First day of school: Parents’ fight tears as junior infants breeze into classAnxious parents linger outside the classroom for a last glimpse of their loved onesWed Aug 28 2019 - 18:43
Teachers’ union to ballot for industrial action over two-tier payTUI to renew mandate for potential strike action as INTO warns members are losing patienceWed Aug 28 2019 - 13:20
Not going to school next week: ‘Our children are slipping through the cracks’No Child 2020: Hundreds of children with special needs are without school placesSat Aug 24 2019 - 06:00
Hundreds of children with autism, special needs without appropriate school placesTotal of 384 children are in receipt of home tuition grants, latest figures showSat Aug 24 2019 - 01:02
Irish exemptions: Will changes spell the end of compulsory Irish?The heated debate on mandatory Irish in the classroom was rekindled this weekSat Aug 17 2019 - 00:00
Competition for college courses reaching ‘alarming levels’UCD students union president says development `incredibly concerning'Fri Aug 16 2019 - 19:06
CAO 2019: Points jump for science, technology and engineeringCompetition for high-points courses see first degree exceed 600 pointsThu Aug 15 2019 - 17:05
Girls outperform boys in most Leaving Cert subjects at higher levelBoys fare better in maths, applied maths and chemistry, both at higher and ordinary levelThu Aug 15 2019 - 06:00
Leaving Cert results withheld for 71 students over cheating fearsStudents warned over risks of bringing smartwatches and phones into exam hallsWed Aug 14 2019 - 16:54
Will CAO points for my course go up or down? Here’s our best guessLatest data on first preferences shows where demand is up and down this yearWed Aug 14 2019 - 12:15
Families who cannot afford university should consider ‘regional options’ - MinisterJoe McHugh admits he was very disappointed with his own Leaving Cert results years agoTue Aug 13 2019 - 18:19
‘I’m still in shock’: Five Leaving Cert students get eight H1sFour boys and one girl from around country secure the maximum gradesTue Aug 13 2019 - 18:06
Leaving Cert 2019: Students secure record total of CAO pointsMore students sitting higher-level subjects but concern for 3,700 failing mathsTue Aug 13 2019 - 06:10
Mixed reaction to plans to relax school exemptions for studying IrishIrish language group warns measure could be a ‘back door’ to making subject optionalMon Aug 12 2019 - 21:16
New system of awarding exemptions for study of IrishSchool principals to decide on basis of standardised testsMon Aug 12 2019 - 08:05
Leaving Cert results out earlier under ‘fast-tracked’ changesStudents who appeal grades set to receive results three weeks earlier than normalMon Aug 12 2019 - 01:01
Exemption from Irish to be made easier, education sources sayPsychological assessments no longer necessary to process applications for study opt-outMon Aug 12 2019 - 00:02
Smartwatches linked to spike in college exam cheatingAcademics say use of electronic devices is difficult to police in crowded exam hallsThu Aug 08 2019 - 06:49
‘Huge increases’ to student accommodation costs ahead of rent capsPrices in purpose-built facilities up by 10 to 15 per cent to €1,500 a month in some casesWed Aug 07 2019 - 18:59
Nuns exit Muckross Park after 120 ‘trailblazing’ yearsTributes to Dominican Sisters who pushed boundaries of education for young womenTue Aug 06 2019 - 04:21
Department ‘ignored’ advice on third-level educationFormer Higher Education Authority chief criticises Government ‘control’ over sectorTue Aug 06 2019 - 02:47
Speeding up Leaving Cert corrections sparks concernsExamination body insists shorter time frame not to affect ‘quality or accuracy’ of resultsMon Aug 05 2019 - 03:00
Women take up centre stage in student politicsTrinity’s all-female students’ union team a shift towards greater visibility in third levelMon Aug 05 2019 - 03:00
More than 30 parents of children at Hyde & Seek plan legal actionParents of children at creches in RTÉ documentary to seek compensationFri Aug 02 2019 - 18:25
McHugh says new law will ease back-to-school costs for parentsLegislation will require schools to consult with parents over ways to reduce expensesThu Aug 01 2019 - 17:01
Schools refusing tuition for students who opt out of religionDepartment of Education directive was aimed at affecting up to 160,000 studentsThu Aug 01 2019 - 08:02
4,000 mature students set to receive CAO ‘round zero’ offersMost Leaving Cert students due to receive third level offers next monthThu Aug 01 2019 - 06:00
Meath school to keep iPads-only policy despite parents’ wishesDozens of parents protest outside meeting of Ratoath College’s board of managementThu Aug 01 2019 - 02:47
Schools and religion: ‘Non-believers treated like second-class citizens’Many State-run schools ignoring guidelines for accommodating non-religious studentsThu Aug 01 2019 - 02:07
Review supports need for continuous assessment in Leaving Cert, say principalsSenior cycle review highlights high stress levels for students facing ‘high stakes’ examTue Jul 30 2019 - 21:27
Private schools receive €90m in public fundingEnrolments in fee-paying schools return to boom-time levelsTue Jul 30 2019 - 00:55
Students warned of rental scams ahead of new academic yearGarda, banks and students’ union issue advice to avoid falling victim to fraudThu Jul 25 2019 - 06:00
Over 150 doctors affected by cancellation of exam due to computer glitchDoctors say they were forced to wait up to three hours for the exam to beginWed Jul 24 2019 - 17:34
Munster technological university bid fails to get green lightLack of clarity over research activity may prove ‘problematic’ in future reviewsTue Jul 23 2019 - 19:18
Teachers ‘highly critical’ of English language schoolsGovernment moves to introduce minimum employment standards for sectorMon Jul 22 2019 - 02:12
Tech graduates earn most within five years of college exitStudy tracks earnings of hundreds of thousands of graduates via PAYE systemFri Jul 19 2019 - 06:52
Is it financially worth going to college? New data says yesHigher qualifications attract a significant earnings premiumFri Jul 19 2019 - 01:00
Third-level colleges face stringent new penalties for misconductWithholding of funds among the proposals in biggest regulation shake-up in almost 50 yearsWed Jul 17 2019 - 12:26
Will new powers to regulate third level erode autonomy of universities?Government insists moves will simply place key functions on a legal footingWed Jul 17 2019 - 02:49
YouTube terminates Gemma O’Doherty’s account over breach of ‘hate speech’ policyMove comes after video included criticism of ethnic minorities living in IrelandTue Jul 16 2019 - 20:52
Half a billion euro surplus in State training fund ‘unacceptable’Department of Education insists investment has jumped dramatically in recent yearsMon Jul 01 2019 - 00:01
Ireland’s small schools: Inside the battle for their futureIreland has an unusually high number of small schools, but many face an uncertain futureSat Jun 29 2019 - 03:00
Most afterschool services not affected by new staffing rules – departmentSome services have warned of aftercare price hikes of up to 40% in new school yearThu Jun 27 2019 - 03:00
Access to rural broadband could help save small schools – MinisterJoe McHugh in ‘intense discussion’ over improving pupil-teacher ratiosWed Jun 26 2019 - 17:09
EU network to let students transfer ‘seamlessly’ between collegesTrinity and DCU selected as part of new ‘European University’ initiativeWed Jun 26 2019 - 16:24
School closures prompt concern over future of small schoolsRural schools often the ‘heartbeat ’ of rural communities, says Minister for EducationWed Jun 26 2019 - 01:00
Major setback for plan to create Munster technological universityInternational panel raises concerns over financial viability of applicationMon Jun 24 2019 - 02:41
Plan to create technological university for southeast hits setbackStaff at IT Carlow vote to reject agreement which could pave way for merger with WITFri Jun 21 2019 - 21:31
First women-only professorships due to be appointed before end of this yearMary Mitchell O’Connor says gender equality move is ‘game-changing moment’Fri Jun 21 2019 - 17:49
Minister to consider advice on making history optional for junior cycle studentsCurriculum advisory body to issue report on implications of making the subject mandatoryThu Jun 20 2019 - 21:15
