College applicants ‘cannot afford student accommodation’USI says purpose-built housing is out of reach for vast majority of new third-level entrantsThu Jul 20 2017 - 17:56
Too few women at top levels in colleges, report showsOnly 21% of professors are women, with no female university head in 400 yearsThu Jul 20 2017 - 01:00
Third-level colleges face funding cuts if they fail to tackle gender gapWomen are significantly under-represented in senior roles at collegesThu Jul 20 2017 - 01:00
‘Mediocre men outperform outstanding women’Financial rewards and penalties required for issue to be taken seriously - TCD academicThu Jul 20 2017 - 01:00
Colleges to face heavy penalties for misusing public fundsHEA proposals would punish third-level institutions for serious financial breachesFri Jul 14 2017 - 01:00
Employers to get greater say on education policyRichard Bruton to give businesses more input in exchange for increases in payroll taxesFri Jul 14 2017 - 01:00
Primary teachers reject draft public sector pay dealINTO’s executive had urged ‘no’ vote over failure to tackle pay equality among teachersThu Jul 13 2017 - 17:24
Cork Institute of Technology spent €20,000 on two portraitsCollege carrying €1m deficit faces criticism over paintings of president and chairmanThu Jul 13 2017 - 11:50
UCC withholds some results amid allegations of cheatingCollege confirms it is looking into possible breach of examination proceduresThu Jul 13 2017 - 08:39
Primary teachers set to reject draft pay dealPay equality between established and new teachers emerges as key issue for professionThu Jul 13 2017 - 01:00
Government to leave door open to student loan schemeLabour to table motion seeking abolition of student registration chargeWed Jul 12 2017 - 01:00
Third level colleges accused of ‘wild west’ approach to use of taxpayers’ moneyPublic Accounts Committee report critical of corporate governance failuresTue Jul 11 2017 - 20:54
Universities face severe criticism over use of public fundsPublic accounts committee highly critical of failure to declare private incomeTue Jul 11 2017 - 01:00
Rights of children opting out of religion class ‘must be respected’New Bill will require schools to set out their provisions for non-religious studentsTue Jul 11 2017 - 01:00
Largest single school building project gets under wayEducation campus in Maynooth will provide school places for 2,000 secondary pupilsMon Jul 10 2017 - 18:19
Thousands to alter college choices before CAO ‘deadline day’Change of mind: Applicants being drawn to courses linked to areas of the growing economyFri Jun 30 2017 - 12:25
Legal questions over plan to remove school ‘Baptism barrier’Legislation yet to be examined by Attorney GeneralThu Jun 29 2017 - 21:36
School ‘Baptism barrier’ is unfair on parents, says BrutonMinister announces plans to remove religious critera in Catholic school admissionsThu Jun 29 2017 - 11:49
Catholic schools criticise plans to remove ‘Baptism barrier’Minority faith primary schools will retain capacity to accept pupils on faith groundsThu Jun 29 2017 - 06:45
State exams body got one complaint over junior cycle English examConcern over length of paper sparked petition by 12,000 students prior to examWed Jun 28 2017 - 21:36
Time for education system to catch up with societyAnalysis: Removal of ‘Baptism barrier’ latest step in fight for equality-based school systemWed Jun 28 2017 - 21:17
Concerns over the ‘huge’ numbers of suspensions of school boysPupils banned from class on over 13,000 occasions with 145 expulsions, committee hearsTue Jun 27 2017 - 21:54
Three teachers’ unions look set to reject pay dealASTI’s standing committee recommends rejection of proposed public sector pay dealTue Jun 27 2017 - 19:22
Private schools will ruck on despite new admission rulesThe changes take aim at policies of such schools, but little will change on the groundTue Jun 27 2017 - 18:56
Schools to be given five years to phase out waiting lists‘Old school tie’ provision will limit places for past-pupils to no more than 25%Tue Jun 27 2017 - 13:25
Cork Institute of Technology announces new interim presidentDr Barry O’Connor says third-level requires extra financial support from specific departmentsMon Jun 26 2017 - 21:56
NUIG to drop students’ names from exam papers amid bias concernsAnonymous marking was pledged 13 years ago but was never followed through - unionMon Jun 26 2017 - 19:23
Leaving Cert music: from uilleann pipes to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’‘All compositions in major key so students had no opportunity to be melancholy’Thu Jun 22 2017 - 23:18
Universities accused of ‘misleading’ Dáil committee over financial affairsDIT president regrets not providing committee with ‘highly critical’ report of managment failuresThu Jun 22 2017 - 17:40
DIT officials to appear before PAC after withholding report on €700,000 lossSenior third-level college officials will appear before the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee to face allegations that they misled TDsThu Jun 22 2017 - 10:26
Report criticises DIT’s lack of oversight on €30 million in spendingExternal report finds lack of management oversight and breaches in purchasing policyThu Jun 22 2017 - 09:45
Concerns raised over spending issues at DIT subsidiaryAn Chéim’s board conducted ‘forensic analysis’ of services provided to tech companyThu Jun 22 2017 - 01:00
DIT president ordered to show report on lost €700,000TDs accuse college of misleading members over serious management failuresThu Jun 22 2017 - 01:00
Junior Cert music: Harmonious affair for most studentsVivaldi’s ‘Spring’ strikes the right note for most students on a hot summer’s dayWed Jun 21 2017 - 14:07
Children should be able to attend local school ‘regardless of religion’Oireachtas committee also recommends accessible alternatives to religious classesWed Jun 21 2017 - 11:07
Junior Cert materials technology: rocking chair on ‘balanced’ paperTeachers happy with range of questions and quality of graphicsMon Jun 19 2017 - 19:00
Junior Cert technical graphics: ‘Even the most gifted students were caught for time’Higher-level candidates report a lack of time to complete the paperMon Jun 19 2017 - 14:56
Migrant pupils falling behind at reading, research showsAchievement gap is ‘not large’ compared to many other developed countriesFri Jun 16 2017 - 08:20
Leo Varadkar becomes first ‘Trinity Taoiseach’Election marks a milestone in ‘normalising’ an institution once linked to Protestant eliteWed Jun 14 2017 - 18:45
Junior Cert Business: Brexit and strikes feature on topical paperPaper provided a good chance for applicants to apply their knowledge to current affairsTue Jun 13 2017 - 20:24
Investigation begins into how Leaving Cert paper was posted on FacebookImages of paper posted to Facebook group for teachers shortly after exam beganTue Jun 13 2017 - 16:16
State to lease primary school from Catholic Church under new divestment planKerry school under Catholic patronage to be re-opened as a community national schoolMon Jun 12 2017 - 20:21
ASTI leaders under pressure following strategy U-turnCalls for leadership figures to resign after members vote to suspend industrial actionMon Jun 12 2017 - 01:00
Gaelscoileanna to provide faith classes for a variety of religionsAn Foras Pátrúnachta is to introduce a new multidenominational model in its schoolsMon Jun 12 2017 - 01:00
ASTI brings end to futile campaign that divided unionAnalysis: Anger over new entrants’ pay may lead resumption in hostilities next autumnSun Jun 11 2017 - 16:12
Trainee and retired teachers will be asked to plug acute staffing gapsUnions say emigration of young Irish teachers a key factor behind shortagesFri Jun 09 2017 - 19:42
Junior Cert Irish paper 2: ‘Students challenged with detailed questions’Afternoon paper a tougher task for manyThu Jun 08 2017 - 18:24
Trinity and UCD climb in latest world university rankingsUCD says it may need to ‘reduce number of places to Irish students to preserve quality’Thu Jun 08 2017 - 08:50
Junior Cert English: Students challenged to think rather than regurgitateMixed reaction to the first paper of the new Junior Cycle English curriculumWed Jun 07 2017 - 13:32
Leaving Cert exams in eastern European languages on rise726 students enter for the Polish exam – the most popular non-curricular subjectWed Jun 07 2017 - 01:00
