Computer science graduates earn more than other graduatesBut new data shows fall in new entrants to ICT coursesFri Dec 07 2018 - 18:12
Poorer students can outperform others through college foundation coursesDisadvantaged students fare better socially and academically with on-campus supportsThu Dec 06 2018 - 17:12
Schools struggling to recruit busy parents to boards of managementDepartment may create ‘federal boards’ to be responsible for number of schoolsThu Dec 06 2018 - 00:36
Ireland hailed for its commitment to education in developing countriesGlobal Partnership for Education salutes Government pledge to double overseas aidWed Dec 05 2018 - 23:57
Government to explore safeguards for English language teachersMove comes after Grafton College closure left about 20 staff without wagesWed Dec 05 2018 - 20:10
Archdeacon banned from taking part in services over comments on school-admissions rowC of I archbishop’s move comes after Edgar Swann warned Greystones, Co Wicklow, community being ‘torn apart’ by controversyWed Dec 05 2018 - 01:00
Affluent students 14 times more likely to go to university than disadvantaged peersEducational inequality: ‘Feeder Schools’ data shows the extent of two-tier schools systemTue Dec 04 2018 - 00:05
Irish architects awarded UCD’s highest honourGrafton Architects founders receive Ulysses medal for ‘outstanding global contribution’Fri Nov 30 2018 - 17:43
ASTI rejects pay deal for new entrant teachersMove increases potential for disruption in schoolsThu Nov 29 2018 - 16:04
Primary school principals to protest over ‘unsustainable’ workloadsNational forum says members will not engage with initiatives or training daysThu Nov 29 2018 - 15:05
Hate speech against immigrants and Travellers ‘widespread’ onlineUsers seldom report hate speech, study tracking ‘racially-loaded toxic speech’ findsWed Nov 28 2018 - 20:19
Rise in pupil numbers exempt from Irish study due to stressUnpublished report finds exemptions system for Irish language is ‘not fit for purpose’Wed Nov 28 2018 - 02:00
Academic calibre of trainee teachers dips, report findsIrish teachers’ qualification standards still among the world’s top countries despite fallWed Nov 28 2018 - 00:04
University of Limerick added executives to pension schemeC&AG report finds benefits received by executives has been valued at over €1.2 millionTue Nov 27 2018 - 13:14
Department accused of ignoring ‘shocking’ Clare school failuresEnrolment at Ennis Educate Together fell by two-thirds following poor inspection reportsTue Nov 27 2018 - 05:00
Homeless campaigner Alice Leahy named humanitarian of the yearIrish Red Cross awards recognise pupils’ campaign to revoke classmate’s deportationSun Nov 25 2018 - 14:06
Higher Education Authority seeks new laws to clarify its independenceHEA chief resigned this year amid frustration over Department ‘micro-managing’Fri Nov 23 2018 - 20:10
Bray school’s ‘homeless’ crisis looms ahead of State examsPrincipal flags mounting anxiety among staff and students as temporary home up for saleThu Nov 22 2018 - 15:44
Third of eight-year-olds play ‘graphic’ adult video gamesParents warned against buying over-18s games ahead of Black Friday salesThu Nov 22 2018 - 05:00
Status of apprenticeships suffering from ‘overwhelming’ focus on college placesLong-term marketing plan needed to boost the image of the sector, committee hearsTue Nov 20 2018 - 19:44
Cheating on the rise in Irish universitiesBusiness studies students most likely to be accused of ‘academic dishonesty’Tue Nov 20 2018 - 00:52
Irish-speaking schools warn of legal action over ‘unfair’ patronage processSchool management body for gaelscoileanna says ‘first past the post’ system is biasedMon Nov 19 2018 - 01:00
Two-tier funding system to reward high quality preschoolsPlans feature in early-years strategy to be published by Minister Zappone next weekSat Nov 17 2018 - 01:00
Repairing schools to cost ‘big money’, says Minister‘I don’t have the estimates ... assessments will need to be carried out on all 42 schools’Fri Nov 16 2018 - 18:20
New project aims to boost inner city students’ chances of securing tech jobsSchools to take part in programme to give students career pathways into digital economyFri Nov 16 2018 - 18:16
Are plans to close gender gap in university posts fair?Creation of women-only posts in academia set to spark objections from many factionsThu Nov 15 2018 - 09:45
Principals warn teacher shortage will worsen due to spike in student numbers40,000 more students set join second level over next six yearsThu Nov 15 2018 - 09:43
Secondary school will be ‘forced’ to vacate building ahead of State examsNorth Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School says students are being affected by uncertain futureWed Nov 14 2018 - 19:19
Concern over lack of oversight involving sale of spin-out companyWIT retained less than €1m from €65m sale of firm developed on its campusTue Nov 13 2018 - 21:14
Panti Bliss tells teenagers: ‘It’s good to be different’Wellbeing and education seminar for ‘generation Z’ attracts thousands of school pupilsTue Nov 13 2018 - 17:34
Irish oral exam changes for trainee primary teachersMove aims to streamline entry process for postgraduate programmesTue Nov 13 2018 - 16:14
‘There’s nothing wrong with women . . . We are more than capable’Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington says sexism against women in third level is widespreadMon Nov 12 2018 - 01:00
Preschools in poorer areas to benefit from extra staff and free meals for childrenDeis-style support model to be extended to early years care and educationMon Nov 12 2018 - 00:00
Funds for women-only professorships aim to end gender inequalityGovernment to back roles in third level institutions at cost of €6 millionSun Nov 11 2018 - 13:00
Higher education chair urged chief to change his mind on resignationGraham Love resigned as HEA boss amid frustration over ‘risk’ faced by collegesFri Nov 09 2018 - 23:30
All schools to reopen today after closures over structural concernsSome parents refusing to return children to affected Tyrrelstown school over safety fearsFri Nov 09 2018 - 01:00
Schools may be asked to share teachers to ease supply ‘crisis’Joe McHugh publishes action plan to help tackle shortages of teachers in key subjectsThu Nov 08 2018 - 20:16
The kids seem to be doing just fineIt’s easy to feel gloomy about the state of children’s lives – but a new study paints a much brighter pictureThu Nov 08 2018 - 18:48
DCU to lead EU project to tackle ‘fake news’Initiative will use digital technologies to identify modifications and similarities in social media contentThu Nov 08 2018 - 07:00
Tyrrelstown school partially reopens after structural concerns‘The schoolyard looks like Mountjoy Prison’: Protest planned over ‘unsafe’ alterationsThu Nov 08 2018 - 06:40
Parents refusing to send children back to school at centre of structural concernsProtest planned outside St Luke’s national school over threats posed by remedial worksWed Nov 07 2018 - 18:53
Call for gardaí to investigate structural defects in school buildingsTD claims in Dáil that ‘bottom feeder’ firms undercutting competitors by up to 30%Wed Nov 07 2018 - 13:05
Inquiry to be held into structural issues facing school buildingsMinister says contractors responsible for sub-standard schools could face prisonTue Nov 06 2018 - 19:43
Two schools at centre of structural concerns will not reopen todayMost schools set to reopen after engineering teams worked through the weekend to complete remedial worksSun Nov 04 2018 - 21:32
Schools shut over structural concerns set to reopen after mid-term breakEngineering solutions mean many students will be able to return to their schoolsFri Oct 26 2018 - 19:40
Minister for Education unable to say how many more schools will have to closeDepartment signed off on rapid build schools, says Western Building SystemsThu Oct 25 2018 - 21:50
Q&A: How likely is it my child’s school will close due to school building defects?The Department of Education is conducting structural safety checks of more than 40 schools over the coming daysThu Oct 25 2018 - 16:44
School inspection found 80% chance of wall falling out during storm windsMinister says it is likely that more schools will be ordered to close over the coming daysThu Oct 25 2018 - 01:08
The legacy of the ‘rapid build’ Celtic Tiger schoolsAnalysis: Up to 40 schools built within the last decade face structural assessmentsWed Oct 24 2018 - 22:46
‘Race against time’ to conduct safety checks of 40 schoolsMinister says it is likely that more schools will close due to structural concernsWed Oct 24 2018 - 20:19
