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Higher education sector under pressure as never before

Higher education sector under pressure as never before

Without funding reform, third-level institutions will not be able to cope with demand

Thu Mar 10 2016 - 01:00
CAO 2016: Jump in applications for courses linked to recovery

CAO 2016: Jump in applications for courses linked to recovery

Points increases likely for architecture, engineering, construction and business

Wed Mar 09 2016 - 11:03
Uncertain election means  third-level reforms may be delayed

Uncertain election means third-level reforms may be delayed

Analysis: Higher education is in crisis following seven years of sharp funding cuts

Wed Mar 09 2016 - 01:04
Emigrant graduates may be pursued for loan repayments

Emigrant graduates may be pursued for loan repayments

New report on future funding of Irish higher education includes tuition loan proposal

Wed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
INTO backs industrial action over  promotions, workload

INTO backs industrial action over promotions, workload

97% of primary teachers balloted vote to cease involvement in school self-evaluation

Tue Mar 08 2016 - 16:07
How to get primary school pupils glued to the news

How to get primary school pupils glued to the news

Clic News, a website run by DIT journalism students to provide news to primary schools, is making a big impression. And it’s not all puppies and pop music

Tue Mar 08 2016 - 06:00
Nearly 1,500 students use grants to study abroad

Nearly 1,500 students use grants to study abroad

Irish students entitled to travel abroad with Department of Education grants

Tue Mar 08 2016 - 01:00
Schools should not be run like businesses, ASTI warns

Schools should not be run like businesses, ASTI warns

Union says moves to advance school autonomy would have negative consequences

Tue Mar 08 2016 - 00:00
No FG-FF truce in sight as new generation  stress differences

No FG-FF truce in sight as new generation stress differences

Younger members insist major cultural and policy issues divide the two parties

Thu Mar 03 2016 - 01:00
New teachers in mentoring scheme showing reduced stress levels

New teachers in mentoring scheme showing reduced stress levels

Principals in participating schools report staff improvement in teaching and learning

Wed Mar 02 2016 - 17:17
Irish students well behind world’s best in maths results

Irish students well behind world’s best in maths results

Department of Education report says numeracy among adults also cause of concern

Wed Mar 02 2016 - 01:00
Profile: Pat Casey (FF)

Profile: Pat Casey (FF)

Wicklow: Fourth TD elected of five

Mon Feb 29 2016 - 11:54
Profile: Andrew Doyle (FG)

Profile: Andrew Doyle (FG)

Wicklow: Fifth TD elected of five

Mon Feb 29 2016 - 11:39
Profile: Simon Harris (FG)

Profile: Simon Harris (FG)

Wicklow: Third TD elected of five

Mon Feb 29 2016 - 11:21
Wicklow count: Andrew Doyle (FG),  Pat Casey (FF) take last two  seats

Wicklow count: Andrew Doyle (FG), Pat Casey (FF) take last two seats

Renua Ireland’s Billy Timmins loses seat meaning Dáil wipeout for Creighton’s party

Sun Feb 28 2016 - 18:40
Profile: John Brady (SF)

Profile: John Brady (SF)

Wicklow: Second TD elected of five

Sat Feb 27 2016 - 23:10
Wicklow count centre staff locate missing eternity  ring

Wicklow count centre staff locate missing eternity ring

Piece of diamond-studded jewellery fell into ballot box as woman cast vote in Templerainey

Sat Feb 27 2016 - 14:39
School defends teachers’ use of playground as car park

School defends teachers’ use of playground as car park

Harold School says planning permission not required for car parking on school grounds

Sat Feb 27 2016 - 01:00
School admissions: ‘The least you expect in a civilised society is a place for your child’

School admissions: ‘The least you expect in a civilised society is a place for your child’

Families’ anxious wait for places as Wexford town’s five secondary schools are oversubscribed

Fri Feb 26 2016 - 01:00
Parents campaign over ‘chronic shortage’ of school places

Parents campaign over ‘chronic shortage’ of school places

Department says multiple applications to secondary schools may inflate waiting lists

Fri Feb 26 2016 - 01:00
ASTI motions may spark fresh industrial unrest in schools

ASTI motions may spark fresh industrial unrest in schools

Move could deepen opposition to reform agenda and lead to closure of schools

Thu Feb 25 2016 - 01:00
Election 2016: On the canvass with Peter Mathews

Election 2016: On the canvass with Peter Mathews

Independent TD who lost Fine Gael whip has scorn for banks and bureaucrats

Wed Feb 24 2016 - 01:00
Students  run up major debts over grant issue, campaign warns

Students run up major debts over grant issue, campaign warns

Low-income students who attend private colleges are not eligible for financial support

Fri Feb 19 2016 - 01:00
Leaders’ debate – as seen through the eyes of children

Leaders’ debate – as seen through the eyes of children

‘Calm down, stop shouting’: students have some sage advice for political leaders

Wed Feb 17 2016 - 01:00
Labour declines to rule out rising fees for third-level students

Labour declines to rule out rising fees for third-level students

Party pledge to cut student contribution fee by €500 to €2,500 in budget if re-elected

Tue Feb 16 2016 - 18:04
Reforms to see students who get 20% in Junior Cert exams pass

Reforms to see students who get 20% in Junior Cert exams pass

Move aimed at placing less emphasis on rote-learning and written exams

Tue Feb 16 2016 - 08:40
ASTI opposition means only some benefit from junior cycle reform

ASTI opposition means only some benefit from junior cycle reform

Classroom-based assessments aimed at making space for new types of teaching and learning

Tue Feb 16 2016 - 01:00
UCD chat page claims raise concerns over  ‘lad’ culture on campus

UCD chat page claims raise concerns over ‘lad’ culture on campus

Alleged sharing of explicit images on Facebook highlights sexual harassment in college

Sat Feb 13 2016 - 01:00
One in six Irish teens  ‘low performers’ at maths

One in six Irish teens ‘low performers’ at maths

Ireland emerges relatively well from international OECD study of 15-year-olds

Wed Feb 10 2016 - 19:56
#FactCheckIT: ‘We will have a new armed unit with 55 gardaí’

#FactCheckIT: ‘We will have a new armed unit with 55 gardaí’

We put Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald’s claim to the test

Wed Feb 10 2016 - 16:05
Concern over ‘culture of inappropriate expense claims’ at UL

Concern over ‘culture of inappropriate expense claims’ at UL

Irregular claims included mileage for journeys between home and college - report

Wed Feb 10 2016 - 10:01
Dublin school relives sights, smells and emotions of 1916

Dublin school relives sights, smells and emotions of 1916

Easter Rising is recreated by students at Trinity Comprehensive in Ballymun

Wed Feb 10 2016 - 01:00
Third-level system in danger of being ‘stressed to the point of breaking’

Third-level system in danger of being ‘stressed to the point of breaking’

Outgoing chairman of Higher Education Authority says funding urgently required

Mon Feb 08 2016 - 08:34
‘There are no votes in third-level education’

‘There are no votes in third-level education’

Outgoing chairman of Higher Education Authority says country faces urgent decisions over funding third-level

Mon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
Student loan scheme ‘urgently required’ at third level, says experts body

Student loan scheme ‘urgently required’ at third level, says experts body

Royal Irish Academy criticial of effects of funding cuts over past seven years

Mon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
Classes at institutes of technology stop as lecturers strike

Classes at institutes of technology stop as lecturers strike

TUI move follows mounting concern over ‘crisis level’ cuts to funding, staff numbers

Wed Feb 03 2016 - 12:01
Fine Gael plans to introduce third-level student loan scheme

Fine Gael plans to introduce third-level student loan scheme

Party also pledges to reduce pupil-teacher ratios at primary and post-primary level

Wed Feb 03 2016 - 01:01
Eight technologies that  are changing education

Eight technologies that are changing education

From real-time tracking systems that enable parents to follow their children’s progress in school to plagiarism alerts in universities, technology is changing how people learn and are taught

Tue Feb 02 2016 - 06:00
Latest CAO figures show record numbers set to apply for third-level courses

Latest CAO figures show record numbers set to apply for third-level courses

Points increases in some courses likely due to record number of applications

Mon Feb 01 2016 - 19:09
Universities offer ‘literacy clinics’ for students

Universities offer ‘literacy clinics’ for students

Experts concerned over less academic students being pushed into college

Sat Jan 30 2016 - 01:00
OECD finds literacy an issue among university students

OECD finds literacy an issue among university students

One in five Irish graduates has no more than basic grasp of language and numeracy

Sat Jan 30 2016 - 01:00
TCD may introduce ‘mandatory’ sexual consent classes

TCD may introduce ‘mandatory’ sexual consent classes

Students’ union initiative follows similar moves in Oxford and Cambridge universities

Fri Jan 29 2016 - 11:18
Guidelines aim to help special needs children adjust to school

Guidelines aim to help special needs children adjust to school

Parents urged to contact schools early to ensure they have chance to prepare properly

Thu Jan 28 2016 - 20:24
Skills plan to deliver 50,000 apprenticeships over five years

Skills plan to deliver 50,000 apprenticeships over five years

Variety of measures under consideration, one of which is older school-leaving age

Wed Jan 27 2016 - 17:30
Survey of principals shows support for less religious teaching

Survey of principals shows support for less religious teaching

Primary survey shows 90% want more time for focusing on maths and English

Wed Jan 27 2016 - 01:00
Creating technological universities to cost students,  says union

Creating technological universities to cost students, says union

Merger expenses to top €45m, according to data submitted to Department of Education

Wed Jan 27 2016 - 01:00
Apprentices look beyond construction as rebuild continues

Apprentices look beyond construction as rebuild continues

Only seven applications were made last year to train as a plasterer, figures show

Tue Jan 26 2016 - 01:00
CAO point increases likely with applications set for record level

CAO point increases likely with applications set for record level

Increases expected in growth sectors such as science, technology and business

Tue Jan 26 2016 - 01:00
A live Caesarean section: ‘You don’t see this on Grey’s Anatomy’

A live Caesarean section: ‘You don’t see this on Grey’s Anatomy’

Dozens of transition year pupils witness a C-section beamed live from the Rotunda as part of a programme to give students a very real feel for medicine

Mon Jan 25 2016 - 08:00
Just six  of 350 cases of alleged  school abuse   settled under State scheme

Just six of 350 cases of alleged school abuse settled under State scheme

Louise O’Keeffe accuses State of trying to minimise its legal responsibilities

Mon Jan 25 2016 - 01:01
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