Teaching Stem subjects ‘seen as a job which doesn’t pay well’New maths teacher Kate McDonald opts for Middle East for travel, experience and earningsTue Nov 28 2017 - 01:00
Shortage of qualified teachers threatens to undermine plan to become Stem leaderAnalysis: We have plenty of teachers – but they are qualified for the wrong subjectsTue Nov 28 2017 - 01:00
Varadkar: ‘We are trying to find a middle way’ to avoid electionReaction: Taoiseach and ministers insist they don’t want electionMon Nov 27 2017 - 14:47
Shortage of science and maths teachers threatens Stem strategyLack of supply will impact on Government plans to boost uptake of Stem subjectsMon Nov 27 2017 - 01:00
125 high-achieving school-leavers receive scholarships under JP McManus scheme‘My reaction when I opened it? Happiness and relief. It lifted a lot of the financial burden on us. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to make ends meet’Sat Nov 25 2017 - 09:00
Bill will stop Gaelscoileanna prioritising naíonra pupilsAdmissions legislation aiming at greater fairness in Irish school enrolmentFri Nov 24 2017 - 01:00
UL lifts suspension of whistleblowers whose claims sparked inquiryUniversity president accepts ‘serious mistakes in past’ and apologises for hurt causedThu Nov 23 2017 - 20:52
Pupil tells Oireachtas: exam was like a ‘competition to see how fast you could write’Tara O’Sullivan (15) says students need longer completion times on Junior Cycle examsWed Nov 22 2017 - 21:44
Children in Gaelscoileanna to learn foreign languagesNew initiative will see junior infants taught subjects only through French, German or other languagesTue Nov 21 2017 - 01:00
RCSI urges Government to grant college university statusCollege seeks removal of ‘bizarre’ obstacle allowing it university status abroad onlyTue Nov 21 2017 - 01:00
Donohoe’s comments over supports for special needs children ‘dangerous’Minister for Finance warned there are now ‘more special needs assistants than gardaí’Mon Nov 20 2017 - 12:58
State plays catch-up with spending boost for special needsFears mount that reform of special needs assistant scheme a cover for cost-cuttingMon Nov 20 2017 - 01:00
Record numbers stay in school until Leaving Cert finishedRetention rate between disadvantaged schools and wealthier ones narrowsMon Nov 20 2017 - 01:00
Mother says special needs assistants play crucial role in lives of autistic sons‘SNA provides Joshua with a vital conduit to learning in the classroom and socialising’Mon Nov 20 2017 - 01:00
Minister warned colleague before budget: 'There are now more SNAs than gardaí'Minister for Finance warns there are now ‘more special needs assistants than gardaí’Mon Nov 20 2017 - 01:00
Varadkar wants Irish college to be part of ‘European university’Emmanuel Macron aims to create networks where students could move between institutesSun Nov 19 2017 - 15:52
Gaelscoileanna: An open door or a closed system?Fresh figures indicate Irish-speaking schools have fewer foreign studentsSat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
Irish-speaking schools far less likely to have overseas studentsGaelscoileanna reject claims ‘soft barriers’ discriminate against foreign nationalsSat Nov 18 2017 - 01:30
Over 3,000 unqualified teachers employed to plug gaps in schoolsIndividuals provided 32,000 days of cover in schools during 2016/17Fri Nov 17 2017 - 01:00
Computer science to be first Leaving Cert subject where exam completed onlineEnd of the written exam? Experts say other subjects are set to follow the same routeTue Nov 14 2017 - 01:00
Number of Leaving Cert correcting errors ‘is worrying’Education bodies are afraid of highlighting the volume of upgraded results, academic saysTue Nov 14 2017 - 01:00
Access to low-cost funding crucial to expansion in higher educationEurostat to determine if university borrowing should be on exchequer balance sheetMon Nov 13 2017 - 02:45
University expansion plans at risk from funding difficultiesEurostat to decide if borrowings should be listed on exchequer balance sheetMon Nov 13 2017 - 02:40
Universities say higher salaries are vital to attracting top talentMove to ease pay caps could lead to pressure for higher salaries in top tier of public sectorFri Nov 10 2017 - 09:23
Universities to be allowed to hire staff on up to €250,000Move means senior academics will be on salaries higher than the Taoiseach’sFri Nov 10 2017 - 01:00
UL whistleblower: ‘I lost my job for doing the right thing’Investigation vindicates Leona O’Callaghan who discovered UL misuse of public moneyWed Nov 08 2017 - 20:57
University of Limerick criticised over €1.7m severance deal for staffAuthorities kept in dark over pay-offs to eight employees which breached public pay policiesWed Nov 08 2017 - 19:40
Teacher alleged to have applied Sellotape to mouths of studentsInquiry hears teacher told fifth class students to ‘whisht’ as they were chatting and gigglingWed Nov 08 2017 - 17:53
Can parents trust a disciplinary process overseen by teachers?Parents and students finally have formal process to make complaints about teachersWed Nov 08 2017 - 07:43
New powers to investigate universities spark fears over autonomyMinister for Education to be given power to appoint inspectors to investigate misconductMon Nov 06 2017 - 01:00
Mary Mitchell O’Connor hits out at ‘sexism’ among male TDsMinister says there are days she is ashamed to be a public representative due to behaviour in DáilMon Nov 06 2017 - 01:00
Exam stress a major concern for secondary studentsMost pupils critical of poor guidance counselling and teaching methodsMon Nov 06 2017 - 00:01
Universities to lose funding if more women not promotedMary Mitchell O’Connor says colleges involved in gender discrimination have ‘nowhere to hide’Sun Nov 05 2017 - 14:36
School reports show mixed picture of education system‘Unresolved issues in professional relationships among staff’ in GonzagaSat Nov 04 2017 - 16:24
Parent guide: how to find your child’s school inspection reportSchool education rated from ‘very good’ to ‘poor’ under inspection regimeSat Nov 04 2017 - 16:22
Flyers on flirting? The tricky issue of sexual consent on campusBoundaries around consent on college campuses are changing. But are we are at risk of reducing flirtation to an anxiety-ridden affair?Fri Nov 03 2017 - 01:00
Schools rated from ‘very good’ to ‘weak’ under new regimeBruton says changes will give parents better information on school performanceFri Nov 03 2017 - 01:00
Teacher in first public fitness-to-practise hearing to remain anonymousTeaching Council can investigate performance, medical fitness, and criminal recordThu Nov 02 2017 - 19:08
Irish third-level students pay second-highest fees in EuropeMore than 40% of students in Ireland are entitled to grants and are exempt from feesWed Nov 01 2017 - 21:22
Record number of retired teachers plugging school gapsSome schools forced to divert support teachers from special needs pupils due to shortagesWed Nov 01 2017 - 01:00
Teacher shortages: ‘I had principals begging me to work’Tom Mullins is one of many retired teachers covering short-term absences in schoolsWed Nov 01 2017 - 01:00
Homemakers sign up for free third-level coursesSpringboard offers manufacturing, business, entrepreneurship and ICT coursesTue Oct 31 2017 - 20:50
University of Limerick review sharply critical of HR practicesCollege says it has completed ‘root and branch’ reform of governanceTue Oct 31 2017 - 01:00
School trips abroad costing parents up to €1,800Families question educational value of tours and ask for costs to be kept downTue Oct 31 2017 - 01:00
First fitness-to-teach public hearing to start in NovemberTeachers may be removed for serious misconduct or poor performanceFri Oct 27 2017 - 19:38
UN bodies clash over abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormalitiesDisability committee says no guarantee whether impairments are fatal or notFri Oct 27 2017 - 01:00
Number at third level with disabilities triples over a decadeSupport funding per student drops by almost two-thirds to €1,025 between 2007 and 2015Fri Oct 27 2017 - 01:00
‘I was told I would never go to college. Now, I’m a graduate’Trinity Centre for people with intellectual disabilities among winners of fundingTue Oct 24 2017 - 20:29
Obesity levels dropping in many schoolsSchools making progress in improving access to healthy eating, experts tell OireachtasTue Oct 24 2017 - 20:18
€60m loan for NUI Galway to finance ‘transformation’ of campusEuropean Investment Bank funding will help build new college of medicine, nursing and healthMon Oct 23 2017 - 18:38
