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Crucifixes in schools should be joined by other religious artefacts

Crucifixes in schools should be joined by other religious artefacts

Department of Education says change of school patronage ‘has not been as rapid as envisaged’

Wed Jul 02 2014 - 08:08
Schools urged to publish polices showing they are ‘genuinely  inclusive’

Schools urged to publish polices showing they are ‘genuinely inclusive’

Department says change of religious patronage ‘has not been as rapid as envisaged’

Tue Jul 01 2014 - 21:09
Former union leader to chair expert group on third level funding

Former union leader to chair expert group on third level funding

Panel led by Peter Cassells to look at revenue raising measures such as a graduate tax

Tue Jul 01 2014 - 15:40
Audit of primary teachers sought as pupil numbers rise 10,000

Audit of primary teachers sought as pupil numbers rise 10,000

Call for provision of sufficient teachers in the ‘priority subjects’ of the future

Mon Jun 30 2014 - 07:59
Education league tables having  ‘detrimental’ effect

Education league tables having ‘detrimental’ effect

Social scientists tells Maynooth conference policy should not be ‘solely based on data’

Fri Jun 27 2014 - 16:33
All Hallows in talks to rescue  adult learning programme

All Hallows in talks to rescue adult learning programme

DCU president says many aspects of ‘Alba’ system would resonate with own value system

Fri Jun 27 2014 - 08:52
Why do you feel compelled to flee boredom?

Why do you feel compelled to flee boredom?

Market values have turned summer into a platform for further consumption and turned all of us into a ‘resource to be used up’

Fri Jun 27 2014 - 01:00
Quinn moves to prevent compilation of school league tables

Quinn moves to prevent compilation of school league tables

Minister secures Cabinet approval on widening of scope of Freedom of Information Act

Thu Jun 26 2014 - 09:57
Children with special needs ‘partially excluded’ from school

Children with special needs ‘partially excluded’ from school

Parents group says announcement of latest SNA allocation gives little time to plan

Thu Jun 26 2014 - 08:33
Dozens of primary schools face closure ‘within two years’

Dozens of primary schools face closure ‘within two years’

Dublin Archdiocese tells Oireachtas committee schools ‘eating into reserves’ to stay open

Thu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
Medical school exam not compromised, inquiry  finds

Medical school exam not compromised, inquiry finds

HPat review group wants to put prep schools ‘out of the market’

Thu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
Scholarship honours murdered German student

Scholarship honours murdered German student

Thomas Heinrich Scholarship awarded to student at Griffith College Dublin

Wed Jun 25 2014 - 01:00
UCD suspends allocation of campus accommodation

UCD suspends allocation of campus accommodation

‘Technical glitch’ cited for problems with email system

Sat Jun 21 2014 - 09:07
Transferring  power from politicians to ‘unelected agents’  can help democracy

Transferring power from politicians to ‘unelected agents’ can help democracy

Political philosopher Philip Pettit delivers counter-intuitive message at Garret FitzGerald summer school lecture

Sat Jun 21 2014 - 09:01
How will you fill your 168-hour week?

How will you fill your 168-hour week?

The most ambitious students in the US don’t waste their non-study time “socialising”. There are coding languages to be learnt, jobs to be sought, enterprises to be founded

Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Quinn advises teachers to study RE to boost their job prospects

Quinn advises teachers to study RE to boost their job prospects

Catholic and Protestant teacher training colleges united in new secular home

Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
How can we be free from corporate domination?

How can we be free from corporate domination?

Philosopher Philip Pettit warns that we are holding corporations ‘less effectively to their responsibilities than we hold individuals to theirs’

Fri Jun 20 2014 - 11:01
Schools support system to be reformed

Schools support system to be reformed

New plan for allocating teacher supports seeks to end ‘unfair’ and ‘inequitable’ system

Thu Jun 19 2014 - 01:00
‘You are hoping for a worse diagnosis when the child is going to school. It’s terrible’

‘You are hoping for a worse diagnosis when the child is going to school. It’s terrible’

‘The last thing you want to get with a child is a mild diagnosis because they lose all support’

Thu Jun 19 2014 - 01:00
Sydney diocese  rejects McAleese claim of ‘old boys club’

Sydney diocese rejects McAleese claim of ‘old boys club’

Cardinal Pell appointment not done through ‘transparent process’, former president claims

Wed Jun 18 2014 - 19:37
Department admits circular on SNAs was ‘badly phrased’

Department admits circular on SNAs was ‘badly phrased’

Concern raised by schools about added ‘bureaucracy’ in applying for supports

Wed Jun 18 2014 - 01:00
Displaced language students to get 70% discount

Displaced language students to get 70% discount

Ministers announce relief plan for hundreds of students affected by school closures

Tue Jun 17 2014 - 18:39
McAleese: asking bishops’ advice on family life ‘bonkers’

McAleese: asking bishops’ advice on family life ‘bonkers’

Former president tells UCD audience it is ‘profoundly wrong’ to ask celibates to carry out such a review

Tue Jun 17 2014 - 07:19
Parents and students will have ‘right to consultation’ over school policies

Parents and students will have ‘right to consultation’ over school policies

Education ‘passport’ for entry to post-primary to be compulsory from September

Mon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00
Chinese students make up to 10% of non-EU student population at UCD

Chinese students make up to 10% of non-EU student population at UCD

Chinese official lays foundation stone for university’s new Confucius Institute

Mon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00
Have you a moral duty  to care for others?

Have you a moral duty to care for others?

Kant’s lesson for nursing home operators: people shouldn’t be treated simply as a means to an end

Fri Jun 13 2014 - 01:00
Colleges face financial penalties if they fail to meet  new targets

Colleges face financial penalties if they fail to meet new targets

UCD, TCD say non-EU student numbers will be up 50 per cent by 2016

Thu Jun 12 2014 - 09:08
Working group on ‘future funding’ of  higher education may not report until end of 2015

Working group on ‘future funding’ of higher education may not report until end of 2015

Establishment of new review pushes decision on college fees beyond election

Thu Jun 12 2014 - 01:07
Universities’ plans  to double overseas students carries risks

Universities’ plans to double overseas students carries risks

Quinn highlights need for industry – as ‘the beneficiary’ of third level education – to play funding role

Thu Jun 12 2014 - 01:04
Staff-student ratios ‘considerably out of line’ with international norms

Staff-student ratios ‘considerably out of line’ with international norms

UCD president says funding crisis is ‘incredibly serious’ for Ireland

Thu Jun 12 2014 - 01:01
Higher education competing well internationally, review shows

Higher education competing well internationally, review shows

Higher Education System Performance Report says institutions ‘flexible’ over pressures

Wed Jun 11 2014 - 10:33
Hybrid course to allow teachers ‘span’ primary and secondary

Hybrid course to allow teachers ‘span’ primary and secondary

Proposal by colleges likely to meet strong opposition from teacher unions

Tue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
Trinity goes digital with first free online course in September

Trinity goes digital with first free online course in September

Massive Open Online Course in history ‘not a substitute’ for university

Mon Jun 09 2014 - 08:22
More graduates availing of Springboard jobseekers programme

More graduates availing of Springboard jobseekers programme

Some 6,100 new places on free higher education courses on offer from today

Mon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00
Planet Leaving Cert

Planet Leaving Cert

World Cup bonus for class of 2014

Fri Jun 06 2014 - 19:00
Is the Irish media devoid  of intellectual depth?

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 Fennell

Fri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00
Quinn welcomes increase as record number of students take higher maths

Quinn welcomes increase as record number of students take higher maths

Leaving Cert an important milestone but ‘not the only one’, says Minister

Wed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
Leaving Cert sat in advance by experts to cut mistakes

Leaving Cert sat in advance by experts to cut mistakes

Measure introduced after ‘unacceptably high’ level of errors in papers last year

Wed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
Students ‘should be allowed to use computers for Leaving’

Students ‘should be allowed to use computers for Leaving’

Many people are more comfortable using a tablet than a pen, says Junior Minister Ciaran Cannon

Tue Jun 03 2014 - 01:04
Parent mentoring scheme  giving a new start to education

Parent mentoring scheme giving a new start to education

Research on north Dublin project shows early intervention is key for kids to reach their schooling potential

Tue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
One in three Leaving Cert students to sit higher level maths

One in three Leaving Cert students to sit higher level maths

New checks put in place to avoid repeat of last year’s ‘unacceptably high’ level of errors

Mon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
Economist Morgan Kelly among new members of  RIA

Economist Morgan Kelly among new members of RIA

Royal Irish Academy president cites need for ‘fundamental research’ independent of commerce

Fri May 30 2014 - 16:30
Ireland ‘at risk’ of falling behind in digital learning

Ireland ‘at risk’ of falling behind in digital learning

Film maker David Puttnam says country has just four years to catch up or risk competing with developing countries

Fri May 30 2014 - 13:50
Should religions get out of education?

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
Children return war victim’s medal to family

Children return war victim’s medal to family

Pupils washed service medal in Coke

Fri May 30 2014 - 01:00
Quinn invites teachers to talks on Junior Cycle reforms

Quinn invites teachers to talks on Junior Cycle reforms

Minister will chair discussions with unions which have withdrawn co-operation from plan

Thu May 29 2014 - 16:19
Major language school warns staff of  ‘extremely difficult’ financial position

Major language school warns staff of ‘extremely difficult’ financial position

Separate protests in Dublin today by language teachers and foreign students

Thu May 29 2014 - 07:38
Selling Jackie letters would not save All Hallows, says college

Selling Jackie letters would not save All Hallows, says college

College and Department of Education clash over reasons for closure after 172 years

Sat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Eden College owner denies ‘trousering’ student fees

Eden College owner denies ‘trousering’ student fees

Heated exchanges at creditors meeting as language school closes with €1.4 m in debts

Fri May 23 2014 - 19:17
Higher education institutions ordered to set up whistleblower procedures

Higher education institutions ordered to set up whistleblower procedures

Instruction by Higher Education Authority follows recent ‘anonymous’ investigation

Fri May 23 2014 - 01:00
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