of sexual improprietyWed Jan 06 2016 - 01:00
Teacher to be compensated over comments on gay sonBernie Marron says principal made critical comments about her son’s sexual orientationTue Jan 05 2016 - 01:00
Lynn Ruane: Aspiring Senator’s crusading zeal for social justiceEducation opens doors for Seanad candidate from Tallaght local authority estateTue Jan 05 2016 - 01:00
