A number of factors have sent Irish universities down the rankingsFigures show income per student have fallen 22 per cent between 2008 and 2014Wed Oct 01 2014 - 22:15
Science leads the way in inaugural ‘Teaching Hero’ awardsWinners for third-level were teachers who had ‘a key transformative impact’Tue Sept 30 2014 - 21:17
Having a degree in Ireland adds about €350,000 in lifetime earnings, says OECDMinister says she is not ‘kicking to touch’ third-level funding issue by setting up working groupTue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Unthinkable: Are elite students just excellent sheep?Today’s elite students are technically gifted but risk-averse and typically stressed, says former Yale professor William DeresiewiczTue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Cog Notes: Dublin ITs steam ahead in university raceRegions may lose out in technological university driveTue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Universities seek action on ‘crisis’ in fundingIrish Universities’ Association claims new austerity measures are not sustainableMon Sept 29 2014 - 11:43
Ministers to discuss concerns over medical students’ loansBanks accused of ‘immoral’ behaviour of hiking up interest ratesMon Sept 29 2014 - 01:00
Previously unpublished writer wins Patrick Kavanagh Poetry AwardCork librarian kept his poetry to himself ‘mainly because I did not think it was up to standard’Sat Sept 27 2014 - 11:13
Rise of 4% in support grant for Protestant fee-paying schoolsMinister for Education rejects claims that reduced State support created false economyFri Sept 26 2014 - 13:20
Remembering TCD graduate who developed WWI vaccineMore than 50 events open to the public as part of Discover Research DublinFri Sept 26 2014 - 07:23
Voluntary school contributions can lead to ‘blackmail’Department of Education €30m over-budget despite cuts, says MinisterThu Sept 25 2014 - 09:29
School patronage reform is leading to religious ‘segregation’, committee toldIona Institute calls for retention of religious instruction ruleWed Sept 24 2014 - 17:19
Change in ‘archaic’ rule on religious teaching soughtRule 68 decrees ‘religious spirit should inform and vivify whole work of school’Wed Sept 24 2014 - 09:14
Report identifies ‘gap’ in sex education provision to teenagersSex education in schools too ‘formal’, say surveyed youthsWed Sept 24 2014 - 08:29
Can ‘love-in’ between faculties answer life’s big questions?Philosophers are increasingly drawing on psychology and neuroscience for inspirationTue Sept 23 2014 - 00:00
Minister urged to scale down junior reforms to break ‘impasse’School managers say Junior Cert exam should be retained for trial periodThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
Mixing age groups in class affects girls more than boysGirls taught with older children had lower reading and maths test scoresThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
University rankings show decline in Irish collegesTCD drops from 61st to 71st, UCD unchanged at 139thTue Sept 16 2014 - 06:39
Schools seeking to reverse cuts targeting private educationSeven private schools in dicussions with Department of EducationTue Sept 16 2014 - 02:15
Minister faces up to cuts, Junior Certs and equalityThe new Minister for Education only has about 18 months to prove herself. There is steel and no small amount of cunning behind Jan O’Sullivan’s genial exteriorTue Sept 16 2014 - 00:00
Community expertise needed on housing crisis, says agencyAgency sets up new BA in housing and community studiesSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:26
Students told they can register in college pending receipt of grantMajority of 100,000 applicants to SUSI system to learn fate next monthFri Sept 12 2014 - 16:39
Should public office be reserved for the over 30s?Plato may be inherently unfashionable but his ideas on compulsory national service and ‘moral’ education remain importantFri Sept 12 2014 - 09:54
O’Sullivan rejects criticism of reformsMinister rejects union claims that Junior Cycle plan a money-saving exerciseThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:09
Junior Cert results point to progress in science and mathsSome 54 per cent of students took higher-level maths compared to 48 per cent in 2012Wed Sept 10 2014 - 06:00
Government ‘working hard’ to provide young with optionsJan O’Sullivan says new apprenticeship council will ‘broaden opportunities’Tue Sept 09 2014 - 14:34
OECD alarm at high rate of Irish young outside work or trainingIreland’s education spend higher than average but ‘far below’ biggest spending statesTue Sept 09 2014 - 14:29
School cutbacks ‘unsustainable’, officials warn MinisterO’Sullivan told that any further reduction in grants could ‘trigger’ school closuresSat Sept 06 2014 - 01:00
Athlone IT makes a bid for university statusAll but three of State’s 14 institutes of technology have indicated a wish to become technological universitiesFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:01
Minister announces preschool standards reviewOnly 12 per cent of Irish preschool workers are graduates: EU recommends 60 per centFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00
Would we be better off without the state?Given the crimes of the state, is it time we gave ‘libertarian anarchy’ a go?Fri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00
Finishing touches as DIT opens doors in heart of Dublin cityGrangegorman staff prepare for the influx of the college campus’s first 1,000 studentsThu Sept 04 2014 - 01:00
Nationwide information meetings for special needs parentsSessions will provide practical information on what educational services and supports are available in local areasThu Sept 04 2014 - 01:00
ASTI to ballot on strike action over Junior Cycle reforms despite meeting with MinisterMinister for Education agrees to open talks next month with teacher unionsThu Sept 04 2014 - 01:00
Some foreign language schools were ‘visa factories’Unsustainably low fees should have raised alarm with regulatorsTue Sept 02 2014 - 22:14
Gill & Macmillan pulls out of third-level publishingFirm says sector’s revenue potential no longer justifies the investment requiredTue Sept 02 2014 - 16:12
Tighter regime for issuing of student visas announcedPlan to regulate international education sector follows closure of schools for visa breachesTue Sept 02 2014 - 12:14
Teacher unions to meet new Minister over cuts and junior cycle reforms300 principals likely to leave this year, raising fresh concerns over school leadershipMon Sept 01 2014 - 01:04
Lack of paperwork hindering school divestment programmeJust second school to be divested from religious patronage opens in Mayo todayMon Sept 01 2014 - 01:01
School uniform monopoly at Dublin school brokenManufacturer refused to supply uniforms to second retailer after competitor’s representationsFri Aug 29 2014 - 14:37
Schools need to vary language teaching amid ‘predominance of French’, report suggestsEducation consultation paper is aimed at creating a new languages strategy by 2015Fri Aug 29 2014 - 14:29
Is artificial intelligence the greatest threat to humankind?AI could lead to human extinction, says philosopher Nick BostromFri Aug 29 2014 - 01:00
Universities have been ‘using the points system’ to inflate demandChair of reform group says colleges are ‘trapped in internal competition’Thu Aug 28 2014 - 01:09
Newly branded ‘Maynooth University’ plans radical reform of curriculumUniversity plans to reduce entry courses from 50 to as few as 15 amid calls for further changes to points systemThu Aug 28 2014 - 01:00
Uptake figures shed light on points raceParents council says information on course places, published by ‘The Irish Times’ today, should be provided as standardThu Aug 28 2014 - 01:00
Close to 40,000 students accept first round CAO offers50 per cent received first preference with round two offers to be issued on ThursdayMon Aug 25 2014 - 16:55
Was the 1916 Rising morally justified?An insurrectionary group must have solid evidence that they represent the people, says philosopher James G MurphyFri Aug 22 2014 - 01:00
Report finds that transport links affect choice of university60% of UCD entrants come from schools within a 9 km radiusThu Aug 21 2014 - 01:01
