Teaching ‘crisis’: Leaving Cert oral exams may switch to Easter breakCovid-driven teacher shortage prompts steps including possible return of retired staffMon Nov 29 2021 - 01:00
How safe are our primary schools amid latest Covid wave?Children aged between five and 12 have the highest rate of Covid-19 of any age groupSat Nov 27 2021 - 01:00
Parents ‘will not send children to school’ if mandatory face masks introduced, groups warnNphet recommends students aged nine or over should wear masks indoorsFri Nov 26 2021 - 16:24
‘I’m delighted to help’: Student teachers fill school substitute gapAvailability of trainees a ‘game changer’ in tackling the teacher shortage, say principalsThu Nov 25 2021 - 18:28
Nphet to discuss requirement for primary schoolchildren to wear masksChildren of primary school age have highest Covid-19 incidence of any age groupThu Nov 25 2021 - 03:26
Primary school-aged children now have highest coronavirus incidence of any group‘Schools are not as safe now as they were’, says deputy chief medical officer Ronan GlynnWed Nov 24 2021 - 18:42
Hiring of 200 cover teachers among new measures to tackle schools’ staffing crisisSchool boards draw up contingency plans for remote teaching due to shortagesTue Nov 23 2021 - 20:55
Atlantic Technological University: Name of State’s newest university revealedNew third-level institution to be based in Galway, Mayo, Sligo and LetterkennyTue Nov 23 2021 - 11:26
NUI Galway may rebrand amid confusion over its title‘University of Galway’ is one option under consideration by college managementMon Nov 22 2021 - 01:00
Coronavirus: INTO warns school system is creakingPrimary schools under intense pressure as virus and substitution-cover crisis take tollMon Nov 22 2021 - 00:00
Students demand online exams amid surge in Covid-19 casesUniversities plan to reopen exam halls for the first time since coronavirus pandemicSun Nov 21 2021 - 17:41
More than 10,000 children estimated to be out of school for Covid-19 reasonsData shows 8,600 cases recorded in children aged five to 12 in the latest 14-day periodFri Nov 19 2021 - 17:58
Teacher who sexually exploited 13-year-old girl banned for 30 yearsCian Cooney (36) of Ballymahon, Co Longford, had acknowledged he would not teach againFri Nov 19 2021 - 17:49
Q&A: How will the new antigen testing regime operate in schools?New rapid testing at primary level to come into effect from Monday, November 29thFri Nov 19 2021 - 13:02
Covid: primary schools to get antigen tests from November 29thCoronavirus incidence surges among primary school-aged childrenThu Nov 18 2021 - 19:45
Antigen tests for primary school children if Covid-19 case in podIf two or more infections detected in a class within week, tests will be offered to that groupThu Nov 18 2021 - 16:30
New close contacts rule ‘may lead to more pupils being sent home’Teacher supply set to shrink further, school managers warnWed Nov 17 2021 - 19:01
Schools may share detail of Covid-19 cases in classes if parents consent‘Crisis’ forcing principals to divert special education teachers into mainstream classesTue Nov 16 2021 - 19:35
Leaving Cert has ‘pernicious’ impact on learning, committee hearsPandemic has shown students can progress to further education without ‘high stakes’ exams, academics sayTue Nov 16 2021 - 17:39
‘Exam answers in 30 minutes’: Colleges struggle against contract cheatingUniversities block access to more than 80 essay mills to protect academic standardsSat Nov 13 2021 - 01:41
Students in poor broadband areas engaged less with school during lockdownESRI research underlines need for equal access to digital devices and broadbandFri Nov 12 2021 - 19:46
Chief scientific adviser to be reinstated as standalone roleBid to strengthen official science advice in wake of Covid pandemicWed Nov 10 2021 - 20:53
No green light for school Christmas plays or in-person parent-teacher meetingsPlans to resume face-to-face school events on hold due to high rates of Covid-19Wed Nov 10 2021 - 14:54
Disadvantaged secondary students ‘excluded’ from higher level subjectsOne in five Deis post-primary schools does not have higher level maths or Irish classesTue Nov 09 2021 - 19:10
Leaving Cert reform envisages ‘curriculum for all’ recognising broader student skillsAdvisory report seeks to strike a balance between conservation and changeMon Nov 08 2021 - 01:10
College entry to be based on wider range of students’ skillsReport on Leaving Cert reform envisages continual assessment, projects and modulesMon Nov 08 2021 - 01:00
A 270km daily trip to college: The rise of the long-distance commuting studentHigh accommodation costs are forcing some students to travel hours dailySat Nov 06 2021 - 06:00
Revamped CAO website including all third-level options due to go liveInitiative aims for more inclusive approach, with site featuring apprenticeshipsFri Nov 05 2021 - 00:00
CAO system must change to reflect wider range of students’ skills – HarrisUniversities ‘won’t get additional funding’ unless they broaden entry routesThu Nov 04 2021 - 19:10
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
