Unthinkable: Should morality be treated as an experimental science?Moral truths can’t be spoon-fed to people by priests or sages, says Sarin Marchetti, invoking the wisdom of William JamesTue Oct 06 2015 - 09:30
Cog Notes: Is the ASTI fit for purpose?Kieran Christie takes over a divided union that has dodged hard decisionsTue Oct 06 2015 - 06:00
Bishops approve Hibernia College’s religious training programmeCatholic management body issues advice on running of school board electionsMon Oct 05 2015 - 01:00
HEA chief to meet University of Limerick ‘whistleblower’UL will ‘cooperate fully’ with any inquiry into claims of financial mismanagementSat Oct 03 2015 - 17:56
UCD closes gap on Trinity in latest university rankingsTCD drops to 160th in expanded world ranking - down from 43rd six years agoWed Sept 30 2015 - 21:03
Australian student loan scheme a match for Ireland - economistIrish policy makers told funding model ‘comes out on top’ for equity and impactWed Sept 30 2015 - 12:00
Fees and expenses of €5.7m paid to education boards in four yearsState Examinations Commission settles €12.25m tax liability with the RevenueWed Sept 30 2015 - 01:00
Abuses of €40 million school meals scheme exposedFive schools referred to Garda over payment irregularitiesTue Sept 29 2015 - 19:03
Unthinkable: Should college places be awarded by lottery?Using a lottery is preferable to distributing goods based on ‘bad reasons’, argues political scientist Peter StoneTue Sept 29 2015 - 06:00
Cog Notes: Entrepreneurial mindfulness comes to NUIG – but what is it?Plus: this year’s Fr Frank Maher Classical Music AwardsTue Sept 29 2015 - 01:00
Whistleblower claims learning support hours redeployedInvestigation urged over claims time held for special needs is going to management dutiesMon Sept 28 2015 - 01:00
ASTI appoint Kieran Christie as next general secretaryLong-time activist named to replace Pat King amid debate over recruitment procedureSat Sept 26 2015 - 16:34
ASTI orders teachers to boycott junior cycle trainingUnion narrowly rejects latest reform plan and decides to resume industrial actionSat Sept 26 2015 - 09:58
UL targets international students in effort to improve rankingLimerick college aims for 60% increase in foreign students in attempt to raise profileFri Sept 25 2015 - 17:23
New patronage model proposed for primary schoolsPartnership would give Catholic Church and State joint control over school managementThu Sept 24 2015 - 18:40
Teachers threaten further industrial action after split voteOnly 38 per cent of ASTI members opt to vote, rejecting plan by narrow marginThu Sept 24 2015 - 16:35
Junior Cycle reform: timeline and main pointsPlans to overhaul curriculum have been cause of contention for yearsThu Sept 24 2015 - 12:46
Faction ordered to stop using Asti name in campaignTeachers’ union accuses ‘Fightback’ group undermining elected leadershipWed Sept 23 2015 - 22:56
Minister urged to back growth of community national schoolsEducation and Training Boards planning 22 schools along community model by 2020Wed Sept 23 2015 - 18:27
Industry must ramp up role in ‘funding’ of higher educationBigger input required from employers to plug sector funding gap, conference toldWed Sept 23 2015 - 18:27
Universities seek ‘urgent action’ on student accommodation crisisPre-budget submission recommends tax relief for construction of new student housingTue Sept 22 2015 - 20:13
Unthinkable: Is Stoicism the answer to modern living?Mindfulness with an ethical twist is the Stoic way, explains philosopher Massimo PigliucciTue Sept 22 2015 - 08:21
Cog Notes: ‘Marital bliss’ in LimerickMinister Jan O’Sullivan quietly annuls planned union between teacher trainers MIC and ULTue Sept 22 2015 - 08:00
How Irish college students differ from AmericansStudents here do not participate in class as much as in the US, Irish survey findsTue Sept 22 2015 - 06:00
Trinity in line for parting gift from Chuck FeeneyPhilanthropist discussing investment in Trinity’s Institute of NeuroscienceFri Sept 18 2015 - 01:00
Digital learning plan will demand computer skills from teachersFive-year strategy set to include greater investment in broadband for schoolsThu Sept 17 2015 - 01:00
We must avoid ‘moral panic’ over technology in schools, expert saysDCU professor criticises OECD report that linked computer use with poor performanceWed Sept 16 2015 - 01:00
‘Fairer’ special needs resource allocation for trial in 47 schools‘Reform of allocation system needed and I’m committed to achieving that’ - O’SullivanTue Sept 15 2015 - 12:36
TCD and UCD drop lower in world university rankingsUCC and DIT also fall, but NUIG, DCU, UL and Maynooth University go up a few placesTue Sept 15 2015 - 06:17
Unthinkable: Are there truths that can’t be spoken?Cultivating ‘a sense of wonder that the world exists’ is central to Wittgenstein’s philosophyTue Sept 15 2015 - 06:00
Irish teens among best at using internetOECD ranks Irish 15-year-olds sixth out of 32 states for ‘navigation proficiency’Tue Sept 15 2015 - 01:01
Lack of computers in schools may be a blessing - OECD reportIntense computer use in class linked to ‘significantly poorer student performance’Tue Sept 15 2015 - 01:00
Claims of poor financial practice at University of Limerick investigatedHigher education chief says more detail on allegations needed for inquiry to proceedSat Sept 12 2015 - 01:00
Blackrock institute opens after 20-year waitStudents in further education and training ‘are entitled to the best possible standards’, says MinisterFri Sept 11 2015 - 22:00
Girls leave boys behind in 20 out of 22 Junior Cert papersBoys still outnumber girls by six to one in technology subjects at the higher levelFri Sept 11 2015 - 06:00
Berkeley tragedy remembered at UCD start-of-term eventRose garden seats installed in honour of students who died during college yearsWed Sept 09 2015 - 20:26
Almost 60,000 students receive Junior Cert resultsOf those who took higher level paper, 11.2% scored an A grade, up from 10.7% last yearWed Sept 09 2015 - 06:00
School principals call for fairer special needs modelDepartment urged to consider targeting ‘funds at the child rather than at the school’Wed Sept 09 2015 - 01:00
Deep inequality in special-needs supports laid bareShortfall in state assessments, which unlock help, causes unfair distribution of resourcesTue Sept 08 2015 - 07:15
Unthinkable: Should education be student-centred?Teachers should not try to make content ‘relevant’, says sociologist Frank FurediTue Sept 08 2015 - 06:08
Cog Notes: Teachers face double vote on junior cyclePlus: who’d be general secretary of the ASTI?Tue Sept 08 2015 - 06:00
Defence Forces to visit school under 1916 commemoration planPresentation of national flags to include instructions on protocol in preparation for Proclamation DayTue Sept 08 2015 - 01:01
Affluent areas get more special needs teaching hoursTrend linked to parents getting private diagnoses of needs to support applicationsTue Sept 08 2015 - 01:00
Fennelly report: Labour Ministers express full confidence in Attorney GeneralNation would be ‘deeply wounded’ if Máire Whelan was lost, says Brendan HowlinFri Sept 04 2015 - 01:00
CAO points changes aim to reduce pressure on studentsBonus points for Leaving Cert maths to remain but will not extend to new ‘fail’ gradeThu Sept 03 2015 - 17:22
Student accommodation tax breaks should be ‘considered’Minister awards €30,000 grant to students’ union to promote rent-a-room schemeWed Sept 02 2015 - 14:27
Junior cycle reform: 'Wellbeing' a first-year subject in 2017Subject will be integrated across junior cycle by 2020 as part of revised reform timetableMon Aug 31 2015 - 18:08
ASTI to vote on junior cycle reform without recommendationLeadership of secondary teachers’ union remains divided over compromise proposalsSat Aug 29 2015 - 18:38
Mayo council urged to provide new home for Educate Together schoolGovernment shelved plan that could have seen up to 32 Catholic schools in county mergeSat Aug 29 2015 - 01:00
TUI group recommends accepting junior cycle reform planPresident of teachers’ union says compromise proposals address strike concernsFri Aug 28 2015 - 15:00
