Is the Irish media devoid of intellectual depth?‘We need to see that there are different ways of looking at the world to that served to us by the mass media, which is necessarily pretty banal,’ argues Desmond FennellFri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00
Leaving Cert sat in advance by experts to cut mistakesMeasure introduced after ‘unacceptably high’ level of errors in papers last yearWed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
Quinn welcomes increase as record number of students take higher mathsLeaving Cert an important milestone but ‘not the only one’, says MinisterWed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
Students ‘should be allowed to use computers for Leaving’Many people are more comfortable using a tablet than a pen, says Junior Minister Ciaran CannonTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:04
Parent mentoring scheme giving a new start to educationResearch on north Dublin project shows early intervention is key for kids to reach their schooling potentialTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
One in three Leaving Cert students to sit higher level mathsNew checks put in place to avoid repeat of last year’s ‘unacceptably high’ level of errorsMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
Economist Morgan Kelly among new members of RIARoyal Irish Academy president cites need for ‘fundamental research’ independent of commerceFri May 30 2014 - 16:30
Ireland ‘at risk’ of falling behind in digital learningFilm maker David Puttnam says country has just four years to catch up or risk competing with developing countriesFri May 30 2014 - 13:50
Children return war victim’s medal to familyPupils washed service medal in CokeFri May 30 2014 - 01:00
Should religions get out of education?TCD professor Linda Hogan doesn’t think faith formation ‘is something best achieved sandwiched between maths and English’Fri May 30 2014 - 01:00
Quinn invites teachers to talks on Junior Cycle reformsMinister will chair discussions with unions which have withdrawn co-operation from planThu May 29 2014 - 16:19
Major language school warns staff of ‘extremely difficult’ financial positionSeparate protests in Dublin today by language teachers and foreign studentsThu May 29 2014 - 07:38
Selling Jackie letters would not save All Hallows, says collegeCollege and Department of Education clash over reasons for closure after 172 yearsSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Eden College owner denies ‘trousering’ student feesHeated exchanges at creditors meeting as language school closes with €1.4 m in debtsFri May 23 2014 - 19:17
Higher education institutions ordered to set up whistleblower proceduresInstruction by Higher Education Authority follows recent ‘anonymous’ investigationFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
Is Irish literature too local to have philosophical heft?In broader European and American literature, it is easier to find genuine marriages of philosophy and fictionFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
Students back junior cycle reforms but fear 'bias'Most student ‘very positive’ about continuous assessment planThu May 22 2014 - 01:00
Task force to ‘accommodate’ language studentsStudents claim they have been left in ‘limbo’ after college closures as visas run outWed May 21 2014 - 18:12
Are institutes of technology better than universities?Question of the week: Does academic snobbery allow certain institutions to rest on their laurels?Sat May 17 2014 - 01:00
Landmark Protestant cathedral school scrap feesSt Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School is third minority faith school to abandon “private” statusFri May 16 2014 - 01:19
UCD amends job advert allowing only ‘university’ PhD graduatesHigher Education Authority to discuss board member’s remarks next weekFri May 16 2014 - 01:04
How equal should we strive to become?Political philosopher John Baker makes the case for ‘equality of condition’ and a basic incomeFri May 16 2014 - 01:00
Irish teachers need to be upskilled to catch up with Asia, says OECD education chiefPlan to reform junior cycle ‘could tremendously strengthen the profession’Thu May 15 2014 - 01:00
New ranking seeks to put power back in hands of the studentsStatus of European universities lifted compared to US counterpartsWed May 14 2014 - 01:00
Many institutes of technology outrank universities in new EU higher education tableLetterkenny IoT gets an A in artistic output, while DCU gets an EWed May 14 2014 - 01:00
Quinn prepared to address junior cycle concerns but no change on examTeachers are ‘not the only experts’ in education, Minister tells Oireachtas committeeTue May 13 2014 - 19:09
Irish universities score top marks in new EU university ranking but devil in detailDCU performs well in business links but low on artistic outputTue May 13 2014 - 15:20
O'Reilly urges school leavers to look at EU optionsTells Erasmus+ launch many are unaware of ‘bounty on our doorsteps’Tue May 13 2014 - 01:10
‘Fitness to teach’ inquiries in public rejectedTeaching Council decides against similar model to legal and medical professionsTue May 13 2014 - 01:00
Underperforming courses to lose funds in further education shake-upFive-year plan ‘will inevitably disturb the status quo’, says Solas chairmanMon May 12 2014 - 19:41
US-EU trade agreement will make higher education ‘more commercial’University lecturers hear warning over ‘predatory’ for-profit collegesSat May 10 2014 - 13:03
Historians fear Boston tapes controversy will damage research into the TroublesCollege’s decision to return interviews ‘not a good precedent for researchers’Sat May 10 2014 - 01:00
Artistic pursuits give digital generation ‘space for risk taking’‘This is the first generation where creativity has dropped significantly,’ conference toldFri May 09 2014 - 15:40
ESRI urges ‘greater flexibility’ in learning disability classesMajor increase in provision of classes but ‘wide variation’ in how they are managedFri May 09 2014 - 01:01
Zombie blues and the hard problem of consciousnessExplaining consciousness is ‘last great challenge for science’, says philosopher David ChalmersFri May 09 2014 - 01:00
Is a Trinity degree worth more? Tech entrepreneur hits a nerveWeb summit founder stirs debate by placing premium on qualifications from alma materThu May 08 2014 - 15:46
Eoin Colfer is third Laureate na nÓg for children’s literatureNovelist ‘incredibly honoured and petrified’ to be taking on roleThu May 08 2014 - 11:32
School-based Holocaust memorial project grows across EuropeHolocaust survivors and school children gather for launch of Crocus Project 2014-2015Tue May 06 2014 - 13:59
Former ‘Irish Press’ journalist Noeleen Dowling diesLeading feature writer remembered as kind and generous colleagueSat May 03 2014 - 01:22
Funds of €35m allocated to repair school toilets and roofsTotal of 386 primary and secondary schools granted fundsFri May 02 2014 - 14:00
How atheists can still believe in God‘If you ever stop deconstructing God and then reconstructing God, you get an idol’Fri May 02 2014 - 07:08
Schools at ‘breaking point’ over budget cuts for special educational needsManagers say they have lost 17 resource teaching hours per week on averageThu May 01 2014 - 07:14
Trinity College tones down rebranding plan after staff backlashNew logo design tweaked to more closely reflect university shieldThu May 01 2014 - 01:00
DIT makes ‘top 100’ for up-and-coming third-level institutionsCollege listed 94th on Times Higher Education’s 100 under 50 rankingWed Apr 30 2014 - 21:00
Quaker school scraps its fees for day studentsNewtown School in Waterford enters Free Education schemeWed Apr 30 2014 - 14:31
Teachers’ conferences: it’s been a noisy week down at ASTI’s animal farmThis week’s ASTI conference sank into rancour and disunity as protesters – including ‘Megaphone Man’ – loudly opposed Ruarí Quinn’s reforms and compared union leaders to Orwellian pigsSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Tired of capitalism? Try ecofeminismEconomies undervalue ‘women’s work’ – but are men to blame?Fri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
TUI threatens strike over summer courses in further educationEmergency motion instructs union to protect teachers’ terms and conditionsFri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
End of era for St Pat’sAfter decades of calls for its closure, finally the end is in sight for juvenile detention centre St Patrick’s Institution in DublinFri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
