Primary teachers working as ‘therapists, psychologists, grief counsellors and homeless support staff’Urgent action needed to tackle ‘excessive workloads’ in school to retain teachers and principalsTue Apr 11 2023 - 19:29
Is teaching still an attractive profession? We asked delegates at teachers’ unions annual gatherings in Killarney, Cork and WexfordTue Apr 11 2023 - 19:11
Foley pledges to begin restoring thousands of senior school posts to ease teacher burnoutThousands of schools without assistant principal posts due to austerity-era spending cutsTue Apr 11 2023 - 17:17
Salary for teachers’ union chief restored to almost €200,000Remuneration for role of general secretary of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation was cut on a voluntary basis following economic crashTue Apr 11 2023 - 01:15
Fourteen new degree courses to be unveiled outside CAO points race Move is part of a drive to create other ways into third level without the pressing need to secure high pointsTue Apr 11 2023 - 00:00
Government must make good ‘shortfall’ in public sector pay due to inflation, says union chief Ictu president says cost-of-living issues will dominate talks in any new pay dealMon Apr 10 2023 - 16:19
Housing crisis adversely affecting lives of students, say 75% of TUI teachersUnion survey says cost-of-living issues are worsening the challenges of recruiting and retaining teachersMon Apr 10 2023 - 14:08
Teachers’ union to seek pay increases to tackle soaring inflationINTO general secretary says pay award needed early in 2024 to make up for lossesMon Apr 10 2023 - 00:30
‘It is an anxious, frustrating time’: Schools struggle to find qualified teachers for vacant postsAs teachers’ conferences get under way, supply, retention and pay rates look set to dominateMon Apr 10 2023 - 00:00
‘Highly sexual’ book to be removed from students’ sex education resourceCampaigners say publication is inappropriate for 12-15 year oldsThu Apr 06 2023 - 05:00
Work to resume on almost 60 stalled new school buildingsConstruction delays linked to high inflation had sparked protests from schools affectedWed Apr 05 2023 - 15:10
Unfilled teaching posts in almost half of second-level schools, survey findsAbout 80% of principals said they had employed at least one unqualified teacher this school yearTue Apr 04 2023 - 11:02
Libraries issued with instructions for securing buildings as protesters try to remove LGTBQ+ books for young people Staff issued with instructions on securing buildings and alerting gardaí on foot of protestsMon Apr 03 2023 - 05:00
Teachers to be paid up to €10,000 to mark Leaving Cert exams in bid to boost examiner numbers Recruits required to be available for 26 days of full-time work over summerFri Mar 31 2023 - 13:54
‘Left out of birthday parties and sports’: Autism a barrier to making friends in school, study findsAutism charity says findings highlight barriers facing people who want the same chance chances as othersThu Mar 30 2023 - 07:00
Trinity aims to reopen Science Gallery later this yearGallery at Pearse Street had accumulated a deficit of €2 million prior to its closure last yearWed Mar 29 2023 - 15:54
Almost two-thirds of international students exposed to verbal or physical abuse, study findsInternational market attracts more than 100,000 English language and 20,000 international higher education students and is worth €2bn a yearWed Mar 29 2023 - 00:15
‘ChatGPT dropped like a bomb’: AI chatbot rocked universities. Now, some are rushing to embrace itThe latest version of the AI chatbot - GPT-4 - is prompting academics to review how they assess students amid cheating concerns. It may prompt a huge shift in teaching and learningSat Mar 25 2023 - 05:00
Free schoolbooks: Primary schools to get €96 per child and not to ask for parental contributionSchools may purchase texts and copybooks from any bookshop under guidanceWed Mar 22 2023 - 05:00
Students choosing colleges closer to home in face of rising cost of living University of Galway president says college is to reduce rents across hundreds of beds in response to affordability concernsTue Mar 21 2023 - 05:00
Amid all the heated argument, what exactly is happening to the sex education curriculum?Toilets, uniforms, students’ pronouns and the curriculum are the subject of a polarised conversationSat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
Detective arrested as part of inquiry into gardaí with organised crime linksOfficer may have had links with Hutch organised crime groupFri Mar 10 2023 - 19:01
Garda begin murder investigation after man (40s) dies following assault in KildareMan in his 30s is being held at Newbridge Garda station for questioningFri Mar 10 2023 - 16:55
Foley unable to say when almost 60 stalled school building projects will resumeGovernment departments in talks over funding pressure linked to construction inflationFri Mar 10 2023 - 16:30
Primary pupils to learn foreign languages under new curriculum from 2025New blueprint includes bigger focus on science, technology, wellbeing and arts - and less time for IrishThu Mar 09 2023 - 18:31
CAO 2023: Applications for technological universities rise while numbers dip for some leading institutionsInterest in nursing and medicine courses falls while technology, law, business and engineering grow in popularityThu Mar 09 2023 - 06:00
Inquiry into abuse at religious-run schools to examine potential costs for StateInvestigation will ‘look at everything’ including possibility of compensation, says Norma FoleyWed Mar 08 2023 - 05:00
Q&A: How will Government inquiry into abuse at religious-run schools work?Main purpose is to identify what survivors want to see happen nextTue Mar 07 2023 - 18:50
Scoping inquiry announced into abuse at schools run by religious ordersMove by Minister Norma Foley follows allegations at Blackrock College and other schools dating back to 1960sTue Mar 07 2023 - 14:28
New primary curriculum: What will the school day look like?Foreign languages, Stem education, wellbeing and ‘flexible’ time for school feature in new blueprintMon Mar 06 2023 - 06:59
Primary children to learn foreign languages and science in big shake-up to curriculumSchools ‘may’ continue to give homework to pupils while teaching time for religion will be cutMon Mar 06 2023 - 05:00
Review questions spending of €200,000 at second-level parents’ councilNational Parents’ Council Post-Primary insists its governance and finances are ‘exemplary’Sun Mar 05 2023 - 18:23
Paul Mescal’s visit to alma mater wasn’t just a homecoming – it was a return to where his career beganOscar nominee says his Maynooth school’s policy of ensuring all students audition was the catalyst for his careerSat Mar 04 2023 - 03:45
State may fund thousands of student beds in DCU, UCD and TrinityUniversities forced to shelve campus-based accommodation due to high construction costsFri Mar 03 2023 - 19:48
Almost 60 school building projects ‘on hold’ due to funding pressuresDelays set to affect thousands of students and teachers in temporary accommodation or prefabsFri Mar 03 2023 - 18:16
Universities call for end to ‘restrictive’ Government controls on staffing and salariesEurope-wide report says Irish universities face greater controls and lack of freedom over recruitmentThu Mar 02 2023 - 05:00
Constitutional change needed to provide more multidenominational schools, says education chiefAlmost 90 per cent of primary schools are under the control of Catholic ChurchWed Mar 01 2023 - 18:25
Norma Foley defends decision to ‘defer’ fifth year Leaving Cert examsMinister says wider changes to exam and assessment system will follow despite postponement of ‘interim’ measureTue Feb 28 2023 - 15:10
Plan to move some Leaving Cert exams to fifth year from 2024 scrappedMove sparked controversy among teachers who criticised it as ‘educationally unsound’Tue Feb 28 2023 - 00:01
Where, now, for Leaving Cert reform?Moving exams to fifth year meant to be ‘easy win’, but critics likely to ask if more ambitious reform is feasibleTue Feb 28 2023 - 00:01
Trinity to boost pay for PhD researchers to €25,000University’s move follows warnings that low pay and cost-of-living issues threaten postgraduate studiesWed Feb 22 2023 - 19:51
Parents will have right to withdraw children from new sex education classesSharp division over teaching of gender identity and use of pronouns in updated sex education syllabusWed Feb 22 2023 - 16:46
Delayed Leaving Cert results to put ‘huge strain’ on students, universities warnColleges say grade inflation must end call for results to be restored to pre-Covid levelsWed Feb 22 2023 - 06:43
Single-sex schools provide ‘no academic advantage’, study findsResearch examines performance of 15-year-old students across single- and mixed-sex schools in IrelandWed Feb 22 2023 - 00:01
UCD appoints Prof Orla Feely as new presidentSeven of Ireland’s 13 universities are now led by womenTue Feb 21 2023 - 11:16
Leaving Cert reform: English and Irish exams may change to clinch support for moving paper one to fifth yearEssays likely to be dropped from paper one of both exams under ‘interim’ changesMon Feb 20 2023 - 01:15
Can Norma Foley pass the first test of Leaving Certificate reform?Wider senior cycle change will hinge on successfully moving English and Irish exams to fifth yearMon Feb 20 2023 - 01:15
Irish Times Debate final: Blackhall Place students crowned team championsIndividual winner of Ireland’s oldest third-level debating event is Oliver McKenna of Munster Technological UniversityFri Feb 17 2023 - 21:34
CAO 2023: Ireland’s top colleges lose out to technological universities in overall course applicationsHigh rents and travel costs cited as factors behind dip in numbers for traditional universitiesFri Feb 17 2023 - 17:06
New DCU app will help autistic students avoid noisy hotspots on campusUniversity aims to make college more autism-friendly following rollout of sensory pods and toolkit for studentsThu Feb 16 2023 - 18:19
