Quinn welcomes increase as record number of students take higher mathsLeaving Cert an important milestone but ‘not the only one’, says MinisterWed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
Students ‘should be allowed to use computers for Leaving’Many people are more comfortable using a tablet than a pen, says Junior Minister Ciaran CannonTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:04
Parent mentoring scheme giving a new start to educationResearch on north Dublin project shows early intervention is key for kids to reach their schooling potentialTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
One in three Leaving Cert students to sit higher level mathsNew checks put in place to avoid repeat of last year’s ‘unacceptably high’ level of errorsMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
Economist Morgan Kelly among new members of RIARoyal Irish Academy president cites need for ‘fundamental research’ independent of commerceFri May 30 2014 - 16:30
Ireland ‘at risk’ of falling behind in digital learningFilm maker David Puttnam says country has just four years to catch up or risk competing with developing countriesFri May 30 2014 - 13:50
Children return war victim’s medal to familyPupils washed service medal in CokeFri May 30 2014 - 01:00
Should religions get out of education?TCD professor Linda Hogan doesn’t think faith formation ‘is something best achieved sandwiched between maths and English’Fri May 30 2014 - 01:00
Quinn invites teachers to talks on Junior Cycle reformsMinister will chair discussions with unions which have withdrawn co-operation from planThu May 29 2014 - 16:19
Major language school warns staff of ‘extremely difficult’ financial positionSeparate protests in Dublin today by language teachers and foreign studentsThu May 29 2014 - 07:38
Selling Jackie letters would not save All Hallows, says collegeCollege and Department of Education clash over reasons for closure after 172 yearsSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Eden College owner denies ‘trousering’ student feesHeated exchanges at creditors meeting as language school closes with €1.4 m in debtsFri May 23 2014 - 19:17
Higher education institutions ordered to set up whistleblower proceduresInstruction by Higher Education Authority follows recent ‘anonymous’ investigationFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
Is Irish literature too local to have philosophical heft?In broader European and American literature, it is easier to find genuine marriages of philosophy and fictionFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
Students back junior cycle reforms but fear 'bias'Most student ‘very positive’ about continuous assessment planThu May 22 2014 - 01:00
Task force to ‘accommodate’ language studentsStudents claim they have been left in ‘limbo’ after college closures as visas run outWed May 21 2014 - 18:12
Are institutes of technology better than universities?Question of the week: Does academic snobbery allow certain institutions to rest on their laurels?Sat May 17 2014 - 01:00
Landmark Protestant cathedral school scrap feesSt Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School is third minority faith school to abandon “private” statusFri May 16 2014 - 01:19
UCD amends job advert allowing only ‘university’ PhD graduatesHigher Education Authority to discuss board member’s remarks next weekFri May 16 2014 - 01:04
How equal should we strive to become?Political philosopher John Baker makes the case for ‘equality of condition’ and a basic incomeFri May 16 2014 - 01:00
Irish teachers need to be upskilled to catch up with Asia, says OECD education chiefPlan to reform junior cycle ‘could tremendously strengthen the profession’Thu May 15 2014 - 01:00
New ranking seeks to put power back in hands of the studentsStatus of European universities lifted compared to US counterpartsWed May 14 2014 - 01:00
Many institutes of technology outrank universities in new EU higher education tableLetterkenny IoT gets an A in artistic output, while DCU gets an EWed May 14 2014 - 01:00
Quinn prepared to address junior cycle concerns but no change on examTeachers are ‘not the only experts’ in education, Minister tells Oireachtas committeeTue May 13 2014 - 19:09
Irish universities score top marks in new EU university ranking but devil in detailDCU performs well in business links but low on artistic outputTue May 13 2014 - 15:20
O'Reilly urges school leavers to look at EU optionsTells Erasmus+ launch many are unaware of ‘bounty on our doorsteps’Tue May 13 2014 - 01:10
‘Fitness to teach’ inquiries in public rejectedTeaching Council decides against similar model to legal and medical professionsTue May 13 2014 - 01:00
Underperforming courses to lose funds in further education shake-upFive-year plan ‘will inevitably disturb the status quo’, says Solas chairmanMon May 12 2014 - 19:41
US-EU trade agreement will make higher education ‘more commercial’University lecturers hear warning over ‘predatory’ for-profit collegesSat May 10 2014 - 13:03
Historians fear Boston tapes controversy will damage research into the TroublesCollege’s decision to return interviews ‘not a good precedent for researchers’Sat May 10 2014 - 01:00
Artistic pursuits give digital generation ‘space for risk taking’‘This is the first generation where creativity has dropped significantly,’ conference toldFri May 09 2014 - 15:40
ESRI urges ‘greater flexibility’ in learning disability classesMajor increase in provision of classes but ‘wide variation’ in how they are managedFri May 09 2014 - 01:01
Zombie blues and the hard problem of consciousnessExplaining consciousness is ‘last great challenge for science’, says philosopher David ChalmersFri May 09 2014 - 01:00
Is a Trinity degree worth more? Tech entrepreneur hits a nerveWeb summit founder stirs debate by placing premium on qualifications from alma materThu May 08 2014 - 15:46
Eoin Colfer is third Laureate na nÓg for children’s literatureNovelist ‘incredibly honoured and petrified’ to be taking on roleThu May 08 2014 - 11:32
School-based Holocaust memorial project grows across EuropeHolocaust survivors and school children gather for launch of Crocus Project 2014-2015Tue May 06 2014 - 13:59
Former ‘Irish Press’ journalist Noeleen Dowling diesLeading feature writer remembered as kind and generous colleagueSat May 03 2014 - 01:22
Funds of €35m allocated to repair school toilets and roofsTotal of 386 primary and secondary schools granted fundsFri May 02 2014 - 14:00
How atheists can still believe in God‘If you ever stop deconstructing God and then reconstructing God, you get an idol’Fri May 02 2014 - 07:08
Schools at ‘breaking point’ over budget cuts for special educational needsManagers say they have lost 17 resource teaching hours per week on averageThu May 01 2014 - 07:14
Trinity College tones down rebranding plan after staff backlashNew logo design tweaked to more closely reflect university shieldThu May 01 2014 - 01:00
DIT makes ‘top 100’ for up-and-coming third-level institutionsCollege listed 94th on Times Higher Education’s 100 under 50 rankingWed Apr 30 2014 - 21:00
Quaker school scraps its fees for day studentsNewtown School in Waterford enters Free Education schemeWed Apr 30 2014 - 14:31
Teachers’ conferences: it’s been a noisy week down at ASTI’s animal farmThis week’s ASTI conference sank into rancour and disunity as protesters – including ‘Megaphone Man’ – loudly opposed Ruarí Quinn’s reforms and compared union leaders to Orwellian pigsSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Tired of capitalism? Try ecofeminismEconomies undervalue ‘women’s work’ – but are men to blame?Fri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
TUI threatens strike over summer courses in further educationEmergency motion instructs union to protect teachers’ terms and conditionsFri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
End of era for St Pat’sAfter decades of calls for its closure, finally the end is in sight for juvenile detention centre St Patrick’s Institution in DublinFri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
Secondary teachers opt against escalating dispute with QuinnAsti hopes to persuade other stakeholders to back campaign against changes to Junior CycleFri Apr 25 2014 - 00:29
Junior Cycle assessment ‘open to abuse’Teachers fear new system will put them under pressure to increase gradesThu Apr 24 2014 - 06:24
Analysis: Divisions within the ASTI reflect deeper rift between older and newer membersMajor cuts in entry salaries and casualisation have radicalised someThu Apr 24 2014 - 01:01
