Schools without hot water, soap or cleaning budgets ‘exposed’ by Covid-19INTO annual congress backs calls for major investment in primary schoolsTue Apr 06 2021 - 15:42
Despite heated rhetoric, there is limited appetite to close schools over vaccine rowAnalysis: Change to vaccination policy could hardly have come at a worse timeTue Apr 06 2021 - 15:05
Teachers’ push to be moved up Covid-19 vaccine queue faces resistanceAnger over ‘downgrading’ of profession as rollout shifts to age-based modelTue Apr 06 2021 - 03:13
Teachers believe remote learning has led some students to disengageExtra supports will be needed next year to assist vulnerable students, survey findsTue Apr 06 2021 - 01:00
Teacher unions to debate industrial action over members' place on vaccine rollout timetableMove will not affect the planned reopening of schools on April 12th, according to unionsMon Apr 05 2021 - 14:53
Number of Irish exemptions given to students drops under new rulesNew system permits opt-outs in ‘exceptional circumstances’ onlyMon Apr 05 2021 - 01:38
Is our obsession with college degrees setting up too many students to fail?Many college ‘dropouts’ might flourish in further education sectorMon Mar 29 2021 - 01:01
Drop-out rates in some third-level STEM courses hitting 80%Males with low Leaving Cert points at high risk of not completing college coursesMon Mar 29 2021 - 00:01
Department of Education says it intends to reopen all schools on April 12thFoley says schools remain safe and transmission levels in schools remain very lowFri Mar 26 2021 - 17:16
‘It’s scary and uncomfortable’: Schoolgirls seek end to catcallingGroup of transition-year students are shocked at the scale of the problemFri Mar 26 2021 - 01:24
Universities fear sweeping reforms will undermine autonomyTrinity seeks private legislation to exclude it from some proposed Government changesThu Mar 25 2021 - 20:02
Trinity seeks legislation to exclude it from sweeping Government reformsPlanned changes threaten 400-year tradition of independence, college warnsThu Mar 25 2021 - 02:09
Leaving Cert students to wear face masks for oral exams after public health outcryState Examinations Commission reverses guidance to students and teachersWed Mar 24 2021 - 18:00
Leaving Cert: Fewer questions and more choice under new changes to examsTime pressure on students will be relieved under changes to 2021 written papersTue Mar 23 2021 - 21:53
Q&A: Will schools reopen fully after Easter?Latest public health data indicates Covid-19 transmission in schools remains lowTue Mar 23 2021 - 21:36
Covid-19: All schools set to reopen after Easter despite rise in cases among childrenFoley says schools remain safe and transmission levels in schools remain very lowTue Mar 23 2021 - 17:33
Irish schools need to modernise ‘20th century’ approach to learning, warns OECDOECD’s Andreas Schleicher says education system must avoid producing ‘second-class robots’Mon Mar 22 2021 - 14:00
'Zero correlation' between quality of tuition and class size, says top educatorOECD’s Andreas Schleicher says Ireland needs to modernise its ‘20th-century’ systemMon Mar 22 2021 - 01:00
Leaving Cert: masks not permitted in oral exams to ensure clear communicationPerspex screens to be used between candidates and teachers during oral examsSat Mar 20 2021 - 01:46
ASTI says it has received €280,000 from TUI in settlement over ‘poaching’ rowTensions mount over ‘one of the most wretched events in Irish trade union history’Sat Mar 20 2021 - 01:14
Work set to begin to make walking, cycling to school safer for childrenMore than 100 schools to get new footpaths, cycle lanes and entrances through new fundThu Mar 18 2021 - 18:53
Secondary school reopening plans on track – FoleySigns ‘positive’ for full return on April 12th as transmission rates low in schools – MinisterThu Mar 18 2021 - 18:18
Targets for public sector to hire apprentices under new strategyPlan to increase apprenticeship registrations from 6,500 to 10,000 a year by 2025Thu Mar 18 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19: Inspectors say 98% of schools are complying with pandemic rulesConcern as some schools press ahead with mock exams without public health adviceThu Mar 18 2021 - 00:30
Maynooth seminary appoints its first woman dean of faculty of theologyDr Jessie Rogers is also the first lay person to take on the role at St Patrick’s CollegeWed Mar 17 2021 - 20:35
Leaving Cert: Last-minute surge in registrations ahead of deadlineVast majority of students have formally applied for exams, accredited grades or bothTue Mar 16 2021 - 19:50
Covid-19 : Positive cases detected in more than 100 schools last weekPositivity rate among staff and students climbs from 1.1 per cent to 2.4 per centTue Mar 16 2021 - 16:29
Firm linked to Leaving Cert 2020 grade errors defends quality of work‘In any scientific process, a correct result is produced through trial and error,’ says Polymetrika chiefTue Mar 16 2021 - 14:26
‘Empty classrooms are miserable’: Primary schools set for full reopening300,000 pupils return to school on Monday as phased reopening continuesSun Mar 14 2021 - 00:00
Covid-19 rates in schools low during first week backNo new outbreaks of the disease reported in schools during the first week of MarchWed Mar 10 2021 - 15:33
Leaving Cert students urged to ‘keep options open’ as registration portal opensStudents will have chance to choose exams, accredited grades or bothTue Mar 09 2021 - 19:19
Government overseas aid for education set to increase despite Covid-19 threatGlobal drive to boost access to school for up to one billion children in 90 poorer countriesTue Mar 09 2021 - 11:44
Government to seek revival of €2.5bn international student sectorPlan for third level forms part of three-year strategy being published by MinisterMon Mar 08 2021 - 06:00
Rise of private primary schools: ‘Children are in charge of their learning’Smaller classes and ‘wrap-around’ childcare comes at a cost: about €3,000-€11,000 a yearMon Mar 08 2021 - 03:32
Number of private primary schools up 30 per cent in past decadePrivate primaries receive no State funding, charge fees of up to €11,000 a yearMon Mar 08 2021 - 03:30
Trinity College Dublin fears third-level reforms will threaten its autonomyUniversity says regulators will have ‘dawn raid’ powers under new legislationMon Mar 08 2021 - 01:00
Leaving Cert pupils to get six days to select between exams or accredited gradesCandidates to be placed in pods with 10 students per classroom for written examsThu Mar 04 2021 - 21:09
Face masks unlikely to be made mandatory for primary school pupilsChildren should not be discouraged from wearing masks if they wish to do soThu Mar 04 2021 - 01:00
Universities have little power to tackle off-campus Covid breachesMany house parties taking place in private rented sector beyond college wallsWed Mar 03 2021 - 20:31
Calculated grades will be seen as a success even if individual students feel hard done bySighs of relief in Government as calculated grades system survives legal challengeTue Mar 02 2021 - 20:07
Return of secondary students on April 12th depends on fall in Covid-19 cases - MinisterFoley says there is ‘burden on all society’ to ensure schools fully reopen next monthTue Mar 02 2021 - 16:48
Trinity professor claims she was unfairly disqualified from Provost electionUniversity says process was fully in accordance with the college statutesSun Feb 28 2021 - 23:00
Back to school Q&A: What parents need to know ahead of reopeningParents urged to avoid congregating outside school and to be extra cautious for Covid symptomsSun Feb 28 2021 - 18:16
Back to school: ‘You hope they will be able to catch up’After a year of disruption, there are concerns over long-term impact of school closuresSat Feb 27 2021 - 01:09
Many parents say school closures negatively impacted children - CSOPupils spending much longer learning at home this year compared to 2020Fri Feb 26 2021 - 15:18
Schools told not to use ‘mock’ exams for estimated Leaving Cert gradesMinister confirms no later date available for students unable to sit exams due to Covid-19Thu Feb 25 2021 - 21:25
Summer school plan unveiled for less well off affected by closuresAdvocacy groups urge expanded scheme for July and August in response to disruptionWed Feb 24 2021 - 17:47
Will it be safe to reopen schools? Here’s what the experts sayPublic health authorities say a phased reopening of schools can occur safelyWed Feb 24 2021 - 01:00
Schools will reopen on Monday for Leaving Certs and junior infants to second class, Minister confirmsNorma Foley says target is for returning all children to school by April 12thTue Feb 23 2021 - 18:29
Three new technological universities may be established by next yearHarris says new bodies likely in Mid-West, North-West and South-EastTue Feb 23 2021 - 17:30
