‘Plan B’ for Leaving Cert exams under active considerationOfficials looking at how to award grades if summer exams do not happenMon May 04 2020 - 03:00
Universities eye more Irish students to replace overseas lossesFall in foreign student numbers could result in drop in CAO points for number of coursesSun May 03 2020 - 18:09
Surge in applications for student grants10,000 Susi applications within a day of opening for grants in 2020/21 academic yearSun May 03 2020 - 16:17
‘Cancel the Leaving Cert’ - Fianna Fáil says uncertainty causing stressParty education spokesman Thomas Byrne says ‘fair alternatives’ need to be examinedSat May 02 2020 - 12:10
Q&A: Will Leaving Cert go ahead following decision to keep schools closed until September?Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed that schools will remain closed until autumnFri May 01 2020 - 21:00
Trinity’s front lawns set to be wild-flower meadowPublic overwhelmingly supports bee-friendly proposal in an online voteFri May 01 2020 - 06:00
Giving homework passes to Catholic children ruled as discriminationWRC ruling likely to have significant implications for many Catholic primary schoolsFri May 01 2020 - 02:04
Parents ‘delighted’ with religious ceremonies rulingAtheist Ireland says WRC finding ‘important win for right to freedom of belief’Fri May 01 2020 - 01:00
University students face delays starting new academic yearLectures set to take place on online with face-to-face tutorials and practicalsThu Apr 30 2020 - 15:14
Learners flock to colleges to help combat Covid-19 threatFurther education colleges and universities provide free online and upskilling coursesThu Apr 30 2020 - 01:00
Schools to decide whether to hold Junior Cycle assessments in MayStudents to receive State certificate to mark their completion of three years of schoolWed Apr 29 2020 - 15:43
University lecturers warn of ‘enrolment chaos’ in autumnFederation says staff left in ‘limbo’ over plans for next academic yearWed Apr 29 2020 - 11:03
Thousands of Junior Cycle exams scripts unlikely to be usedSchools set to conduct their own assessments for students in May under revised plansWed Apr 29 2020 - 02:48
Covid-19: Quarantined Leaving Cert students could sit exams in isolationDepartment says some students may be unable to attend exam halls on health groundsTue Apr 28 2020 - 13:38
Face masks and social distancing proposed for Leaving Cert examsIreland can learn from arrangements in other countries, says Prof Sam McConkeyMon Apr 27 2020 - 02:08
Teachers’ union distances itself from branch seeking cancellation of Leaving CertTUI Dublin branch says there are mounting health and safety concerns for studentsSun Apr 26 2020 - 18:36
Junior cycle exams in September set to be replaced with school assessments in MayMove follows growing concern over impact of delaying exams for 60,000 studentsSat Apr 25 2020 - 00:01
School closures result in sharp drop in demand for mental health supportCurrent circumstances still ‘incredibly mentally unhealthy’ for many childrenFri Apr 24 2020 - 15:46
Leaving Cert to begin on July 29th, Minister for Education tells DáilSome 4,000 students could miss out on college places in UK due to delayed examsThu Apr 23 2020 - 21:16
Most parents opposed to postponement of Leaving Cert exams - surveyHpat admissions test results deferred until after Leaving Certificate exams are completeWed Apr 22 2020 - 20:18
State exams Q&A: What is happening with the Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle?Leaving Cert likely begin in late July and could run until early SeptemberWed Apr 22 2020 - 20:15
Minister urges schools to hold off cancelling Junior Cycle examsKilkenny secondary school is the latest to replace Junior Cycle with its own examsWed Apr 22 2020 - 17:19
Irish universities perform strongly in global social impact rankingRCSI world number one under health and wellbeing category in Times rankingsWed Apr 22 2020 - 14:22
Leaving Cert likely to get under way on July 29th, Minister saysJoe McHugh says predicted grades ruled out due to ‘inherent bias’ and lack of fairnessWed Apr 22 2020 - 06:56
Ten pupils per class, hourly handwashing: What reopened schools could look likeDanish schools offer a glimpse of what Irish classes might look like when they resumeTue Apr 21 2020 - 17:43
Coronavirus: Over half of young people feel anxious or stressed due to pandemicMost are optimistic that society will change for the better when the crisis subsidesMon Apr 20 2020 - 00:01
Coronavirus: 39 more deaths confirmed in the Republic, with 493 new casesOne further death recorded in Northern Ireland as death toll there rises to 194Sun Apr 19 2020 - 19:08
‘No guarantee’ Leaving Cert will proceed this summer, teachers’ union tells membersTUI says exams will not proceed if public health advice says it is not safe to do soSun Apr 19 2020 - 15:41
Back to school? Partial reopening to be examined by health authorities - Simon HarrisMinister for Health says opening primary schools one day a week would benefit students’ wellbeingSun Apr 19 2020 - 13:47
Universities facing huge losses due to fall in foreign studentsTrinity College Dublin announces recruitment freeze as part of cost-saving strategySat Apr 18 2020 - 01:00
Leaving Cert students unlikely to progress to third-level courses before NovemberColleges plan to make up lost time in academic year by cutting short Christmas holidays and reading weeks for first-year studentsFri Apr 17 2020 - 01:00
Leaving Cert exams could run until early SeptemberNew school year likely to be delayed, with staggered return of classesThu Apr 16 2020 - 21:21
One in five secondary school pupils lack reliable broadbandSurvey of parents indicates 15% of students are not receiving feedback from teachersWed Apr 15 2020 - 19:05
Leaving Cert: Cancelled elements may be flagged on students’ resultsContentious practice of annotating certificates has been subject to legal action in pastWed Apr 15 2020 - 17:26
ASTI says it will work to support delayed Leaving Cert examsUnion had stated at weekend that plan ‘cannot be enforced’Tue Apr 14 2020 - 20:26
Teachers’ union rases ‘serious concerns’ over delay in Leaving CertASTI says it ‘will be seeking clarifications’ over rescheduling of examsSat Apr 11 2020 - 10:00
Students fear delay to Leaving Cert will cause stress and burnoutSchool managers urge candidates to take complete break from study over EasterSat Apr 11 2020 - 09:45
Q&A: When will State exams now be held exactly?State Examinations Commission due to publish timetable in early JuneFri Apr 10 2020 - 19:10
Leaving Cert delay: Move brings clarity but will heap pressure on students’ shouldersSpare a thought for the class of 2020 who have had it harder than any othersFri Apr 10 2020 - 17:44
Leaving Cert postponed until late summer; Junior Cycle replaced with class testsStudents urged to take ‘complete break’ over Easter holidaysFri Apr 10 2020 - 17:07
Schools move to support anxious students with online counsellingGuidance counsellors in regular contact with vulnerable pupils online since school shutdown, finds Education and Training Boards Ireland surveyWed Apr 08 2020 - 01:55
Students’ qualifications will not be undermined by cancellation of examsMitchell O’Connor says degrees will be valued and regarded the same as any other yearWed Apr 08 2020 - 01:01
Students call on universities to ensure grades do not suffer in online examsMore than 15,000 third-level students sign petitions about challenges in working onlineFri Apr 03 2020 - 17:13
Secondary students want State exams replaced with predicted gradesStudents union survey attracts 47,000 responses from Junior and Leaving Cert pupilsFri Apr 03 2020 - 12:34
Families of special needs children struggling at homeParents fear long-term school closures will rob children of their full potentialFri Apr 03 2020 - 01:00
Government shelves controversial changes to SNA supports for schoolchildrenSupport groups had opposed move over fears it would dilute support for vulnerable pupilsThu Apr 02 2020 - 19:00
Coronavirus: 16,000 special needs assistants put on support standbySNAs will fill vacancies created by nurses and medical staff moving into frontline jobsWed Apr 01 2020 - 13:10
Coronavirus: Schools reopen to provide food parcels to needy familiesSchool meals programme resumes for families in disadvantaged areasTue Mar 31 2020 - 19:27
Coronavirus: Teachers will not be redeployed to help health service, unions sayDepartment says main focus of staff in education sector is delivering tuition to studentsTue Mar 31 2020 - 17:21
Usit closure: How a student-run travel firm engineered a social revolutionCompany says outcome for students who booked travel with it is ‘uncertain’Fri Mar 27 2020 - 23:14
