As teachers’ unions gather for their yearly conferences, it’s time to ask who they really stand for

Education People: Home schooling without a curriculum

Although the interview process may be less formal, applicants for postgraduate courses still need to be prepared. Here are some tips for tipping the balance in your favour

It starts with ‘that’s so gay’ in the playground and can end with physical abuse – so will the new policies on homophobic bullying make schools safer places for LGBT students?

Young people want more information about sex and relationships, and it’s up to parents and teachers to find a way to give it to them

Agendas, truths and lies: do students get unbiased information? This series on sex education explores who teaches it and what young people want to know

Ambitious teenagers spend a week playing doctors and nurses at the RCSI

A cultural bias against maths, and a failure to train teachers properly, add up to a tricky problem

As the ASTI action starts to bite in schools, an EU survey shows that some Irish teachers are sitting pretty, but it’s not the whole story

More than 50 complaints from students who have had difficulty having grant processed

Huge changes are afoot at DIT as its scattered campus begins the migration to a new home

Being in college means being in the know about all things music, art, film, food and politics, so here’s a cheatsheet to start you off

Some freshers find the freedom goes to their heads so here’s a little ‘not-to-do’ list for the first time student

Requirements for many courses have risen while others remain in the doldrums

The freedom of being a fresher, compared to the servitude of the Leaving Cert, can go to your head . . . watch out for these 10 pitfalls

An extensive campus.ie survey gets down to the details of life with 4,000 students

from nightlife to sporting and cultural activities, every college's identity is shaped, in part, by its host city. Here's what some of the cities have to offer

Greek, Latin, classics and Italian the last exams

Plenty to read for students of Spanish

‘Difficult’ and ‘confusing’ aural in an otherwise fair exam

Surprises and challenges in accountancy

25,000 students attend private colleges, which seek greater recognition

Early Christian artefact error throws students

Higher-level exam described as ‘very detailed, requiring a lot of knowledge’

French students in the hall until the last minute

Pupils happy despite grammatical errors

In the first of our video diaries, Catherine Vance from Dunshaughlin Community College gives her verdict on Leaving Cert day one

(Video) The Irish Times has selected its Leaving Cert squad: the class of 2013 at Dunshaughlin Community College.

Eight Irish universities make the top 200 in global subject rankings

Disadvantaged schools teach and discipline differently, according to ESRI research

The long summer holidays enable kids to learn skills, make friends and keep busy

Department of Education figures show half of early school leavers stay in education

Central enrolment would be too bureaucratic, says Catholic management association

Minister suggests transfer of some activities to local parishes

Schools are facing an ‘explosion of need’ for places and services for pupils with autism

The Easter holiday is over: now it’s time for some hard decisions

Opinion: The difficulties in schools arising from cutbacks made little impression on a public distracted by heckling

Union will ballot for industrial action if first Croke Park deal is breached

Guidance counselling services must be restored to schools, say second-level teachers