Irish secondary students have longer holidays than most in EuropeOnly France, Cyprus and Greece have a shorter school year than hereFri Sept 22 2017 - 14:05
Irish workers are most ‘overqualified’ in EuropeHigh level of excess education for job held raises questions about third-level numbersFri Sept 22 2017 - 08:46
State-run primary schools to drop faith formation in class timeParishes, parents in community national schools must organise sacramental preparationFri Sept 22 2017 - 08:46
DCU plans new ‘cultural quarter’ for north DublinUniversity seeking to place greater emphasis on culture and creativityWed Sept 20 2017 - 19:31
Schools bound by ‘outdated rules’ around the teaching of religionState sector schools have a duty to protect the human rights of all children, conference toldWed Sept 20 2017 - 17:53
UCDSU president defends dropping abortion information from freshers’ guideStudent Union president Katie Ascough says decision was made on legal groundsWed Sept 20 2017 - 15:30
Personal details of up to 30,000 teachers at risk following cyberattackIrish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) says no financial, credit card details compromisedTue Sept 19 2017 - 15:31
‘Luxury’ student accommodation on the rise, but can anybody afford it?Thousands of purpose-built students beds are coming onstream – for €1,000 or more a monthThu Aug 31 2017 - 20:26
Primary school population to peak at highest level since 1980sMore than 563,000 children are enrolling in primary schools this SeptemberThu Aug 31 2017 - 01:00
Department of Education intervenes to help improve standards at Louth schoolSmall number of students turn up for re-opening of Scoil Náisiunta BhrighdeWed Aug 30 2017 - 22:31
First day of school: It’s the parents crying - not the childrenMothers and fathers dabbed their eyes as children got stuck into their school dayWed Aug 30 2017 - 13:49
Give me a crash course in . . . CAO pointsChanges to grading and points systems have helped dampen down the points raceSat Aug 26 2017 - 00:00
Fianna Fáil seeks equal pay for teachers within two yearsPledge follows Minister of State Mary Mitchell O’Connor’s break with Government policyThu Aug 24 2017 - 20:02
Teachers see double as six sets of twins start school in CorkThe principal of Coláiste Choilm says: ‘We’ll eventually get to know who’s who’Thu Aug 24 2017 - 01:00
Teachers’ union welcomes Minister’s support for equal payMary Mitchell O’Connor backs restoring pay levels for thousands of younger teachersWed Aug 23 2017 - 21:45
Homeowners urged to rent rooms to ease student accommodation crisis‘Rent-a-room’ plan means property owners do not pay tax on rent up to €14,000 a yearWed Aug 23 2017 - 21:00
Hundreds of lower income students to receive bursariesMore than 2,000 students to be supported under initiative to widen access to third levelWed Aug 23 2017 - 00:01
CAO 2017: 25,000 students accept first-round offers within hoursNumber of courses where ‘random selection’ is used to limit entry falls by more than halfTue Aug 22 2017 - 00:01
Students had to use accommodation for the homelessAlmost 40 students ended up in cars or on friends’ couches, new survey findsTue Aug 22 2017 - 00:00
CAO 2017: Points fall for most degree coursesPoints rise in construction, architecture, law and business as economy growsMon Aug 21 2017 - 06:19
CAO 2017: Points down for nursing, teaching and engineeringFall due to fewer applicants and recent reforms in exam grading and points systemMon Aug 21 2017 - 06:00
Leaving Cert 2017: Girls outperform boys in most subjectsMaths is one of just six subjects at higher level where male students performed betterFri Aug 18 2017 - 14:31
Call for review of Leaving Cert maths bonus over third-level fearsUniversity president says significant number of students struggling to cope with step upFri Aug 18 2017 - 01:00
Brian Mooney: How many points will I need for my course?New grading system means there is uncertainty over the points scores neededFri Aug 18 2017 - 01:00
Leaving Cert: Dublin teenager one of 13 to secure highest marksMuhammad Mahmoud (17), whose parents are from Sudan, hopes to study medicineWed Aug 16 2017 - 12:38
Leaving Cert grading system not a ‘dumbing down’, says BrutonMinister says this year's changes reward students who take chance to do higher levelWed Aug 16 2017 - 11:06
Leaving Cert 2017: 13 students secure highest marksNumber of high achievers increases significantly over last yearWed Aug 16 2017 - 10:22
Leaving Cert 2017: Dramatic fall off in failure rates across key subjectsAuthorities insist there has been no ‘dumbing down’ of the systemWed Aug 16 2017 - 07:06
New grading system sees dramatic drop in failure ratesLeaving Cert 2017: Authorities deny higher level exams are being ‘dumbed down’Wed Aug 16 2017 - 06:49
Leaving Cert 2017: How the new grading system worksReforms to Leaving Cert grade names and bands aim to take heat out of points raceWed Aug 16 2017 - 01:00
Brexit linked to sharp rise in EU students’ CAO applicationsTens of thousands of students await Leaving Cert results and release of points requirementsMon Aug 14 2017 - 01:00
Plans to review teaching quality in universities ‘exasperating’Lecturers call for increased funding for third level amid deteriorating staff-student ratiosWed Aug 09 2017 - 01:00
Further education spending is ‘disjointed’, claims reviewGovernment survey criticises method of disbursing €800m in funding for coursesThu Aug 03 2017 - 02:00
‘You’re going nowhere these days unless you have a piece of paper’Case study: A post-Leaving Cert course helped John Dee back into workforceThu Aug 03 2017 - 02:00
Brexit and higher education: ‘The interest in Ireland is amazing’UCC president Patrick O’Shea reports 40% rise in international applications to the universityWed Aug 02 2017 - 01:00
Brexit sparks surge in foreign applicants for Irish universitiesThe rise in overseas applications could force colleges to cap places for Irish studentsWed Aug 02 2017 - 01:00
Teenagers learn to become ‘leaders of tomorrow’Maynooth hosts event international conference for 15 to 18-year-oldsMon Jul 31 2017 - 18:08
Ex-UL president to hand back degree in Brian Cowen protestEdward Walsh joins criticism of NUI for granting doctorateSat Jul 29 2017 - 12:26
Childcare workers with master’s qualifications earning below living wageOireachtas report finds lack of investment results in high childcare costs for parentsWed Jul 26 2017 - 15:25
Concerns over quality of third-level tuition prompts reviewGrowing student numbers and reduced staffing placing quality of graduates ‘at risk’Tue Jul 25 2017 - 01:00
Doubts over value of €1.7bn spend on training coursesGovernment report finds State unable to monitor progress of many in further educationMon Jul 24 2017 - 01:00
Why is the cost of special education soaring?Analysis: State is playing catch-up in education policy after years of neglectSat Jul 22 2017 - 01:00
Thousands of secondary teachers receive salary increaseASTI members’ salaries jump by up to €2,500 after suspension of industrial actionThu Jul 20 2017 - 20:50
Students turn to Snapchat to highlight ‘dodgy’ rental sectorHouse with 15 beds and single bathroom features among properties for rentThu Jul 20 2017 - 20:21
College applicants ‘cannot afford student accommodation’USI says purpose-built housing is out of reach for vast majority of new third-level entrantsThu Jul 20 2017 - 17:56
‘Mediocre men outperform outstanding women’Financial rewards and penalties required for issue to be taken seriously - TCD academicThu Jul 20 2017 - 01:00
Too few women at top levels in colleges, report showsOnly 21% of professors are women, with no female university head in 400 yearsThu Jul 20 2017 - 01:00
Third-level colleges face funding cuts if they fail to tackle gender gapWomen are significantly under-represented in senior roles at collegesThu Jul 20 2017 - 01:00
Colleges to face heavy penalties for misusing public fundsHEA proposals would punish third-level institutions for serious financial breachesFri Jul 14 2017 - 01:00
Employers to get greater say on education policyRichard Bruton to give businesses more input in exchange for increases in payroll taxesFri Jul 14 2017 - 01:00
