Give me a crash course in. . . college refundsComplaints are giving rise to concerns over third-level qualitySat Aug 04 2018 - 06:00
Whatever happened to the teenage summer job?Picking strawberries or waiting tables used to be a rite of passage. But the summer job as we know it may be disappearingSat Aug 04 2018 - 00:00
Large gender gaps in senior levels of Irish academiaVast majority of top-paid posts held by men despite policies to promote equalityFri Aug 03 2018 - 00:01
Almost 4,000 mature students receive CAO offersStudents in further education set to find out if they have received ‘round zero’ offersThu Aug 02 2018 - 06:00
Quality of third-level courses ‘at risk’ due to funding shortagesStaff-student ratios resulting in larger class sizes, Higher Education Authority saysThu Aug 02 2018 - 00:52
Refunds controversy shines light on quality of third-level learningDeterioration of staff-student ratios among factors posing risk to calibre of educationTue Jul 31 2018 - 02:01
Galway students refunded after complaints about coursePostgraduate journalism students received thousands of euro over several yearsTue Jul 31 2018 - 02:00
Student fees refunded on concern over quality of courseJournalism undergraduates at NUI Galway lodge complaints about placementsMon Jul 30 2018 - 01:00
Baptism of ire: School move to prioritise ‘active’ parishioners sparks controversyPrincipal’s resignation over admissions puts issue of faith and education in the spotlightMon Jul 30 2018 - 01:00
Rising numbers of parents falling into debt to cover back-to-school costsMore than a third of parents taking out loans to pay for uniforms and booksMon Jul 30 2018 - 00:00
‘Critical’ need for investment in institutes of technologyUp to €400 million required over next five years to ensure sector is fit for purposeSun Jul 29 2018 - 08:38
Nearly €8m to be invested in technology for librariesInitiative forms part of rolling plan to double visitor numbers over the next five yearsWed Jul 25 2018 - 21:41
NUI Galway refuses to divulge cost of settling gender-row casesConfidential settlement involving four lecturers required sign-off by the GovernmentWed Jul 25 2018 - 19:06
Four female lecturers promoted after NUIG gender discrimination disputeSettlement costs likely to run to hundreds of thousands of euroWed Jul 25 2018 - 01:00
Former DCU president at centre of conflict-of-interest row in Scottish universityVon Prondzynski expresses ‘deep regret’ after probe finds he did not declare business relationship with newly-appointed vice-principalTue Jul 24 2018 - 20:25
Schools face ban on linking admissions to church attendanceGreystones C of I principal resigns over ranking based on ‘parochial engagement’Tue Jul 24 2018 - 00:09
Students will have to record activities for new Leaving Cert PE examSchools to get grants totalling €330,000 for the technology for the recordingsMon Jul 23 2018 - 16:29
Principal resigns from Greystones school over admissions rowSt Patrick’s National School seeking evidence of ‘parochial engagement’ among childrenMon Jul 23 2018 - 01:55
Primary-school teachers may be converted for second-level rolesSupply crisis solution suggested as pupils in post-primary set to reach record highsMon Jul 23 2018 - 01:52
New figures show extent of ‘class gap’ in higher educationFee-paying students much more likely to attend top Dublin-based universitiesMon Jul 23 2018 - 01:19
Falling primary school numbers will lead to ‘hundreds’ of surplus teachersAlmost 700 fewer primary teachers will be required between 2019 to 2021, review findsThu Jul 19 2018 - 18:43
Does Ireland really need more universities?Jury out on whether technological universities will be more than a name-plate changeWed Jul 18 2018 - 11:09
Dublin colleges to merge into technological university in JanuaryTaoiseach says ‘new departure’ in Irish education will drive regional developmentTue Jul 17 2018 - 20:21
Pupils opting out of religion must not get extra tuition - bishopsPupils studying religion will be at ‘disadvantage’ to others if change goes aheadTue Jul 17 2018 - 01:46
Unveiling of new schools in doubt after subcontractors picketSchools in Bray and Wexford may not now open in time for forthcoming school yearMon Jul 16 2018 - 19:21
New technological university for greater Dublin area to be announcedDIT, IT Tallaght and IT Blanchardstown will merge to form new type of universityMon Jul 16 2018 - 01:00
Vending machines are sources of revenue for schoolsChildren tempted by fizzy drinks, chocolate and crisps on a daily basis in schoolsThu Jul 12 2018 - 22:38
Innovation districts: creating buzzy hives of invention (and good coffee)Trinity’s plan for a Grand Canal Innovation District aims to attract investment and jobsThu Jul 12 2018 - 16:38
Students face being priced out of ‘luxury’ accommodationAlmost 3,000 new student beds built in the past year, claims Government reportThu Jul 12 2018 - 00:00
Vending machines selling junk food in schools ‘should be banned’Oireachtas education committee report says facilities can play key role in tackling obesityWed Jul 11 2018 - 21:03
Teacher shortages at second level set to deepenDepartment official says demographic bulge will cause pressure ‘across all subject areas’Tue Jul 10 2018 - 20:59
Non-teachers correcting papers puts ‘integrity’ of State exams at riskAnalysis: Low pay and ‘gruelling’ work mean many teachers unwilling to correct examsFri Jun 22 2018 - 01:00
People without teaching qualifications to mark examsRate of pay for correcting exam papers cited as main reason for rolling staff shortagesFri Jun 22 2018 - 01:00
‘Appalling’ pressure on Leaving Cert students facing three exams todayTimetable congestion means some students face almost nine hours of exams in one dayWed Jun 20 2018 - 13:33
Children as young as four presenting with anxiety and self-harmMajor study of 1,000 primary school principals highlights scale of emotional problemsWed Jun 20 2018 - 00:00
Leaving Cert accountancy: ‘Fair’ and wide-ranging testStudents quizzed on costing projects and preparing budgets in challenging examMon Jun 18 2018 - 19:21
Junior Cert technical graphics: Frustrated students run out of timeMany candidates bogged down in ‘ridiculous’ and complex questions, say irate teachersMon Jun 18 2018 - 16:37
Leaving Cert agricultural science: Students tested on topics ranging from soil to sheepLevel of detail in some questions challenging but consensus is paper was very fairMon Jun 18 2018 - 14:06
Bishops say State-run schools not preparing children for CommunionLetter to State-run primary schools warns that faith programmes do not satisfy the requirements for sacramental preparation for Catholic childrenMon Jun 18 2018 - 01:00
UL makes settlements of up to €150,000 with whistleblowersMove follows allegations of misspending taxpayers’ money at University of LimerickMon Jun 18 2018 - 01:00
University of Limerick seeks to rebuild trust after controversiesPresident Des Fitzgerald says safeguards will ensure old practices ‘never happen again’Mon Jun 18 2018 - 00:01
Employer group asks members to resign from ETB boards over governance concernsDepartment refers concerns over spending at Kildare and Wicklow ETB to Garda SíochánaThu Jun 14 2018 - 21:15
Junior Cert religious education: Students asked to explore meaning of lifeTopics range from atheism to fundamentalismThu Jun 14 2018 - 20:34
Junior Cert home economics: A modern paper for the way students live nowCandidates quizzed about the advantages and disadvantages of using convenience foodsThu Jun 14 2018 - 14:25
Thousands exempt from Irish sitting other language examsDepartment reviewing process following claims the system is being ‘gamed’Thu Jun 14 2018 - 01:00
Libraries to open seven days a week from 8am to 10pmLibrary fines to be abolished under plan to double visitor numbersWed Jun 13 2018 - 21:55
Government to examine ways of improving university performance in global rankingsHigher Education Authority chief warns that funding for system is ‘not sustainable’Wed Jun 13 2018 - 21:07
Historian Pádraig Yeates conferred with NUI’s highest degreeFormer journalist recognised for research on Irish social and labour historyTue Jun 12 2018 - 22:10
Leaving Cert Irish paper 2: Anticipated short story fails to appearTechnical vocabulary challenges even the best-prepared studentsTue Jun 12 2018 - 13:39
Junior Cert maths paper 2: Harry Potter fans spellbound by Horcrux questionPaper criticised for ‘high level of literacy’ required to answer key questionsMon Jun 11 2018 - 13:52
