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
School safety check finds 80% chance of wall falling out in storm force windAssessments to be carried out on 40 schools between now and the end of mid-term breakWed Oct 24 2018 - 18:05
Full list of schools facing structural inspectionsForty schools built by Western Building Systems since 2008 face inspectionsWed Oct 24 2018 - 17:09
School building firm paid €60m since safety flaws first flagged in 2015Western Building Systems still constructing schools while litigation over four under wayWed Oct 24 2018 - 01:00
Safety fears prompt inspections of 40 schools built since 2008Schools were fast-track builds by same developer, with two already closedWed Oct 24 2018 - 01:00
Disability rights campaigner Joanne O’Riordan graduates from UCCCampaigner conferred with BA in criminologyTue Oct 23 2018 - 21:04
Two more Dublin schools to close over structural safety concernsAlternative accommodation to be sought for 1,200 pupilsTue Oct 23 2018 - 19:41
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
