Keep 10% of Catholic school places for unbaptised, says groupControversy over access is an issue in schools without enough places to meet demandThu May 19 2016 - 16:05
Five Leaving Cert students suspended over water fightThe pupils at fee-paying High School in south Dublin are due to sit exams in two weeksThu May 19 2016 - 10:45
Schools may be forced to close due to reduced fundingMinister for Education’s briefing papers claim schools may not be able to meet costsThu May 19 2016 - 01:00
Students struggle to get J1 Visas after paying up to €800Complaints over slow processing of work permits after 57 students pay €799 up frontWed May 18 2016 - 19:04
Education chief cautions on religion teaching in schoolsDepartment of Education mandarin notes legal obligation for community schoolsWed May 18 2016 - 18:40
Report shows use of zero-hour contracts by universitiesReport finds up to two-thirds of third-level teachers not in full-time or permanent jobsWed May 18 2016 - 13:16
University of Limerick drops legal action over expenses claimsUL had threatened defamation action against Limerick Leader newspaper over reportWed May 18 2016 - 01:00
Gender quotas for senior posts to be introduced at NUI GalwayMove may have significant implications for other colleges and public sector employersTue May 17 2016 - 19:44
Dublin early intervention trial ‘dramatically’ improves children’s IQStudy shows young people less likely to be overweight and had fewer behavioural problemsTue May 17 2016 - 12:27
Teachers warned of €31,000 losses if they reject extra hoursIntervention comes as ASTI ballots on whether to cease working ‘Croke Park’ timeFri May 06 2016 - 00:16
Secondary school teachers vote today on additional hoursVote to reject ‘Croke Park’ hours could result in ASTI members losing thousands of euroWed May 04 2016 - 01:00
Virtual school tours take students to the moon and backSchools are getting to test Google Expeditions, a virtual reality tool that allows students to ‘visit’ far-flung places such as Machu Picchu and outer spaceTue May 03 2016 - 06:00
It’s official: third level has paid off for most of the class of 2014The picture painted in a survey of recent graduates is broadly positive – although only a third of arts graduates feel their education is relevantTue May 03 2016 - 05:00
Junior cycle students to lose out as ASTI resists reformsStudents who do not sit a second classroom-based test next year will lose outTue May 03 2016 - 01:00
Junior cycle reform changes more than just ‘a memory test’New testing regime represented as big leap forward for conservative education systemTue May 03 2016 - 01:00
Computer science graduates in demand, but arts earn leastEmployment opportunities knocking for college graduates, with salaries on upswingTue May 03 2016 - 00:00
Teacher misconduct inquiries to get underwayTeaching Council to begin long-awaited fitness-to-teach hearings following new legislationMon May 02 2016 - 00:00
Educate Together rejects Catholic ‘self-harm’ warningPatron body says comments were deeply offensive and not supported by researchSat Apr 30 2016 - 01:00
DCU plans €230m expansion across four Dublin campusesPlanned development on city’s north side will see student population approach 20,000Fri Apr 29 2016 - 11:11
Dismantling Catholic ethos of schools would leave ‘moral vacuum’Taking religion out of classroom could result in nihilism and self harm, says school managerFri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
Department of Education warns teachers about rejecting extra hoursSecretary general says schools will close if ASTI votes to stop working agreed hoursThu Apr 28 2016 - 21:51
Concern at ‘basic skills’ of many Leaving Cert maths pupilsState Examinations Commission review finds some struggling with simple tasksThu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Schools receive national recognition for work in promoting diversityYellow flags awarded to 13 schools celebrating inclusion in wider communityTue Apr 26 2016 - 21:29
Brick by brick: the Lego approach to learningDCU’s Lego innovation studio is developing creative approaches to teaching science and maths. It might sound like a gimmick but it seems to be workingTue Apr 26 2016 - 06:00
Institutes play key role in attracting local students to third levelFar more pupils attend college in Tallaght and Blanchardstown since facilities’ creationMon Apr 25 2016 - 11:28
Fine Gael agrees childcare deal with Katherine ZapponeScheme worth up to €2,000 for working parents with children under three yearsMon Apr 25 2016 - 01:00
Rising number of students exempt from studying IrishNumber of pupils not studying subject on grounds of disability grows by half in 10 yearsMon Apr 25 2016 - 01:00
Proximity to college raises chances of disadvantaged goingLocal access programmes credited with boosting numbers in Dublin coursesMon Apr 25 2016 - 01:00
ASTI directs teachers not to provide cover for colleaguesFacilitating training for the junior cycle ‘inappropriate’, says ASTI’s Kieran ChristieFri Apr 22 2016 - 01:00
Oxford models TCD’s access programme to recruit disadvantaged studentsUK university’s Irish-born vice-chancellor plans to tackle elitism through new schemeThu Apr 21 2016 - 15:30
ASTI rejects talks with Department over pay and working hoursTeachers’ union on a collision course with Government on multiple frontsThu Apr 21 2016 - 01:00
DCU Business School receives global accreditationSchool joins top 5 per cent of business schools internationallyWed Apr 20 2016 - 22:27
Bertie Ahern briefs Israelis and Palestinians on peace processFormer taoiseach says the Middle East can learn lessons from the situation in the NorthWed Apr 20 2016 - 14:25
Trinity College Dublin eyes up ‘silicon docks’ expansionUniversity hopes to establish new engineering, energy and environment instituteTue Apr 19 2016 - 12:24
Concern over requirement to study Koran as part of Leaving Cert Arabic examA Syrian parent's complaint over religious content will form part of wider review of syllabusTue Apr 19 2016 - 09:15
Trinity’s provost: ‘Irish universities have been resilient but it isn’t sustainable ’Despite a funding crisis, Trinity College Dublin has ambitious plans to expand towards Grand Canal Dock. Provost Patrick Prendergast spells out his vision and his concerns for third levelTue Apr 19 2016 - 05:00
ASTI issues warning over junior cycle trainingPrincipals sign up thousands but union directive prohibits participationTue Apr 19 2016 - 01:00
Former academic welcomes gender quota proposal for NUI GalwayDr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington won landmark discrimination case against universityFri Apr 15 2016 - 01:01
College students should be treated as partners not consumers – HEAHigher Education Authority report advises against US ‘market model’ approachThu Apr 14 2016 - 09:21
Mandatory gender quotas proposed for NUI GalwayMove comes after Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington won key Equality Tribunal caseThu Apr 14 2016 - 01:01
Student loan scheme unlikely within lifetime of next governmentFG and FF propose to refer report to an Oireachtas committee to examine feasibilityThu Apr 14 2016 - 01:00
Facebook introduces new tool to tackle harassment onlineMove comes as social media giant joins with Google to promote child safetyWed Apr 13 2016 - 21:30
Child abuse: Dysfunctional system stuck in fire-fighting modeWe don’t need to wait for a report to tell us where child protection system is failingWed Apr 13 2016 - 01:00
Third-level courses at ‘crisis point’ due to cuts, report saysHigher education review claims lack of resources will have serious implicationsTue Apr 12 2016 - 01:00
Very few students attend campus religious services, figures showColleges and universities spend €1.5m in public funds annually on chaplainsMon Apr 11 2016 - 01:00
‘Unless Junior Cert dispute is resolved, I face being unemployed’Teacher Noel Hogan says ASTI members are being forced into an ‘impossible position’Mon Apr 11 2016 - 01:00
Principals sign teachers up for Junior Cert training despite union banASTI directive prohibits members from taking part in training for new junior cycleMon Apr 11 2016 - 01:00
President Higgins: Universities facing ‘intellectual crisis’He says colleges should foster dissent and allow for rejection of dominant ideologiesFri Apr 08 2016 - 01:00
Schools must prepare plans to monitor pupil attendanceMore than 500 parents threatened with prosecution last year over attendanceFri Apr 08 2016 - 01:00
‘Curriculum overload’ fears threaten religion class plansTeaching would be separate to existing faith-based classes in primary schoolsThu Apr 07 2016 - 11:22
