Secondary school closures loom as ASTI backs industrial actionUp to 525 schools may close as union prepares to withdraw supervision coverThu Oct 13 2016 - 16:17
Q&A: How will the ASTI teachers’ dispute affect schools?Timing of directive over withdrawal of supervision and substitution duties will be crucialThu Oct 13 2016 - 16:11
Budget 2017: Investment in education has long road aheadRichard Bruton has ambitious plans but cuts and a growing population stand in his wayTue Oct 11 2016 - 20:50
Budget 2017: Extra funds for higher education after decade of cutsCritics say extra €36.5 million falls well short of €100 million needed to boost sectorTue Oct 11 2016 - 20:04
UL rejects calls for independent inquiry into misconduct allegationsClaims relate to staff concerns over alleged financial irregularities or HR practicesTue Oct 11 2016 - 01:00
How University of Limerick expenses claims sparked rowAmong allegations were that some staff got mileage for trips between homes and ULTue Oct 11 2016 - 01:00
Richard Bruton asks ASTI to end junior cycle oppositionUp to 40,000 students face losing 10% in their English exams due to union disputeMon Oct 10 2016 - 01:00
University chiefs to appear before Oireachtas over funding crisisInternational expert says Irish authorities should avoid a UK-style student loan schemeMon Oct 10 2016 - 01:00
Hundreds of special needs posts still to be filled due to vetting backlogSome 34,000 teachers recruited prior to 2006 also face Garda checks for the first timeSun Oct 09 2016 - 19:53
First Church of Ireland secondary school since State’s foundation opensTemple Carrig in Greystones says it caters for the educational needs of entire communityFri Oct 07 2016 - 16:28
Secondary schools may close due to ASTI disputeTeachers’ withdrawal from supervision duties could lead to widespread disruptionFri Oct 07 2016 - 01:00
Q&A: How real is threat of widespread school closures?ASTI ballot on supervision and substitution could affect more than 500 secondary schoolsFri Oct 07 2016 - 01:00
Irish universities have chance to become ‘global research hub’UK-based businessman Niall Fitzgerald says colleges in British face an existential crisisFri Oct 07 2016 - 01:00
Brexit: Government plans to attract foreign studentsInternational education strategy targets students in China, India, Brazil and Gulf regionFri Oct 07 2016 - 00:01
University of Limerick appoints senior UCD academic as new presidentProf Des Fitzgerald’s appointment strong signal UL is seeking to move up in world rankingsThu Oct 06 2016 - 15:35
In the classroom children’s eyes light up when art attacksTeachers at most creative when using art and drama to instruct literacy and numeracyWed Oct 05 2016 - 19:31
FF calls on Minister to withdraw ‘threat’ over junior cycle examUp to 40,000 students to lose 10% in English exam if they cannot take part in assessmentsWed Oct 05 2016 - 11:05
Sharp differences in children’s cultural engagement among social classesChildren from middle-class families spend less time watching TV than those from less well-off backgroundsWed Oct 05 2016 - 09:40
No extra marks for junior cycle students in ASTI disputeUp to 40,000 to lose 10% in English exam if they cannot take part in assessmentsTue Oct 04 2016 - 01:00
Parents queue overnight to secure children places at Dublin schoolClonturk Community College Educate Together facility oversubscribed within hoursMon Oct 03 2016 - 16:03
Bruton: Junior cycle students to lose 10% unless reforms acceptedSecond level teacher union tells members it is doubtful authorities will allow English exam lossThu Sept 29 2016 - 14:19
More focus needed on maths in primary school, study findsReport recommends greater emphasis on teaching children problem-solvingThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Smartphone use can hinder children’s reading skillsParents have big impact with overuse of computer games linked to poorer performanceThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Pupils’ attitude to school plays big role in performance, study findsPoor reading skills linked to schools with higher number of non-native English speakersThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Three fishermen rescued off west Cork coastCourtmacsherry RNLI lifeboat comes to the aid of men on board sinking vesselMon Sept 26 2016 - 22:00
South Dublin homeowners will not face property tax hikeCork County Council votes to keep tax at national rate to ‘protect public services’Mon Sept 26 2016 - 19:40
Study raises questions over quality of Leaving Cert learningTCD research: Key skills such as critical thinking and problem-solving ‘starkly absent’Mon Sept 26 2016 - 01:00
Give me a crash course in: university rankingsTrinity’s slip from the top 200 is blamed on a data error. Does that make it a dunce?Sat Sept 24 2016 - 01:00
Unfit teens in Irish schools show risk of heart disease typically seen in people aged 55-60New research reveals ‘frightening’ findings over health of sedentary schoolchildrenThu Sept 22 2016 - 22:52
Can our top universities' reputation survive another fall in global rankings?Almost a decade of spending cuts and falling staff numbers seem to be taking their tollThu Sept 22 2016 - 01:00
Whoops: Data blunder sees TCD fall out of global rankingsTrinity College Dublin omitted from scale due to blunder over incorrect dataWed Sept 21 2016 - 21:00
Ireland will suffer if universities drop in rankings, MEP saysFine Gael’s Brian Hayes issues warning ahead of new Times Higher Education listTue Sept 20 2016 - 19:43
CAO offers: Sharp points rise for courses linked to recoveryEngineering, architecture, construction and business up as arts falls to new lowMon Aug 22 2016 - 06:19
Number of high points courses reaches record highMore evidence of institutions inflating CAO points by putting on niche coursesMon Aug 22 2016 - 06:00
Leaving Cert: Girls outperform boys in vast majority of subjectsMaths one of just six subjects at higher level where boys perform betterFri Aug 19 2016 - 05:00
Bruton to take ‘hard look’ at Leaving Cert maths curriculumMinister concerned at ordinary level failure rate and says need for change will be assessedWed Aug 17 2016 - 19:27
Leaving Cert: More than 4,000 pupils fail mathsOver 55,000 students will today receive their resultsWed Aug 17 2016 - 06:00
Higher failure rate in Ordinary level Maths cause for concernLeaving Cert 2016 results will be closely analysed by students, politicians, teachers and industry figuresWed Aug 17 2016 - 06:00
Record college application numbers driving likely points riseScale of demand clear as tens of thousands of Leaving Cert students set for exam resultsTue Aug 16 2016 - 01:00
Increase in college courses requiring more than 500 pointsLeaving Cert results: Points increases likely for construction, science, tech and businessTue Aug 16 2016 - 01:00
Colleges criticised for using small-intake courses to drive up CAO pointsSome ‘niche’ courses offer just 10 placesMon Aug 15 2016 - 01:05
More subjects may get bonus CAO pointsConcern mounts that additional points for higher-level maths is distorting choiceMon Aug 15 2016 - 01:00
Third-level students want flexibility and choiceMaynooth University and UCD have benefitted by providing students with broader entry routesMon Aug 15 2016 - 01:00
Proposed private school to teach alternative to Leaving CertInternational baccalaureate would be taught to children of multinational executivesFri Aug 12 2016 - 01:00
Critics claim Leaving Cert is past its sell-by dateHow does the international baccalaureate compare to Ireland’s traditional State exam?Fri Aug 12 2016 - 01:00
‘I don’t want to uproot my kids just to get a secondary school place’Elizabeth Bartholomew says a shortage of school places in Kildare is very worryingTue Aug 09 2016 - 01:01
Schools may close if teachers’ demands not metASTI chief warns closures loom in September in escalating dispute over pay and conditionsTue Aug 09 2016 - 01:00
How a baby boom is placing pressure on the education systemDemand for school places has shot up in recent years as the population surgesTue Aug 09 2016 - 01:00
Restoring postgraduate grants ‘absolutely essential’ says FFLack of support preventing thousands of students from accessing further educationMon Aug 08 2016 - 07:48
Preschools issue warning over free childcare schemeChildcare centres say they are not ready for the extension of the free preschool yearMon Aug 08 2016 - 01:00
