The moral sense of Down man Francis HutchesonThe forgotten Irish philosopher liked to think the best of peopleFri Aug 08 2014 - 01:00
DCU to boost off-campus students with digital planOnline learners ‘not recognised’ by current third-level funding modelThu Aug 07 2014 - 18:20
Older people living alone urged to let out rooms to studentsPilot project by UCD students seeks to tackle accommodation crisis and lonelinessThu Aug 07 2014 - 01:09
US has ‘blood on its hands’ over arms sales to IsraelCondemnation of deaths ‘deeply cynical’, says Amnesty’s Colm O’GormanWed Aug 06 2014 - 12:50
CAO points set to rise for construction courses figures showScience and humanities expected to remain largely unchangedMon Jul 28 2014 - 01:01
Replace annual charge with student loans, says UCD presidentProf Andrew Deeks calls for new model for ‘underfunded’ third-level sectorSat Jul 05 2014 - 01:05
‘In terms of world profile, UCD is punching below its weight’Six months into the top job at the university, Australian Andrew Deeks is thinking long-term funding, staff morale, the pursuit of excellence and a shot at the Top 100Sat Jul 05 2014 - 01:00
Trinity seeks to triple intake of Northern Ireland studentsRecent decline in numbers from North linked to requirement to have four A-levelsFri Jul 04 2014 - 07:19
Is the selfie an act of narcissism?‘Byron scratched his name into the supreme temple at Sounion, and compared with that a selfie is quite harmless,’ says philosopher Simon BlackburnFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:00
Quinn’s reforms were never going to be realised but a start has been madeNext Minister can build on successes but gets a ‘hospital pass’ on third level feesThu Jul 03 2014 - 01:00
Catholic school guidelines on inclusion to be published later this yearBishops welcome Department’s rejection of ‘one-size-fits-all’ modelWed Jul 02 2014 - 17:21
Ruairi Quinn report card: B for pluralism but D for higher education reformJunior Cycle, special educational needs, and third-level funding top next education minister’s in-trayWed Jul 02 2014 - 16:31
Quinn’s reforming zeal acknowledged by educatorsASTI says it was ‘unfortunate’ his ministry came at time of financial crisisWed Jul 02 2014 - 13:19
Crucifixes in schools should be joined by other religious artefactsDepartment of Education says change of school patronage ‘has not been as rapid as envisaged’Wed Jul 02 2014 - 08:08
Schools urged to publish polices showing they are ‘genuinely inclusive’Department says change of religious patronage ‘has not been as rapid as envisaged’Tue Jul 01 2014 - 21:09
Former union leader to chair expert group on third level fundingPanel led by Peter Cassells to look at revenue raising measures such as a graduate taxTue Jul 01 2014 - 15:40
Audit of primary teachers sought as pupil numbers rise 10,000Call for provision of sufficient teachers in the ‘priority subjects’ of the futureMon Jun 30 2014 - 07:59
Education league tables having ‘detrimental’ effectSocial scientists tells Maynooth conference policy should not be ‘solely based on data’Fri Jun 27 2014 - 16:33
All Hallows in talks to rescue adult learning programmeDCU president says many aspects of ‘Alba’ system would resonate with own value systemFri Jun 27 2014 - 08:52
Why do you feel compelled to flee boredom?Market values have turned summer into a platform for further consumption and turned all of us into a ‘resource to be used up’Fri Jun 27 2014 - 01:00
Quinn moves to prevent compilation of school league tablesMinister secures Cabinet approval on widening of scope of Freedom of Information ActThu Jun 26 2014 - 09:57
Children with special needs ‘partially excluded’ from schoolParents group says announcement of latest SNA allocation gives little time to planThu Jun 26 2014 - 08:33
Dozens of primary schools face closure ‘within two years’Dublin Archdiocese tells Oireachtas committee schools ‘eating into reserves’ to stay openThu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
Medical school exam not compromised, inquiry findsHPat review group wants to put prep schools ‘out of the market’Thu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
Scholarship honours murdered German studentThomas Heinrich Scholarship awarded to student at Griffith College DublinWed Jun 25 2014 - 01:00
UCD suspends allocation of campus accommodation‘Technical glitch’ cited for problems with email systemSat Jun 21 2014 - 09:07
Transferring power from politicians to ‘unelected agents’ can help democracyPolitical philosopher Philip Pettit delivers counter-intuitive message at Garret FitzGerald summer school lectureSat Jun 21 2014 - 09:01
Quinn advises teachers to study RE to boost their job prospectsCatholic and Protestant teacher training colleges united in new secular homeSat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
How will you fill your 168-hour week?The most ambitious students in the US don’t waste their non-study time “socialising”. There are coding languages to be learnt, jobs to be sought, enterprises to be foundedSat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
How can we be free from corporate domination?Philosopher Philip Pettit warns that we are holding corporations ‘less effectively to their responsibilities than we hold individuals to theirs’Fri Jun 20 2014 - 11:01
Schools support system to be reformedNew plan for allocating teacher supports seeks to end ‘unfair’ and ‘inequitable’ systemThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:00
‘You are hoping for a worse diagnosis when the child is going to school. It’s terrible’‘The last thing you want to get with a child is a mild diagnosis because they lose all support’Thu Jun 19 2014 - 01:00
Sydney diocese rejects McAleese claim of ‘old boys club’Cardinal Pell appointment not done through ‘transparent process’, former president claimsWed Jun 18 2014 - 19:37
Department admits circular on SNAs was ‘badly phrased’Concern raised by schools about added ‘bureaucracy’ in applying for supportsWed Jun 18 2014 - 01:00
Displaced language students to get 70% discountMinisters announce relief plan for hundreds of students affected by school closuresTue Jun 17 2014 - 18:39
McAleese: asking bishops’ advice on family life ‘bonkers’Former president tells UCD audience it is ‘profoundly wrong’ to ask celibates to carry out such a reviewTue Jun 17 2014 - 07:19
Parents and students will have ‘right to consultation’ over school policiesEducation ‘passport’ for entry to post-primary to be compulsory from SeptemberMon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00
Chinese students make up to 10% of non-EU student population at UCDChinese official lays foundation stone for university’s new Confucius InstituteMon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00
Have you a moral duty to care for others?Kant’s lesson for nursing home operators: people shouldn’t be treated simply as a means to an endFri Jun 13 2014 - 01:00
Colleges face financial penalties if they fail to meet new targetsUCD, TCD say non-EU student numbers will be up 50 per cent by 2016Thu Jun 12 2014 - 09:08
Working group on ‘future funding’ of higher education may not report until end of 2015Establishment of new review pushes decision on college fees beyond electionThu Jun 12 2014 - 01:07
Universities’ plans to double overseas students carries risksQuinn highlights need for industry – as ‘the beneficiary’ of third level education – to play funding roleThu Jun 12 2014 - 01:04
Staff-student ratios ‘considerably out of line’ with international normsUCD president says funding crisis is ‘incredibly serious’ for IrelandThu Jun 12 2014 - 01:01
Higher education competing well internationally, review showsHigher Education System Performance Report says institutions ‘flexible’ over pressuresWed Jun 11 2014 - 10:33
Hybrid course to allow teachers ‘span’ primary and secondaryProposal by colleges likely to meet strong opposition from teacher unionsTue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
Trinity goes digital with first free online course in SeptemberMassive Open Online Course in history ‘not a substitute’ for universityMon Jun 09 2014 - 08:22
More graduates availing of Springboard jobseekers programmeSome 6,100 new places on free higher education courses on offer from todayMon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00
Is the Irish media devoid of intellectual depth?‘We need to see that there are different ways of looking at the world to that served to us by the mass media, which is necessarily pretty banal,’ argues Desmond FennellFri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00
Leaving Cert sat in advance by experts to cut mistakesMeasure introduced after ‘unacceptably high’ level of errors in papers last yearWed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
