Regular upskilling to become mandatory for teachersEducators asked to shape rules on standards for professional registerMon Oct 6 2014 - 12:32
School-leavers should look at European options, says O’ReillyStudents can study in EU colleges – ‘some with higher rankings than ours’ – at lower costSat Oct 4 2014 - 08:49
Universities must merge to compete, experts saySlip in rankings should be countered by consolidation according to policymakersFri Oct 3 2014 - 08:47
Science teachers told to ignore consultation on Junior Cycle courseUnions reject claim of U-turn after agreeing with stakeholders that process should go aheadFri Oct 3 2014 - 01:00
UCD drops out of world’s top 200 league tableSharp decline in rankings leads to calls for a reversal of cutsThu Oct 2 2014 - 09:16
Senator confirms son affected by medical student loans issue she raisedMarie-Louise O’Donnell had accused Bank of Ireland of ‘financial thuggery’Thu Oct 2 2014 - 01:00
A number of factors have sent Irish universities down the rankingsFigures show income per student have fallen 22 per cent between 2008 and 2014Wed Oct 1 2014 - 22:15
Science leads the way in inaugural ‘Teaching Hero’ awardsWinners for third-level were teachers who had ‘a key transformative impact’Tue Sep 30 2014 - 21:17
Unthinkable: Are elite students just excellent sheep?Today’s elite students are technically gifted but risk-averse and typically stressed, says former Yale professor William DeresiewiczTue Sep 30 2014 - 01:00
Having a degree in Ireland adds about €350,000 in lifetime earnings, says OECDMinister says she is not ‘kicking to touch’ third-level funding issue by setting up working groupTue Sep 30 2014 - 01:00
Cog Notes: Dublin ITs steam ahead in university raceRegions may lose out in technological university driveTue Sep 30 2014 - 01:00
Universities seek action on ‘crisis’ in fundingIrish Universities’ Association claims new austerity measures are not sustainableMon Sep 29 2014 - 11:43
Ministers to discuss concerns over medical students’ loansBanks accused of ‘immoral’ behaviour of hiking up interest ratesMon Sep 29 2014 - 01:00
Previously unpublished writer wins Patrick Kavanagh Poetry AwardCork librarian kept his poetry to himself ‘mainly because I did not think it was up to standard’Sat Sep 27 2014 - 11:13
Rise of 4% in support grant for Protestant fee-paying schoolsMinister for Education rejects claims that reduced State support created false economyFri Sep 26 2014 - 13:20
Remembering TCD graduate who developed WWI vaccineMore than 50 events open to the public as part of Discover Research DublinFri Sep 26 2014 - 07:23
Voluntary school contributions can lead to ‘blackmail’Department of Education €30m over-budget despite cuts, says MinisterThu Sep 25 2014 - 09:29
School patronage reform is leading to religious ‘segregation’, committee toldIona Institute calls for retention of religious instruction ruleWed Sep 24 2014 - 17:19
Change in ‘archaic’ rule on religious teaching soughtRule 68 decrees ‘religious spirit should inform and vivify whole work of school’Wed Sep 24 2014 - 09:14
Report identifies ‘gap’ in sex education provision to teenagersSex education in schools too ‘formal’, say surveyed youthsWed Sep 24 2014 - 08:29
Can ‘love-in’ between faculties answer life’s big questions?Philosophers are increasingly drawing on psychology and neuroscience for inspirationTue Sep 23 2014 - 00:00
Minister urged to scale down junior reforms to break ‘impasse’School managers say Junior Cert exam should be retained for trial periodThu Sep 18 2014 - 01:00
Mixing age groups in class affects girls more than boysGirls taught with older children had lower reading and maths test scoresThu Sep 18 2014 - 01:00
University rankings show decline in Irish collegesTCD drops from 61st to 71st, UCD unchanged at 139thTue Sep 16 2014 - 06:39
Schools seeking to reverse cuts targeting private educationSeven private schools in dicussions with Department of EducationTue Sep 16 2014 - 02:15
Minister faces up to cuts, Junior Certs and equalityThe new Minister for Education only has about 18 months to prove herself. There is steel and no small amount of cunning behind Jan O’Sullivan’s genial exteriorTue Sep 16 2014 - 00:00
Community expertise needed on housing crisis, says agencyAgency sets up new BA in housing and community studiesSat Sep 13 2014 - 01:26
Students told they can register in college pending receipt of grantMajority of 100,000 applicants to SUSI system to learn fate next monthFri Sep 12 2014 - 16:39
Should public office be reserved for the over 30s?Plato may be inherently unfashionable but his ideas on compulsory national service and ‘moral’ education remain importantFri Sep 12 2014 - 09:54
O’Sullivan rejects criticism of reformsMinister rejects union claims that Junior Cycle plan a money-saving exerciseThu Sep 11 2014 - 01:09
Junior Cert results point to progress in science and mathsSome 54 per cent of students took higher-level maths compared to 48 per cent in 2012Wed Sep 10 2014 - 06:00
Government ‘working hard’ to provide young with optionsJan O’Sullivan says new apprenticeship council will ‘broaden opportunities’Tue Sep 9 2014 - 14:34
OECD alarm at high rate of Irish young outside work or trainingIreland’s education spend higher than average but ‘far below’ biggest spending statesTue Sep 9 2014 - 14:29
School cutbacks ‘unsustainable’, officials warn MinisterO’Sullivan told that any further reduction in grants could ‘trigger’ school closuresSat Sep 6 2014 - 01:00
Athlone IT makes a bid for university statusAll but three of State’s 14 institutes of technology have indicated a wish to become technological universitiesFri Sep 5 2014 - 01:01
Would we be better off without the state?Given the crimes of the state, is it time we gave ‘libertarian anarchy’ a go?Fri Sep 5 2014 - 01:00
Minister announces preschool standards reviewOnly 12 per cent of Irish preschool workers are graduates: EU recommends 60 per centFri Sep 5 2014 - 01:00
ASTI to ballot on strike action over Junior Cycle reforms despite meeting with MinisterMinister for Education agrees to open talks next month with teacher unionsThu Sep 4 2014 - 01:00
Nationwide information meetings for special needs parentsSessions will provide practical information on what educational services and supports are available in local areasThu Sep 4 2014 - 01:00
Finishing touches as DIT opens doors in heart of Dublin cityGrangegorman staff prepare for the influx of the college campus’s first 1,000 studentsThu Sep 4 2014 - 01:00
Some foreign language schools were ‘visa factories’Unsustainably low fees should have raised alarm with regulatorsTue Sep 2 2014 - 22:14
Gill & Macmillan pulls out of third-level publishingFirm says sector’s revenue potential no longer justifies the investment requiredTue Sep 2 2014 - 16:12
Tighter regime for issuing of student visas announcedPlan to regulate international education sector follows closure of schools for visa breachesTue Sep 2 2014 - 12:14
Teacher unions to meet new Minister over cuts and junior cycle reforms300 principals likely to leave this year, raising fresh concerns over school leadershipMon Sep 1 2014 - 01:04
Lack of paperwork hindering school divestment programmeJust second school to be divested from religious patronage opens in Mayo todayMon Sep 1 2014 - 01:01
School uniform monopoly at Dublin school brokenManufacturer refused to supply uniforms to second retailer after competitor’s representationsFri Aug 29 2014 - 14:37
Schools need to vary language teaching amid ‘predominance of French’, report suggestsEducation consultation paper is aimed at creating a new languages strategy by 2015Fri Aug 29 2014 - 14:29
Is artificial intelligence the greatest threat to humankind?AI could lead to human extinction, says philosopher Nick BostromFri Aug 29 2014 - 01:00