Student graduations may be disrupted due to industrial actionMove comes from library, clerical and administrative staff at State’s 14 tech institutesMon Oct 22 2018 - 01:00
Trainee teachers may get bursaries to help ease classroom ‘crisis’Move under consideration to boost supply of Irish, science and home economics teachersMon Oct 22 2018 - 00:57
North Dublin school building closed due to ‘structural issues’Ardgillan Community College forced to find alternative accommodation for 200 pupilsSun Oct 21 2018 - 19:42
Minister objects to ‘slanderous’ comments about career guidance teachersCommittee told of ‘resistance’ towards profession within Department of EducationSun Oct 21 2018 - 18:40
DCU students campaign against deportation of ‘model citizen’Shepherd Machaya is due to be deported to Zimbabwe after his asylum application was refusedSat Oct 20 2018 - 10:10
End CAO points race to ease pupils’ anxiety, says school principal presidentConference hears of ‘huge’ rate of anxiety among Leaving Cert studentsFri Oct 19 2018 - 16:03
Teachers overseas may be interviewed for jobs at home via SkypeNew Minister for Education says initiative could help to ease classroom staff shortagesFri Oct 19 2018 - 15:15
Teachers under pressure from ‘initiative overload’, says new Minister for EducationJoe McHugh says it is time to take stock of his predecessor’s plansThu Oct 18 2018 - 21:00
DCU may discipline society members over ‘nude acts’Student group apologises for ‘inappropriate’ behaviour during election of representativesThu Oct 18 2018 - 18:56
Students turning to grind schools due to teacher shortage ‘crisis’School principals say practice is deepening socio-economic divide in Irish educationThu Oct 18 2018 - 00:01
Facebook defends role in project to tackle online bullyingTech firm at centre of allegations it is not doing enough to moderate harmful contentWed Oct 17 2018 - 20:20
Primary school campaigns to prevent deportation of nine-year-old pupilEric Zhi Ying Xue, a fourth class pupil at St Cronan’s in Bray, has never lived abroadWed Oct 17 2018 - 15:43
Hundreds of Chinese students to graduate through Maynooth University ventureIrish institute to establish college of engineering with major university in ChinaWed Oct 17 2018 - 01:00
Record number of five-years-olds in junior infantsAs parents delay school starting age, 75% of infants now five – up from above 50% in 2000Tue Oct 16 2018 - 18:57
DCU society suspended from social activity over ‘nude acts’Accounting and finance group apologises for ‘inappropriate’ behaviour at EGMTue Oct 16 2018 - 16:33
Group against Baptism bar derailed after complaintsEquate complains of campaign from groups opposed to making schools more inclusiveMon Oct 15 2018 - 06:00
Educate Together schools salute ‘radical’ founders 40 years agoOpening of Dalkey School Project in 1978 marked start of multi-denominational educationFri Oct 12 2018 - 01:00
Hundreds of Leaving Certs set to receive higher CAO offers following appeals1,400 upgrades awarded to students who appealed their exams resultsWed Oct 10 2018 - 21:41
Universities have failed to appoint a female president for 426 years, says MinisterMitchell O’Connor says women remain hugely under-represented at top levels of academiaWed Oct 10 2018 - 18:55
Record investment - but schools will need to keep fundraisingAnalysis: More funding than ever going into education, though much of it is swallowed up on demographics and public pay dealsTue Oct 9 2018 - 18:58
Education budget: Modest increase in school capitation fundingExtra 1,300 classroom posts to keep pace with growing school populationTue Oct 9 2018 - 17:54
UCD to admit many more upgraded students this year on ‘exceptional’ basisMove follows High Court ruling in favour of Wexford student Rebecca CarterMon Oct 8 2018 - 17:13
Grind school offers classes on 'how to be an A1 parent'Dublin school offers classes for parents so they can assist and motivate their childrenMon Oct 8 2018 - 00:10
Primary school sends children home from school early due to teacher shortagesINTO warns that other schools in the capital may follow suit due to lack of substitute coverSat Oct 6 2018 - 02:00
Students in State schools will be ‘forced’ to study religion under new rulesDepartment of Education accused of ‘capitulating’ to lobbying on religion rulesFri Oct 5 2018 - 17:54
Solas chief executive to head Higher Education AuthorityDr Graham Love resigned as authority chief amid claims of Government interferenceFri Oct 5 2018 - 13:40
Pupils will have to opt in for religious instruction in State schoolsDepartment of Education directive to affect up to 160,000 secondary school studentsFri Oct 5 2018 - 00:20
Sexual consent classes needed across all of third level, says MinisterMary Mitchell O’Connor ‘appalled’ at prevalence of sexual harrassment and assaultThu Oct 4 2018 - 21:10
Parents of children with autism face extra €28,000 bill annuallyResearch shows extent to which access to services depends on family’s ability to payWed Oct 3 2018 - 19:09
Teachers warn removal of ‘baptism barrier’ will cause chaos for schoolsINTO says schools have no guidance for changing their admissions policiesWed Oct 3 2018 - 17:00
‘Baptism barrier’ to be removed from primary schools next yearBruton to initiate law which will remove religion as entry criterion for 90% of schoolsWed Oct 3 2018 - 00:01
Teacher in fee-paying Dublin school dismissed after raising concernsFrench teacher was subject to 'dismal treatment' commission foundMon Oct 1 2018 - 03:09
Irish may become compulsory for students from abroadMore than 1,000 ‘new entrant’ students drop Irish in run-up to Leaving Cert each yearMon Oct 1 2018 - 01:00
Analysis: Compulsory Irish review shines light on ‘sacred cow’ of educationFlawed exemption process shows students try to ditch language ahead of Leaving CertMon Oct 1 2018 - 01:00
Students and sexual assault: ‘We had sex. Well, he had sex’Sexual assault at college is usually a hidden issue. This week it tumbled into the openSat Sep 29 2018 - 06:00
Hundreds of students to be affected by Leaving Cert appeals rulingRebecca Carter celebrates official upgrade in exam results after winning legal caseSat Sep 29 2018 - 00:39
Traveller culture and history set to feature on school curriculumIntercultural education guidelines to be updated to recognise the minority ethnic groupThu Sep 27 2018 - 20:52
Bruton vows to speed up appeal process for Leaving Cert studentsDevelopment follows High Court case in favour of Wexford student Rebecca CarterThu Sep 27 2018 - 20:37
Q&A: What are the implications of the Leaving Cert appeals ruling?Reforming an outdated system presents a huge headache for policymakersThu Sep 27 2018 - 19:32
Leaving Cert student’s legal victory could mean ‘chaos’ for State examsRuling may result in appeals having to be processed within weeks rather than monthsThu Sep 27 2018 - 03:00
From flimsy prefab to state-of-the-art facility: Stepaside’s newest national schoolEducate Together school set to accommodation up to 600 pupilsThu Sep 27 2018 - 01:00
Trinity College slips in latest global university rankingsAlarm among academics over impact of funding ‘crisis’ on third levelWed Sep 26 2018 - 14:32
Seclusion and restraint in schools: Children with disabilities at riskMany school staff not trained to deal with challenging behaviour, say campaignersWed Sep 26 2018 - 00:57
‘My 11-year-old was locked in a room for five hours’Parent with autistic son says primary school’s use of ‘punishment room’ led to dramatic changeWed Sep 26 2018 - 00:22
‘Huge’ numbers of children unable to access State-funded bus servicesChildren being ‘left at side of the road’ due to poor handling of transport scheme – TDs sayTue Sep 25 2018 - 20:27
Inside Nord Anglia: Ireland’s most expensive schoolThe south Dublin facility is determined to shake up our educational offeringSat Sep 22 2018 - 05:55
Pay to be restored for up to 60,000 public sector workersTeachers, nurses, gardaí hired since 2011 to benefit by average of about €3,300Sat Sep 22 2018 - 00:12
Junior entrepreneurs encouraged to start real businesses in the classroomPrimary schools have one week to sign up classes to take part in this year’s programmeTue Sep 18 2018 - 20:43
Universities seek freedom from ‘grinding levers of State control’Top Irish colleges say changes are needed if they are to compete with Europe’s bestMon Sep 17 2018 - 11:04
Student set to be one of State’s first Traveller primary teachersTeaching initiative endeavours to diversify what is a ‘white, middle-class’ professionMon Sep 17 2018 - 01:00