College first round offers out MondayStudents can check CAO website from 6am to find out if they have a placeSat Aug 17 2013 - 10:10
Fifty Leaving Cert scripts held back over cheatingFurther 25 ‘provisionally withheld pending communication’ with studentsFri Aug 16 2013 - 07:23
Girls outperform boys in higher-level Leaving Cert subjectsBoys left behind even in some of the traditionally ‘male’ subjectsFri Aug 16 2013 - 06:16
Women teach and men build – it figuresStatistics show that undergraduate students from Dublin’s south side outnumber northsiders by two to oneFri Aug 16 2013 - 01:00
Minister defends maths syllabusProportion* of honours is down but Ruairí Quinn claims student performance has improvedThu Aug 15 2013 - 13:47
Failure rate in science subjects remains highNearly one student in five fails chemistry at ordinary level, 8.1% at higher levelWed Aug 14 2013 - 06:00
Project Maths fails to make grade in LeavingStudents not achieving honours grades despite introduction of new syllabusWed Aug 14 2013 - 06:00
Class of 2013 notches up 5,824 A1 grades, slightly lower than the tally for 2012This year 152 students achieved the magic 600 CAO pointsWed Aug 14 2013 - 06:00
Moment of truth looms as students wait for points levelsIt has been a stressful year for Leaving Certs. Now the next page of their education is about to beginWed Aug 14 2013 - 06:00
Maths grades and bonus points to grab considerable attentionNew syllabus to impact on growing numbers hoping to do science coursesTue Aug 13 2013 - 01:00
Irish universities attracting little cash from big businessStudy claims researchers in South Korea paid 12 times more than Irish rivalsMon 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 showsGirls twice as likely to be on TwitterMon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
MacGill Summer School: Ruthless focus on quality of education urgedLeading academic says people have to ‘ruffle feathers’ in order to make improvementsFri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
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 StateFri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
Rebuilding the economy to dominate MacGill sessionsSpeakers to discuss management of economy and public finances after the Troika bailout endsThu Aug 01 2013 - 11:53
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 reportsThu Aug 01 2013 - 01:35
The road to discovery is paved with good muffinsIs 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 seemThu Aug 01 2013 - 01:01
Research points to new treatments for inflammatory bowel diseasesPotential arises for possible remediesMon Jul 29 2013 - 01:00
Migrants win concession on third level education feesStudents with Irish or EU passport will not longer have to pay up to €12,000 yearlyThu Jul 25 2013 - 17:49
Take a breath for the ultimate answer on how to burn more fatSimple detector shows when the body begins to burn fat storesThu Jul 25 2013 - 01:00
Picture postcard shots of Earth taken from 1.5bn kms awaySatellites orbiting Saturn and Mercury join up to take snaps of our home planetTue Jul 23 2013 - 15:21
A Trinity world first for a blob of bitumenSparking public interest over the world’s oldest scientific experimentsMon Jul 22 2013 - 16:58
Drive to crack hydrogen fuel cell technology powers aheadResearchers in Ireland have come up with one of the cheapest methods to generate hydrogen yetMon Jul 22 2013 - 01:00
Translating Down Syndrome find to treatment not simpleAbility to switch off chromosome is valuable tool to researchers, writes Dick AhlstromThu Jul 18 2013 - 21:02
Student demand for business courses risesBig drop in CAO applications for healthcare and primary school teaching coursesThu Jul 18 2013 - 01:00
Ireland at the crest of a new wave in maritime technologyWith the opening of the Beaufort Research Centre, the State could become a world leader in this untapped sectorThu Jul 18 2013 - 01:00
Primary pupil numbers expected to peak at 596,000 by 2019Enrolments at second level will climb until 2026, report findsWed Jul 17 2013 - 19:19
The dormouse makes first appearance in IrelandSpecies probably introduced here by accident while hibernating in hayMon Jul 15 2013 - 18:41
Sun’s bizarre activity may trigger another ice ageLatest data shows solar activity has been falling steadily since mid-1940sFri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00
Study linking fish oil supplements and cancer causes consumer fearsIncreased risk of prostate cancer associated with omega-3 levelsFri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00
Innovation Talk: New revenue streams vital for higher educationThe 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 rootsInnovation Talk: institutes and industry support each other’s work symbioticallyMon Jun 17 2013 - 01:00
State body apologises for errors in Leaving and Junior Certificate examsState Examinations Commission says there were four errors in maths papersWed Jun 12 2013 - 01:19
Additional maths paper errors acknowledged by exam bodyState Examinations Commission rejects claims for other mistakesTue Jun 11 2013 - 18:05
Two errors discovered in Leaving and Junior Cert papersState Examinations Commission says mistakes will be taken into account in markingMon Jun 10 2013 - 19:42
More prefabs to be removed from schools46 schools will benefit with €15 million of grant aid availableMon Jun 10 2013 - 09:14
Our reputation is tarnished by scandal of lost scientistWhen we offered funding at the going rate, dozens of researchers answered the callFri Jun 07 2013 - 01:00
Engineering works out wellFair and reasonable the verdict for Leaving Cert engineeringFri Jun 07 2013 - 01:00
Chances of getting college place still good for the class of 2013The number of higher education places may equal demand – perhaps for last timeWed Jun 05 2013 - 01:00
Rise in those sitting higher maths ensures race for third-level courses continuesPass in higher maths guarantees 25 bonus points for studentsTue Jun 04 2013 - 01:15
3m papers distributed as State exams set to get under wayOver 114,000 students will sit the exams this yearMon Jun 03 2013 - 22:01
Third-level reform plan welcomedMove aimed at fostering more coherence between education system and enterpriseFri May 31 2013 - 01:00
Higher education set for structured consolidationMinister aims to stop organic growth characterising third-level sector in pastThu May 30 2013 - 01:00
Cabinet signs off on plans for three new technological universitiesThe Higher Education Authority is due to publish the final draft of the plan todayThu May 30 2013 - 01:00
Ireland needs to stay in premier league of researchBuilding an economy that relies on research and knowledge-driven enterprises is the only alternative if we want to see it develop and generate wealthMon May 27 2013 - 02:00
Snore app can provide wake-up call for sleep apnoeaProject one of 62 research awards announced by Minister for Research Seán SherlockFri May 24 2013 - 01:00
Only certainty for area known as Tornado Alley is that more twisters are on wayWed May 22 2013 - 02:00
Research reveals possible new way to diagnose autism earlyMethod based on the way the brain processes visual informationWed May 22 2013 - 01:00
