# education - Friday 17 January, 2020
Apprenticeships are changing – but attitudes to them need to catch up.
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# education - Friday 10 January, 2020
Talks between the Department of Education and trade union Fórsa are still ongoing at the Workplace Relations Commission.
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Thousands of students from all over Europe, including the Republic of Ireland, go to the UK as part of the programme each year, and vice versa.
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# education - Thursday 9 January, 2020
Rallies have been organised at a number of locations including at Leinster House and at the minister’s Donegal constituency offices.
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# education - Monday 23 December, 2019
Almost 940,000 pupils are enrolled in primary and post-primary schools in Ireland.
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# education - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
The six schools are due to open in September 2020.
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# education - Friday 13 December, 2019
Talks broke down between the Department of Education and Fórsa at the Workplace Relations Commission this week.
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# education - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
Ireland’s students among top performers in reading, science and maths, but are more dissatisfied with their lives.
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# education - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
Mr Justice Ryan said the claim that 170,000 were admitted to institutional school is, in fact, closer to 42,000.
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# education - Sunday 10 November, 2019
Parents and teachers need to be better equipped to talk to young people about sex and relationships, Noeline Blackwell has said.
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# education - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
Failings in the school system increase the risk of homelessness, according to a new study.
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# education - Tuesday 15 October, 2019
The goal is to create a new unique, disruptive technological university.
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# education - Monday 14 October, 2019
Some 42 schools constructed by Western Building Systems have been at the centre of a safety probe.
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# education - Thursday 10 October, 2019
Minister Joe McHugh announced the measure in his department’s Budget 2020 briefing.
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# education - Monday 7 October, 2019
The scheme provides funding towards extra schooling in July for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or severe learning disability.
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# education - Saturday 5 October, 2019
The cost of accommodation, grant reductions and rising fees are causing real challenges to young people.
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# education - Thursday 3 October, 2019
Aspects of Irish history are conspicuous by their absence from the syllabus, writes Caoimhín de Barra.
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# education - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
The dispute centres around the fact that only a few hundred of the country’s 3,500 secretaries are paid directly by the Department.
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# education - Thursday 26 September, 2019
More than half of people working in the sector are actively looking for another job.
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# education - Monday 16 September, 2019
Staff at the school have raised a number of issues about pay and conditions.
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# education - Thursday 12 September, 2019
The board has said teacher shortages led to the decision to have most subjects taught in English.
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# education - Sunday 8 September, 2019
The Department said that they’ve received calls on the issue, where they advise secretaries on what action they can take.
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# education - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
“I want to help address the imbalance in the availability of Irish-medium education,” Education Minister Joe McHugh said.
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# education - Monday 2 September, 2019
Traditionally, students receive their results in the middle of September.
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# education - Friday 30 August, 2019
The increase comes after last year’s legal challenge.
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# education - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
Those without stable student accommodation were likely to suffer from anxiety (50.0%) and depression (77.8%).
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# education - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
As things stand, the contribution is needed to keep school doors open, writes Joseph A Moynihan.
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# education - Monday 19 August, 2019
Organisations have said young people with a disability will have “a further barrier to equality placed before them”.
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# education - Sunday 18 August, 2019
Comments by two Fine Gael ministers this week landed them in hot water with students.
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# education - Saturday 17 August, 2019
Concerns have been raised about the length of time it takes to process teachers’ appointments.
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# education - Thursday 15 August, 2019
36 schools have been chosen to participate in the new pilot project.
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# education - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
Analysis of awards from Irish third-level institutions by Noteworthy.ie uncovers an upward trend in grades handed to students.
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# education - Monday 12 August, 2019
IQ levels and psychological assessments are no longer a factor.
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The changes will take effect from September.
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# education - Thursday 1 August, 2019
Round Zero offers must be accepted by 7 August at 5.15pm.
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That’s according to the Barnardos School Costs Survey, published today.
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# education - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
Last month the Department of Education served statutory notices on 18 schools and two patrol bodies in the Dublin 15 area urging them to make additional provision.
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# education - Monday 29 July, 2019
The new system will be made available to students in the Dublin area, who were previously required to present in person at Burgh Quay.
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# education - Thursday 25 July, 2019
The USI says people are ‘taking advantage of the housing crisis and accommodation shortage’.
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# education - Friday 5 July, 2019
Round A offers must be accepted by Wednesday 10 July at 5.15pm.
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