# education - Thursday 9 January, 2020
# Pay Gap
# Pay Gap
Rallies have been organised at a number of locations including at Leinster House and at the minister’s Donegal constituency offices.
# education - Monday 23 December, 2019
# Education
# Education
Almost 940,000 pupils are enrolled in primary and post-primary schools in Ireland.
# education - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# Secondary SChools
# Secondary SChools
The six schools are due to open in September 2020.
# education - Friday 13 December, 2019
# Department Of Education
# Department Of Education
Talks broke down between the Department of Education and Fórsa at the Workplace Relations Commission this week.
# education - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
# Education
# Education
Ireland’s students among top performers in reading, science and maths, but are more dissatisfied with their lives.
# education - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
# Child Abuse
# Child Abuse
Mr Justice Ryan said the claim that 170,000 were admitted to institutional school is, in fact, closer to 42,000.
# education - Sunday 10 November, 2019
# Smartphones
# Smartphones
Parents and teachers need to be better equipped to talk to young people about sex and relationships, Noeline Blackwell has said.
# education - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Failings in the school system increase the risk of homelessness, according to a new study.
# education - Tuesday 15 October, 2019
# Better Than One
# Better Than One
The goal is to create a new unique, disruptive technological university.
# education - Monday 14 October, 2019
# Legal Action
# Legal Action
Some 42 schools constructed by Western Building Systems have been at the centre of a safety probe.
# education - Thursday 10 October, 2019
# Múinteoirí
# Múinteoirí
Minister Joe McHugh announced the measure in his department’s Budget 2020 briefing.
# education - Monday 7 October, 2019
# July Provision
# July Provision
The scheme provides funding towards extra schooling in July for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or severe learning disability.
# education - Saturday 5 October, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
The cost of accommodation, grant reductions and rising fees are causing real challenges to young people.
# education - Thursday 3 October, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Aspects of Irish history are conspicuous by their absence from the syllabus, writes Caoimhín de Barra.
# education - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
# WRC
# WRC
The dispute centres around the fact that only a few hundred of the country’s 3,500 secretaries are paid directly by the Department.
# education - Thursday 26 September, 2019
# Childcare
# Childcare
More than half of people working in the sector are actively looking for another job.
# education - Monday 16 September, 2019
# Exclusive
# Exclusive
Staff at the school have raised a number of issues about pay and conditions.
# education - Thursday 12 September, 2019
# Dundalk
# Dundalk
The board has said teacher shortages led to the decision to have most subjects taught in English.
# education - Sunday 8 September, 2019
# Equal Pay
# Equal Pay
The Department said that they’ve received calls on the issue, where they advise secretaries on what action they can take.
# education - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
# Oideachas
# Oideachas
“I want to help address the imbalance in the availability of Irish-medium education,” Education Minister Joe McHugh said.
# education - Monday 2 September, 2019
# Delayed
# Delayed
Traditionally, students receive their results in the middle of September.
# education - Friday 30 August, 2019
# Last Chance Saloon
# Last Chance Saloon
The increase comes after last year’s legal challenge.
# education - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
# Education
# Education
Those without stable student accommodation were likely to suffer from anxiety (50.0%) and depression (77.8%).
# education - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
As things stand, the contribution is needed to keep school doors open, writes Joseph A Moynihan.
# education - Monday 19 August, 2019
# Education
# Education
Organisations have said young people with a disability will have “a further barrier to equality placed before them”.
# education - Sunday 18 August, 2019
# Analysis
# Analysis
Comments by two Fine Gael ministers this week landed them in hot water with students.
# education - Saturday 17 August, 2019
# Delays
# Delays
Concerns have been raised about the length of time it takes to process teachers’ appointments.
# education - Thursday 15 August, 2019
# Nutrition
# Nutrition
36 schools have been chosen to participate in the new pilot project.
# education - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
# Dishonour
# Dishonour
Analysis of awards from Irish third-level institutions by Noteworthy.ie uncovers an upward trend in grades handed to students.
# education - Monday 12 August, 2019
# Education
# Education
IQ levels and psychological assessments are no longer a factor.
# Nil Gaeilge Agam
# Nil Gaeilge Agam
The changes will take effect from September.
# education - Thursday 1 August, 2019
# Cao 2019
# Cao 2019
Round Zero offers must be accepted by 7 August at 5.15pm.
# Back To School
# Back To School
That’s according to the Barnardos School Costs Survey, published today.
# education - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
# Education
# Education
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.
# education - Monday 29 July, 2019
# Third Level
# Third Level
The new system will be made available to students in the Dublin area, who were previously required to present in person at Burgh Quay.
# education - Thursday 25 July, 2019
# Generation Rent
# Generation Rent
The USI says people are ‘taking advantage of the housing crisis and accommodation shortage’.
# education - Friday 5 July, 2019
# Cao 2019
# Cao 2019
Round A offers must be accepted by Wednesday 10 July at 5.15pm.
# education - Saturday 29 June, 2019
# Change Of Mind
# Change Of Mind
People who have applied to go to college or university can add, remove or change the order of their course choices.
# education - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
Trinity was again the top Irish institution but failed to break the top 100.
# education - Monday 17 June, 2019
# Back To School
# Back To School
Funding for the scheme increased to €56 million in Budget 2019.
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