Schools could close if ‘austerity’ hours end, department warnsRemoving unpaid hours could exacerbate pressure on teacher supplyThu Nov 04 2021 - 06:00
UL aims for multinationals and marina as it unveils ‘university town’ planUniversity of Limerick wants closer links with enterprise on new 260-acre campusThu Nov 04 2021 - 05:00
College campus closures had far-reaching impact on students, survey showsDramatic decline in number of students who report quality interactions with staffWed Nov 03 2021 - 00:00
Some college students ‘better suited’ to vocational or technical routes, committee hearsLeaving Cert students should get credit for courses outside school, says Solas chiefTue Nov 02 2021 - 19:57
New technological university to be established next year in south eastIT Carlow and Waterford IT to merge into technological university in 2022Tue Nov 02 2021 - 16:37
Holohan insists the return of schools after mid-term is safeNphet will continue to monitor and update its advice regarding schoolsMon Nov 01 2021 - 01:00
Colleges asked to make trainee teachers available to ease supply ‘crisis’Principals warn pupils could be sent home due to substitution cover shortageMon Nov 01 2021 - 00:01
Teacher shortages: ‘It’s almost impossible to find a substitute’Schools are scrambling to find staff to teach classes due to higher rates of sick leaveWed Oct 27 2021 - 01:01
Primary pupils could be sent home due to lack of substitute teachers, principals warnSchools forced to use unqualified staff to provide emergency cover for sick teachersWed Oct 27 2021 - 01:00
School buses set to return to 100% capacityAny spare seats on bus services to be offered to students over coming weeksFri Oct 22 2021 - 16:23
Most secondary schools receive no applications for advertised teaching posts – surveySupply crisis means students are being taught by unqualified teachers, says unionFri Oct 22 2021 - 15:41
Leaving Cert needs ‘mammoth overhaul’ to reduce students’ anxiety, say principalsCall for alternative assessments and reformed entry routes into collegeWed Oct 20 2021 - 20:21
Fewer than 1% of coronavirus tests on college campuses are positiveTrinity to remove social distancing rules and allow lectures operate at full capacityWed Oct 20 2021 - 18:47
Online tool allows college students and staff anonymously report sexual assaultMove aimed at creating 'zero tolerance' culture for harassment on campusTue Oct 19 2021 - 00:26
Government grants awarded to researchers in error due to spreadsheet mistakeAuthorities forced to issue additional grants at cost of almost €500,000Tue Oct 19 2021 - 00:15
‘I was scared and anxious’: How the formal education system fails some studentsAn alternative provider says up to a fifth of children don’t fit well in mainstream schoolsTue Oct 19 2021 - 00:00
Primary pupils to learn foreign languages from third class under draft curriculumReduction in religious faith formation teaching under new proposalsMon Oct 18 2021 - 23:00
Man arrested in Kildare following €100,000 cannabis herb seizureDrugs found during search of stolen van in Allenwood earlier this monthMon Oct 18 2021 - 22:20
Universities call for Leaving Cert results to be given in JuneIssuing results in August ‘no longer fit for purpose’ and limits students’ optionsMon Oct 18 2021 - 20:27
CO2 monitors insufficient to combat Covid, says principal of school forced to shut‘We’re just sorry we didn’t do it sooner,’ says Vicky Barron on decision to close schoolMon Oct 18 2021 - 14:17
Ethnic minorities in higher education more likely to be on lower payHEA survey finds high percentage of black and Asian staff earn less than €60kMon Oct 18 2021 - 00:01
Covid-19: Primary school closes until November after outbreak of 30 cases‘Serious flaws’ with revised close contact rules, CBS primary school saysSun Oct 17 2021 - 22:47
Brendan Kennelly, one of country’s most popular poets, dies aged 85Kennelly’s poetry holds a ‘special place in affections of Irish people’, President saysSun Oct 17 2021 - 20:51
Single portal for CAO and further education options to open from next monthService will help students look beyond ‘obsession’ with Leaving Cert points raceWed Oct 13 2021 - 19:03
Record funding aims to ease pressure on a creaking systemBudget 2022: Opposition will be keen to highlight the fact that much of the system remains overcrowded and underfundedTue Oct 12 2021 - 18:52
Budget 2022: Pupil-teacher ratio to fall to lowest level on recordStudent grants to increase by €200 next year in first major change to scheme in a decadeTue Oct 12 2021 - 16:30
Just 410 Leaving Cert students get upgrades following rechecksLow number reflects limited nature of appeals process for teacher-assessed gradesFri Oct 08 2021 - 00:06
Up to 750 students did not get college offers due to errors in CAO applicationsStudents who amended their submissions in time were eligible for later roundsThu Oct 07 2021 - 19:26
‘The level of need is ridiculous’: Students’ unions respond to surge in requests for helpRising rents and commuting costs mean more students have less to spare for foodThu Oct 07 2021 - 18:59
Rise in ‘school phobia’ as children stay home due to anxietyMental health problems exacerbated by pandemic and school closures, say expertsWed Oct 06 2021 - 04:35
Teachers support spreading Leaving Cert assessment over two-year periodEmphasis on project or practical work would reduce pressure ahead of written examsTue Oct 05 2021 - 16:36
Maynooth University’s first female president: ‘I have a daughter. I have a life. It is possible’Finnish academic Prof Eeva Leinonen believes colleges can do more to support womenMon Oct 04 2021 - 00:00
Government wants to forge closer cross-Border links to tackle skills gapsCalls for Erasmus-style programme to boost access to education on both sides of BorderFri Oct 01 2021 - 19:33
Teachers’ unions say they are not seeking pandemic bonus paymentsMove follows criticism of call to be included in talks over rewarding frontline workersFri Oct 01 2021 - 18:10
Ireland’s newest university formally establishedThird-level institution established from merger of Limerick IT and Athlone ITFri Oct 01 2021 - 00:01
Attempted cyberattack causes disruption at NUI GalwayOnline lectures impacted as university disconnects network from wider internetThu Sept 30 2021 - 13:50
‘I’m embarrassed’: Teachers react to unions’ call to be part of Covid bonus talksWell-meaning Government initiative risks descending into an unseemly free-for-allWed Sept 29 2021 - 19:15
Teachers demand to be included in Covid-19 bonus paymentsUnions say ‘extraordinary efforts’ of teaching staff during pandemic kept schools runningTue Sept 28 2021 - 20:03
Leaving Cert students’ stress levels ‘virtually disappeared’ due to assessmentsSchool managers say there is a ‘compelling’ case for reform of our ‘dated’ senior cycleTue Sept 28 2021 - 19:43
Class gap among graduates from different higher education institutionsMore university graduates attend fee-paying than disadvantaged schools, figures showMon Sept 27 2021 - 00:35
New study reveals which college graduates earn most in the workplaceHigher Education Authority research shows extent of earning gap across collegesMon Sept 27 2021 - 00:00
Why universities have stopped building student accommodationHigh building costs, housing shortages and delays in college offers have created crisisFri Sept 24 2021 - 19:02
Schoolchildren on sleepovers must isolate if close contactsHSE advises homes are much higher risk than schools for transmission of virusFri Sept 24 2021 - 01:07
Changes to close contact rules for under-13s sparks ‘consternation’Teachers and principals note ‘confusion’ as no detailed guidance on how changes will workThu Sept 23 2021 - 18:59
Ten thousand children in isolation can return to school on Monday without Covid-testingInfection control measures - such as pods and ventilation - to remain in schools, principals advisedThu Sept 23 2021 - 17:41
Covid-19: Teachers call for easing of close contact rules for primary schools to be delayedThousands of children without symptoms set to return to class from MondayThu Sept 23 2021 - 01:21
Covid-19: Close contact rules for children under 13 to be relaxed from MondayTony Holohan says ‘given the importance of education for our children ... now is the right time’Wed Sept 22 2021 - 17:44
Covid-19: Confusion over whether children with runny noses should go to school‘Contradictory’ advice on Covid symptoms for children, Oireachtas committee toldTue Sept 21 2021 - 19:30
Thousands of college applicants receive fresh offersJust over 1,450 college hopefuls who missed out in first round have now received an offerMon Sept 20 2021 - 16:43
New schools ‘struggling’ to fill libraries due to cut in books grantCampaign launched to reinstate primary school library fund abolished 15 years agoMon Sept 20 2021 - 06:00
