Graduates lack ‘basic skills’ such as writing without spelling or grammatical errors
Key skills such as teamwork neglected by Leaving Cert, says employers’ group
What jobs and skills will be in demand in 2025?
We look at what sectors are likely to grow in Ireland’s economy over the next decade
What jobs will be in demand for graduates in 2025?
Students should be aware of job trends and skills they will need
Student literacy levels: 'It is almost as if they are word blind'
‘Some of the stuff I was grading was the worst I’ve ever seen – even from good students’
How to future-proof your career for the digital industrial revolution
Prepare yourself by becoming a lifelong learner, say workplace experts
Unions concerned by plan to give business bigger say in university funding
Industry to have central role in oversight of how €300m education fund is spent
Employers to have key say on allocation of education funding
Industry to have central role in oversight of how €300 million fund is spent
Status of apprenticeships suffering from ‘overwhelming’ focus on college places
Long-term marketing plan needed to boost the image of the sector, committee hears
Meeting the recruitment challenge
A number of incentives, both from academia and industry, are in place to increase awareness of careers in R&D and to equip students with the skills for research roles
Graduates: it’s not what you did, it’s what you can do
Positive economic trends reflected in employment growth and increased graduate recruitment
Who will pay up to €24,000 to attend the State’s most expensive school?
Nord Anglia may well have a real impact in shaking up Ireland’s educational offering
Universal scheme looms as pension time bomb ticks
Government to launch review of auto-enrolment and State pension
Are arts degrees past their sell-by date?
On the contrary, employers say arts graduates have vital 21st century skills
We’re facing serious teacher shortages in vital subjects. It’s time for a new approach
Opinion: Stem subjects are crucial - but who’s going to teach them in our classrooms?
Only six graduates in training to be physics teachers
Shortage of teachers in key subjects threatens to derail Government’s Stem strategy
Employers to get say on courses in exchange for rise in payroll levy
Rise in payroll levy expected in this week’s budget to help fund colleges
Irish parents blamed for high rate of overqualified workers
Education chief says parents are ‘obsessed’ with sending their children to third-level
Junior Cert results out: Wait is over for 61,500 students
Majority of subjects record a drop in the number of As awarded at Higher Level
Is big business the answer to the third-level funding crisis?
Some academics worry that colleges are increasingly reliant on industry support
‘Ambitious, capable’ young must consider apprenticeships
Bruton aims to make on-the-job training an attractive option for 20% of school-leavers
Student unions warn against introducing loan scheme
Graduates who emigrate may be ‘too afraid’ to return home, Oireachtas committee told
Critics claim Leaving Cert is past its sell-by date
How does the international baccalaureate compare to Ireland’s traditional State exam?
Albert Reynolds’s daughter nominated as High Court judge
Government makes several judicial recommendations and appoints new HEA chair
New Higher Education Authority board given added business focus
Minister Richard Bruton names former head of Royal College of Surgeons as chairman
JobBridge scheme not widely abused, says ex-welfare minister
Senator Kevin Humphreys says success stories linked to scheme ‘were not publicised’
Universities offer ‘literacy clinics’ for students
Experts concerned over less academic students being pushed into college
Surprise jump in grades for Leaving Cert ordinary-level maths after difficult paper
Rise in honours maths numbers stalls as ‘uplift’ effect of bonus points at its limit
Apprenticeships overhaul offers ‘viable alternative’ to 3rd level
Follow example of Jamie Oliver, Stella McCartney, Alex Ferguson, says Jan O’Sullivan
Most employers demand 2.1 degree of applicants - survey
Degree grades the biggest determinant of whether graduates secure a job interview
IBEC condemns ‘heavy handed’ teacher union tactics
Only a handful of non-unionised teachers have crossed the picket lines to date
Fresh talks planned for next week after teachers’ strike
Minister says parents and students should have ‘equal recognition’ in deciding policy
Building a route to work through apprenticeship
Ireland lags countries such as Germany in developing a structure for teaching trades in traditional and new sectors of the economy but new Apprenticeship Council may fill the void
Unions eye compromise but teachers’ strike to go ahead
Employers group Ibec urges minister not to ‘row back’ on junior cycle reform plan
Cog notes: How civic-minded are our schools?
Concern has been expressed that some schools are dropping Civic, Social and Political Education
Move to science and technology welcomed
Record 27% of maths students opted for higher paper - up from 16% in 2011
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