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College first round offers out Monday

College first round offers out Monday

Students can check CAO website from 6am to find out if they have a place

Sat Aug 17 2013 - 10:10
Fifty  Leaving Cert scripts held back over cheating

Fifty Leaving Cert scripts held back over cheating

Further 25 ‘provisionally withheld pending communication’ with students

Fri Aug 16 2013 - 07:23
Girls outperform  boys in higher-level Leaving Cert subjects

Girls outperform boys in higher-level Leaving Cert subjects

Boys left behind even in some of the traditionally ‘male’ subjects

Fri Aug 16 2013 - 06:16
Women teach and men build – it figures

Women teach and men build – it figures

Statistics show that undergraduate students from Dublin’s south side outnumber northsiders by two to one

Fri Aug 16 2013 - 01:00
Minister defends maths syllabus

Minister defends maths syllabus

Proportion* of honours is down but Ruairí Quinn claims student performance has improved

Thu Aug 15 2013 - 13:47
Failure rate in science subjects  remains high

Failure rate in science subjects remains high

Nearly one student in five fails chemistry at ordinary level, 8.1% at higher level

Wed Aug 14 2013 - 06:00
Project Maths fails to make grade in Leaving

Project Maths fails to make grade in Leaving

Students not achieving honours grades despite introduction of new syllabus

Wed Aug 14 2013 - 06:00
Class of 2013 notches up 5,824 A1 grades, slightly lower than the tally for 2012

Class of 2013 notches up 5,824 A1 grades, slightly lower than the tally for 2012

This year 152 students achieved the magic 600 CAO points

Wed Aug 14 2013 - 06:00
Moment of truth looms as students wait for points levels

Moment of truth looms as students wait for points levels

It has been a stressful year for Leaving Certs. Now the next page of their education is about to begin

Wed Aug 14 2013 - 06:00
Maths grades and bonus points to grab considerable attention

Maths grades and bonus points to grab considerable attention

New syllabus to impact on growing numbers hoping to do science courses

Tue Aug 13 2013 - 01:00
Irish universities attracting little cash from big business

Irish universities attracting little cash from big business

Study claims researchers in South Korea paid 12 times more than Irish rivals

Mon Aug 12 2013 - 07:22

We need a strategy for scientific research

"It is vital that [a new science strategy]...includes some clear sense of vision of where we are going with the research investment and where we eventually want to be"

Mon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
More than 93% of Leaving Cert students have Facebook account, survey shows

More than 93% of Leaving Cert students have Facebook account, survey shows

Girls twice as likely to be on Twitter

Mon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
MacGill Summer School: Ruthless focus on quality of education urged

MacGill Summer School: Ruthless focus on quality of education urged

Leading academic says people have to ‘ruffle feathers’ in order to make improvements

Fri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
Government must stick with austerity, says Brian Hayes

Government must stick with austerity, says Brian Hayes

‘If we falter now the electorate would rightly punish us if things went wrong,’ says Minister of State

Fri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
Rebuilding the economy to dominate MacGill sessions

Rebuilding the economy to dominate MacGill sessions

Speakers to discuss management of economy and public finances after the Troika bailout ends

Thu Aug 01 2013 - 11:53
School  costs an ‘unacceptable burden on parents’

School costs an ‘unacceptable burden on parents’

Costs for books and uniforms can run to €350 for a primary school child and €785 for a first-year student, Barnardos reports

Thu Aug 01 2013 - 01:35
The road to discovery is paved with good muffins

The road to discovery is paved with good muffins

Is immunology the new rock’n’roll? Maybe not, but looking for ways to fight inflammatory diseases with Prof Luke O’Neill and his team is more fun than it might seem

Thu Aug 01 2013 - 01:01
Research points to new treatments for inflammatory bowel diseases

Research points to new treatments for inflammatory bowel diseases

Potential arises for possible remedies

Mon Jul 29 2013 - 01:00
Migrants win concession on third level education fees

Migrants win concession on third level education fees

Students with Irish or EU passport will not longer have to pay up to €12,000 yearly

Thu Jul 25 2013 - 17:49
Take a breath for the ultimate answer on how to burn more fat

Take a breath for the ultimate answer on how to burn more fat

Simple detector shows when the body begins to burn fat stores

Thu Jul 25 2013 - 01:00
Picture postcard shots of Earth taken from 1.5bn kms away

Picture postcard shots of Earth taken from 1.5bn kms away

Satellites orbiting Saturn and Mercury join up to take snaps of our home planet

Tue Jul 23 2013 - 15:21
A Trinity world first for a blob of bitumen

A Trinity world first for a blob of bitumen

Sparking public interest over the world’s oldest scientific experiments

Mon Jul 22 2013 - 16:58
Drive to crack hydrogen fuel cell technology powers ahead

Drive to crack hydrogen fuel cell technology powers ahead

Researchers in Ireland have come up with one of the cheapest methods to generate hydrogen yet

Mon Jul 22 2013 - 01:00
Translating Down Syndrome find to treatment not simple

Translating Down Syndrome find to treatment not simple

Ability to switch off chromosome is valuable tool to researchers, writes Dick Ahlstrom

Thu Jul 18 2013 - 21:02
Ireland at the crest of a new wave  in maritime technology

Ireland at the crest of a new wave in maritime technology

With the opening of the Beaufort Research Centre, the State could become a world leader in this untapped sector

Thu Jul 18 2013 - 01:00
Student demand for business courses rises

Student demand for business courses rises

Big drop in CAO applications for healthcare and primary school teaching courses

Thu Jul 18 2013 - 01:00
Primary pupil numbers expected to peak at 596,000 by 2019

Primary pupil numbers expected to peak at 596,000 by 2019

Enrolments at second level will climb until 2026, report finds

Wed Jul 17 2013 - 19:19
The dormouse makes first appearance in Ireland

The dormouse makes first appearance in Ireland

Species probably introduced here by accident while hibernating in hay

Mon Jul 15 2013 - 18:41
Sun’s bizarre activity may trigger another ice age

Sun’s bizarre activity may trigger another ice age

Latest data shows solar activity has been falling steadily since mid-1940s

Fri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00
Study linking fish oil supplements and cancer causes consumer fears

Study linking fish oil supplements and cancer causes consumer fears

Increased risk of prostate cancer associated with omega-3 levels

Fri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00

Innovation Talk: New revenue streams vital for higher education

The HEA believes undergraduate numbers could grow by as much as 25 per cent over the next decade if demand continues as it is, but where are these students to go?

Mon Jul 08 2013 - 01:00
Technology universities must not forget their local roots

Technology universities must not forget their local roots

Innovation Talk: institutes and industry support each other’s work symbiotically

Mon Jun 17 2013 - 01:00
State body apologises for errors in Leaving and Junior Certificate exams

State body apologises for errors in Leaving and Junior Certificate exams

State Examinations Commission says there were four errors in maths papers

Wed Jun 12 2013 - 01:19
Additional maths paper errors acknowledged by exam body

Additional maths paper errors acknowledged by exam body

State Examinations Commission rejects claims for other mistakes

Tue Jun 11 2013 - 18:05
Two errors discovered in Leaving and Junior Cert papers

Two errors discovered in Leaving and Junior Cert papers

State Examinations Commission says mistakes will be taken into account in marking

Mon Jun 10 2013 - 19:42
More prefabs to be removed from schools

More prefabs to be removed from schools

46 schools will benefit with €15 million of grant aid available

Mon Jun 10 2013 - 09:14
Our reputation is tarnished by scandal of lost scientist

Our reputation is tarnished by scandal of lost scientist

When we offered funding at the going rate, dozens of researchers answered the call

Fri Jun 07 2013 - 01:00
Engineering works out well

Engineering works out well

Fair and reasonable the verdict for Leaving Cert engineering

Fri Jun 07 2013 - 01:00
Chances of  getting college place still good for the class of 2013

Chances of getting college place still good for the class of 2013

The number of higher education places may equal demand – perhaps for last time

Wed Jun 05 2013 - 01:00
Rise in those sitting higher maths ensures race for third-level courses continues

Rise in those sitting higher maths ensures race for third-level courses continues

Pass in higher maths guarantees 25 bonus points for students

Tue Jun 04 2013 - 01:15
3m papers distributed as State exams set to get under way

3m papers distributed as State exams set to get under way

Over 114,000 students will sit the exams this year

Mon Jun 03 2013 - 22:01
Third-level reform plan welcomed

Third-level reform plan welcomed

Move aimed at fostering more coherence between education system and enterprise

Fri May 31 2013 - 01:00
Higher education set for structured consolidation

Higher education set for structured consolidation

Minister aims to stop organic growth characterising third-level sector in past

Thu May 30 2013 - 01:00
Cabinet signs off on plans for three new technological universities

Cabinet signs off on plans for three new technological universities

The Higher Education Authority is due to publish the final draft of the plan today

Thu May 30 2013 - 01:00

Ireland needs to stay in premier league of research

Building an economy that relies on research and knowledge-driven enterprises is the only alternative if we want to see it develop and generate wealth

Mon May 27 2013 - 02:00
Snore app can provide wake-up call for sleep apnoea

Snore app can provide wake-up call for sleep apnoea

Project one of 62 research awards announced by Minister for Research Seán Sherlock

Fri May 24 2013 - 01:00
Have your say about science

Have your say about science

Who should control the conduct of science?

Thu May 23 2013 - 16:14
Only certainty for area known as Tornado Alley is that more twisters are on way

Only certainty for area known as Tornado Alley is that more twisters are on way

Wed May 22 2013 - 02:00
Research reveals possible new way to diagnose autism early

Research reveals possible new way to diagnose autism early

Method based on the way the brain processes visual information

Wed May 22 2013 - 01:00
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