Emma O Kelly

Education Correspondent

LC results vary more by school than neighbourhood - ESRI

The additional supports provided to schools serving disadvantaged communities are not enough to bridge the gap in outcomes between students from those communities compared to more affluent ones, an ESRI study has found.

Education • 22 hrs

150 research jobs could be at risk - higher eductn union

Higher education trade union IFUT has warned that up to 150 research jobs could be at risk following the closure of a number of research centres after core funding was not renewed.

Education • 12 Mar

Professor accuses colleges of 'gaming' the points system

Higher education institutions are deliberately driving up CAO points in order to create an illusion of quality and an impression of competition for third-level places, the former president of Maynooth University Philip Nolan has said.

Education • 10 Mar

An empty school classroom ready for students to arrive

Students call for clear system to report racist incidents

One in four minority ethnic school students who took part in a survey on racism said they experienced racism at least once a month, and most experienced it once a week or more.

Education • 10 Mar

Surge of 6.5% in CAO applications this year

There has been a surge in CAO applications this year with numbers applying up by 6.5% compared to last year.

Education • 10 Mar

Exterior view of a school building covered in scaffolding with a colourful sign on a fence

Kildare school to reopen after board told building safe

A school in Co Kildare will reopen on Monday after its board of management received written confirmation from the Department of Education that the building is safe.

Education • 05 Mar

Teachers feel 'closer' to middle-class children - study

Teachers report feeling closest to children who come from professional, managerial or other non-manual groups and least close to children who come from non-employed families, according to a new study.

Education • 05 Mar

UCD rally in solidarity with sexual violence victims

Thousands of students at UCD took part in a rally this lunchtime in solidarity with victims of sexual violence and to call on their university to do better in addressing the issue and supporting students.

Ireland • 04 Mar

TUI accuses Govt of failing to address teacher retention

The Teachers' Union of Ireland has accused the Department of Education and Youth of a continuing failure to address what it has said is a teacher recruitment and retention crisis at post-primary level.

Education • 04 Mar

Mourners prepare the coffins of children who were killed in a reported strike on a primary school in Iran’s Hormozgan province for a funeral in Minab

Schools must never be targets - INTO on Iran strikes

Primary teachers' union the INTO has said it fully supports a statement issued by global federation of teacher unions Education International which condemns the recent military strikes on Iran.

Ireland • 03 Mar