Updated: 18:31, Thursday, 24 May 2012

Education

HEA developing proposals for third-level funding

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

The Higher Education Authority has warned that decisions will have to be made very soon regarding the future funding of third-level education in Ireland.

Quinn says teachers worried about cyber-bullying

Thursday, 17 May 2012

Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn has said that teachers are increasingly becoming the victims of cyber-bullying by pupils.
€500m DIT campus at Grangegorman gets go-ahead

Monday, 14 May 2012

The €500m development of a centralised DIT campus in Grangegorman has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.
Chinese course for Transition Year students

Thursday, 3 May 2012

A growing number of Irish teenagers are expected to learn about Chinese culture and language as a result of a new programme that has been developed for Transition Year students.
Teenage girl refused school place over pregnancy

Monday, 30 April 2012

A school has been asked to apologise to a teenager who was refused a place on the grounds that the school "was not a haven for young pregnant people or for young mothers".
Over 200 primary schools win teacher loss appeals

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

More than 200 primary schools that were due to lose a teacher next September have won a reprieve.
Kilkenny principal wins case over removal

Thursday, 26 April 2012

A school principal has won her High Court challenge to an order by the Minister for Education that she should be removed from her position.
Small schools win teacher appeals

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Almost half of all small schools that were due to lose a teacher this September have had appeals against the decision upheld by the Department of Education.
Irish teenager to address UN conference

Monday, 23 April 2012

Cork teenager Joanne O'Riordan, who was born with no limbs, will travel to the United Nations in New York today to address the ITU conference.
Greater role for private colleges predicted

Friday, 20 April 2012

Cuts to public funding mean private third-level colleges will play a much greater role in the future.
Queen's University in new joint venture in China

Friday, 13 April 2012

Hundreds of students in China are to be given the chance to study for a degree in pharmaceutical science, awarded by Queen's University Belfast, as part of a new venture.
US sues Apple and publishers over ebook prices

Thursday, 12 April 2012

The US government has sued Apple and five other publishers, saying they conspired to fix the prices of ebooks.
Education dept to tender for infrastructure audit

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

The Department of Education will tender for experts to conduct an audit of building infrastructure and staffing in schools around the country.
ASTI to ballot if cuts in allowances materialise

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

Delegates attending the ASTI's annual conference in Cork have been told that they will be balloted on withdrawing from the Croke Park Agreement, if reports of cuts in allowances for teachers prove true.
Catholic association welcomes religion rule report

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

The Catholic School Partnership has broadly welcomed a report on the future of primary education, which calls for a review of a rule which obliges national schools to place religion at the heart of all their activities.
64% of schools considering LC subject cuts

Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Almost two-thirds of second level schools are considering dropping one or more subjects from their Leaving Certificate programme as a result of Budget 2012 education cuts.
Court hears Boston College archive appeal

Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Judges at a Boston court questioned a US Justice Department lawyer over the agency's attempts to help the PSNI gain access to Boston College Belfast Project.
EU study on childhood obesity targets TV watching

Friday, 6 April 2012

Kindergartens should ban television-watching for toddlers and focus on "fun activities" to prevent them getting fat, according to an EU-funded survey into obesity prevention for four-to-six-year-olds.
Children in border areas may get school choice

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Families living in the border area are to be consulted about the option of sending their children to primary and second level schools in the neighbouring jurisdiction.
Assets may be added to student grant means test

18:31, Thursday, 24 May 2012

The Government is to propose amendments to the means test for students' grants from next year, the Minister for Education has told the Dáil.

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