Catholic trust got concessions from State before divesting schoolChristian Brothers trust clashed with department officials, documents showThu Dec 17 2015 - 11:00
Unthinkable: Why your first kiss will stay real foreverEinstein suggests life events are an eternal part of the universe, says Daniel DeasyTue Dec 15 2015 - 06:00
Unthinkable: Is science being skewed by a gender bias?The status of women in science is distorting not just academia but knowledge itself, says Helen de CruzMon Dec 14 2015 - 10:21
Unthinkable: Are Irish people becoming ‘less black’?Whiteness is as much frame of mind as skin colouring, says Linda Martín AlcoffThu Dec 10 2015 - 10:32
Unthinkable: Are scientists wrong to dismiss astrology?Philosopher (and Capricorn) Martin Cohen says star signs deserve a serious lookTue Dec 01 2015 - 00:00
Men, Toilets or Philosophy: Which to celebrate today?Thursday is ‘feast day’ for three good causes - but only philosophers are really persecutedThu Nov 19 2015 - 19:35
Unthinkable: His poetry’s great but could WB Yeats think straight?Yeats engaged in ‘cultural mutiny’ against the encroachment of scienceSun Nov 15 2015 - 06:00
Unthinkable: Is it ethical to send your children to private schools?Students and parents have duty to challenge unfairness in education system, argues Dr Audrey BryanTue Nov 10 2015 - 06:00
Trinity pays consultants €2.8m for ‘change management’Seven universities spent more than €24.6m on external consultants in three-year periodMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Unthinkable: Would you want to live in the afterlife?Author Raymond Tallis imagines himself as a corpse and discovers new wonder for lifeTue Nov 03 2015 - 06:00
Unthinkable: What makes humans valuable if not God?You can’t escape religious or metaphysical thinking, argues William DesmondTue Oct 27 2015 - 06:00
Fianna Fáil to offer low-interest student loans if electedThird-level proposals include postgraduate grants and a four-week limit on internshipsMon Oct 26 2015 - 01:00
Parents’ group voices concern over school closure threatTeachers in dispute over Lansdowne Road pay deal and Junior Cycle reformFri Oct 23 2015 - 16:58
Vetting legislation needed to clear way for ‘fitness to teach’ hearingsTeaching Council says it is ready to start investigations of poor performanceFri Oct 23 2015 - 11:23
Asti warns of possible school closures in pay deal disputeUnion chief Pat King warns teachers could forfeit up to €6,700 in increments over stanceFri Oct 23 2015 - 01:00
Asti leadership crisis sparked warning over pay disputeUnion shows no signs of backing down but it’s unclear if teachers have stomach for fightFri Oct 23 2015 - 01:00
Trinity College Dublin and UCD make THE Top 100TCD 74th in Arts and Humanities, UCD 99th in Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health sciencesWed Oct 21 2015 - 18:48
Urgent need for fitness to teach hearings, ombudsman saysInquiries would improve accountability in education, Oireachtas committee hearsWed Oct 21 2015 - 18:01
Merger of institutes of technology clears first hurdleMinister approves application for technological university for Connacht and UlsterWed Oct 21 2015 - 14:43
DCU to create new institutes in war, water and ‘future journalism’ under €300m planUniversity seeks to double student numbers by 2029Wed Oct 21 2015 - 14:32
Unthinkable: When does a nudge become coercion?The man behind Obama’s ‘nudge unit’ says people need to be protected from their biasesTue Oct 20 2015 - 16:37
Higher Education Authority altered housing recommendationsProposals for student accommodation report withdrawn after departmental objectionsMon Oct 19 2015 - 01:00
Lecturers’ union cries foul over Trinity’s overseas recruitment planForty assistant professors to be employed under five-year ‘tenure-track’ contractsSat Oct 17 2015 - 09:35
Teachers seek contract with development involvedContinuous training should be integral not added ‘chore’, says school principals’ bodyFri Oct 16 2015 - 01:00
ASTI, TUI members reject Lansdowne Road pay dealUncertainty over whether ASTI to be bound by decision of Ictu to accept agreementWed Oct 14 2015 - 21:05
Primary school teaching should include various faiths, study saysAcademics argue nature of religious education not sufficiently debated in IrelandWed Oct 14 2015 - 14:40
Education: Over 2,200 new teaching posts being createdBudget 2016: Pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools being reduced from 28:1 to 27:1Tue Oct 13 2015 - 20:11
Extra teaching posts will rebuild goodwill after years of cutsAnalysis: Guidance counselling allocation to be ringfenced in schools under circularTue Oct 13 2015 - 19:37
Exams body blocks access to Leaving Cert marking schemeCommission says aspects of ordinary-level maths marking must ‘remain confidential’Mon Oct 12 2015 - 01:00
Trinity College library to enter technological ageProposal to declutter Long Room and create ‘Genius Bar’ for aspiring Mark ZuckerbergsSat Oct 10 2015 - 19:38
Are science and religion really in conflict? The Unthinkable debateThe Irish Times Unthinkable debate seeks resolution to the ‘God versus science’ rowFri Oct 09 2015 - 13:15
NCAD board meeting to discuss recruiting new directorProf Declan McGonagle to exit, full audit of college’s 2013 accounts to begin in NovemberThu Oct 08 2015 - 14:04
Allegations of irregular expenses claims at UL to be examinedHEA to appoint external investigator after its chief executive met whistleblowerWed Oct 07 2015 - 18:04
School completion programme under threat due to funding cutsESRI warns of loss of homework clubs, after-school programmes and counsellingWed Oct 07 2015 - 15:58
High rate of Leaving Cert Maths, Biology appeals successfulResults of appeals being sent to schools by courier because of uncertain postal situationWed Oct 07 2015 - 10:10
College awareness week to target areas of low participationInitiative aims to highlight options for school leavers in further and higher educationWed Oct 07 2015 - 09:09
The Government wants to put wifi networks into classroomsNew Leaving Cert subject proposed as €210 million allocated for digital strategyWed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00
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
