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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Affluent graduates earn more within months of leaving collegeHigher proportion of well-off students earned in excess of €40,000 after graduationThu Feb 16 2023 - 00:01
Fee-charging schools do not greatly enhance students’ chances of securing high CAO points – studyFactors such as family background, gender and school type ‘minor and marginal compared to individual variation in ability’Wed Feb 15 2023 - 15:29
‘I was quite shocked’: Student gets record-matching 9 H1s after appealing Leaving Cert resultsCaraíosa O’Farrell (18) matches joint-highest result any Leaving Cert student is known to have achievedTue Feb 14 2023 - 00:01
‘Free fees’ aimed to make college accessible for all – did it work?More than 25 years after former minister Niamh Bhreathnach introduced measure, it is back on political agendaSat Feb 11 2023 - 03:00
Frustration as delayed Leaving Cert results may cut university term short Students say release of results in September will spark last-minute scramble for accommodationThu Feb 09 2023 - 17:32
Summer school aims to boost participation of children with complex needsJust 400 out of 8,000 children in special schools accessed last year’s programmeThu Feb 09 2023 - 17:01
Leaving Cert results may not issue until early September - Norma FoleyDelay set to result in later college start and last-minute scramble for college accommodationWed Feb 08 2023 - 20:27
Munster Technological University plans ‘phased’ reopening next week after IT breachUniversity engaging with National Cyber Security Centre and others as investigations into incident continueWed Feb 08 2023 - 17:53
School-based screening can improve mental health of teenagers, new study findsRCSI research is first to examine impact of school-based interventions on preventing mental health disordersWed Feb 08 2023 - 15:34
No plastic bottles, cups or cutlery: UCC eliminates single-use materials from campus Cork university to create first sustainability and climate action office in higher educationTue Feb 07 2023 - 19:07
Munster Technological University to remain closed on Wednesday as staff assess IT breachMTU says security systems detected security breach ‘at an early stage’Tue Feb 07 2023 - 18:09
Principals seek ‘right to disconnect’ due to additional working hours outside school dayNew research shows most school leaders work weekends and during holidaysTue Feb 07 2023 - 05:00
‘There’s a lot of hostility online’: How students are trying to make the internet a safer placeTeenage ambassadors for Safer Internet Day are educating classmates on the importance of empathy and respect onlineTue Feb 07 2023 - 03:00
Sharp division over teaching of gender identity and use of pronouns in updated sex education syllabusA number of Catholic bodies, while welcoming the move to update the curriculum, said the ethos of schools must be respected in delivering the programmeMon Feb 06 2023 - 05:00
Decline in students taking foreign languages for Leaving CertGovernment strategy aims to increase Ireland’s presence on the ‘global stage’ by boosting numbers studying languagesMon Feb 06 2023 - 00:00
Lessons of The Troubles discussed in Irish Times Debate semi-finalWinners go through to next month’s grand finalFri Feb 03 2023 - 20:53
Teachers to play key role in education needs assessments for vulnerable childrenAttempt to introduce changes last year was halted amid criticism from schools and campaignersThu Feb 02 2023 - 17:46
Government mining policy risks ‘degrading’ environment and damaging health, campaigners sayNew blueprint on mineral exploration aims to support 'environmentally sustainable mineral exploration and mining'Thu Feb 02 2023 - 11:19
CAO points race: applications match last year’s high levelMore than 78,000 applications for higher education courses this yearWed Feb 01 2023 - 20:13
Number of Ukrainian pupils in Irish schools rises to almost 15,000Education system still has spare capacity on a national basis but pressure points remain in some local areasWed Feb 01 2023 - 17:34
Teachers who qualified abroad to be fast-tracked into Irish schoolsMove aimed at supply of registered primary and second level teachers available to fill vacanciesTue Jan 31 2023 - 21:36
One in five secondary schools do not have a sports hall despite PE becoming exam subjectProvision of facilities must be priority given development and need to tackle obesity, says SF spokesmanTue Jan 31 2023 - 18:23
Templeogue College tells parents it stands against discrimination as it commits to addressing staff complaintsSpiritan-run school at centre of staff grievances including taking down of Pride flag in canteenSun Jan 29 2023 - 12:48
‘Poor performance, interpersonal problems’: Schools with ‘serious weaknesses’ identified by departmentSeven primary schools, three secondary and two special schools are being assisted by a ‘school improvement group’Sat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
Trinity advises academics to adjust assignments in light of ChatGPT cheating threatStaff asked to review formats such as essays and consider more oral presentationsFri Jan 27 2023 - 18:33
At least seven asylum seekers told there is no State accommodation available following Citywest closurePeople ‘need to be aware of the fact that accommodation is not necessarily available in Ireland’, says VaradkarThu Jan 26 2023 - 05:00
Free schoolbooks at primary and second level would cost €120mExtending free books for post-primary students likely to be a feature of forthcoming Budget talksThu Jan 26 2023 - 00:01
Government defends request for asylum seekers to avoid travelling to Ireland at UN committeeO’Gorman says numbers seeking protection have jumped from 8,000 last year to 73,000 in just over a yearWed Jan 25 2023 - 17:06
UN questions Ireland over ‘alarming’ delays to assess children with disabilities, mental health issuesIrish officials brief committee on areas ranging from gender recognition for under-16s to lowering the voting ageTue Jan 24 2023 - 19:22
Ireland has one of highest school enrolment rates for Ukrainian childrenAbout 92% of refugee children here are enrolled in Irish schools while an estimated 66% of such children across Europe are not listed in education systemsTue Jan 24 2023 - 18:56
Staff report ‘toxic atmosphere’ and ‘clash of cultures’ at Spiritan-run secondary school in south DublinTempleogue College at centre of staff grievances including taking down of Pride flag in school canteenTue Jan 24 2023 - 17:17
‘We see hunger, homelessness, destitution’: The hidden struggle of overseas students in IrelandTens of thousands of Brazilians attend English language schools and work part-time - but many are unprepared for the cost of livingTue Jan 24 2023 - 00:00
Report highlights ‘challenge’ of allowing children to opt out of new sex education syllabusSome parents say they intend to withdraw their children from updated Social and Personal Health Education (SPHE) syllabusMon Jan 23 2023 - 01:00
Millions in charity given to third-level students for college fees and expensesSociety of St Vincent De Paul spent €2 million last year to support 600 students in higher educationMon Jan 23 2023 - 01:00
