News of the month - February 2012

High-speed broadband for all secondary schools 'by 2014'
Your CAO is filled in, so now what happens?
Don't miss out on the chance to attend all these open days
Focus on what you want to do, not points, when making CAO choices
UK university applicants down 8.7pc

News of the month - January 2012

Electric shock treatment 'improves academic performance'
Become an Au Pair in the USA
Bootcamp to kick start-ups into top shape
Mixed response to Government deal from public sector unions
Students vent fury over €65 fee for conferring ceremony
Calls to give new teachers more hours
INTO teacher conference underway today
Teacher unions urged to unite on pay deal
Tánaiste jostled by protesters at teacher conference

News of the month - December 2010

IADT's Imaginationland

News of the month - November 2010

Money troubles, Monkey Mischief and Mothering a Rhino
My dream African Conservation Experience by Sarah Campion
NUI Galway Student Receives Hamilton Award
The College of Computer Training (CCT) moved

News of the month - October 2010

As standards tumble, are college fees a certainty?
Have your questions ready as college open days kick off
Competition to Highlight Trend of Home Drinking
Sound Training Centre

News of the month - September 2010

PRESIDENT McALEESE PRESENTS GOLD MEDALS
Girls still top of the Junior Cert class
Draw for college places 'unfair to brightest pupils'
British Universities consider dropping fees to attract students
Private college closes doors to 100 students
Teacher watchdog fails to set up urgent probe into maths crisis
Record 58,000 get college offer after CAO second round
Teachers will have to register by law
Quinn in the dark as maths crisis deepens
What's the key to being a successful student?
More than 75pc accept first offer as second round goes in the post
Getting down to study: motivation and making the most of your time
Setting your study goals and making sure you stick to them
Setting your study goals
Publishers snub Quinn's school book prices plea
Book rentals and limited edition changes backed by Minister
Take-up of college offers hits a high
Cut your prices: Quinn issues ultimatum to publishers
New leaf: Dublin school replaces books with iPads
Coursework 'will widen gender gap'
Not the right time for change to Junior Cert, teachers insist
New 50-50 Junior Cert to be rolled out in 2015
Empty Nests: How to cope when your teenager sets off for college life
1800 265 165: we can help...
Top of the class: girls still beating boys with marks
Almost 50 students have results withheld for cheating
Blind skateboarder finds perfect balance in studies
Maths crisis: Just don’t ask Minister Quinn for answers
Drop in pupils taking 'vital' subjects due to budget cuts
Years of toil boiled down one moment -- and it was so sweet
After an emotional results day, it's time to wait for offers
Schools that have unqualified teachers cannot be pinpointed
School does its sums on maths
Harry's girl happy to pursue acting career
Students 'misled' by Quinn on return of fees
My story: 'You have to love what you are doing...'
My story: 'When the results came out I was still unsure about what to do next'
Dreaming of those results
My story: 'I realised if I studied biomedical science I would have a better chance of finding work'
My story: 'Finding the right balance between sport, study and life'
Number choosing to sit Irish falls by 2pc
My story: 'We were very lucky, we got experience as part of the course'
Ten Leaving Cert students score eight A1 grades in exams
Poor maths and science trend continues in exam results
Celebrating the right way
Is it too late to apply for a college place?
To repeat or not to repeat ...
Today represents a new beginning
You're not alone
Why make an appeal?
Running the points race
Getting a second chance at maths
Other leaving cert options
Call for reform as maths and science grades drop yet again
Leaving Cert chaos looms as teachers rush to retire
Where the jobs are ...
Cutting insurance costs
Do you want the good news or the bad news?
‘Back to school is almost as stressful as Christmas’
The brave new world of e-learning has changed the game
How to save money with food
Transport to school: Counting costs of getting there
Getting money message to your children
A dozen ways to take the edge off back-to-school expenses
Subjects facing chop if class sizes rise
Schools will drop subjects if class sizes increased

News of the month - August 2010

17 new schools to open as pupil numbers soar
Extra €4.6m set aside for parents struggling to afford uniforms
Parents being forced to take out loans for school costs
Publishers help ease book cost burden for parents

News of the month - July 2010

Internet spells end of the school report
Twitter 'stops children reading' says Man Booker 2011 judge
Concerns highlighted over errors in exams
Continuous assessment on cards for Junior Certs
Number of Junior cert subjects cut to eight
Summer offer - 15% off distance learning courses
Teachers call for lenient marking of 'unfair' maths paper

News of the month - June 2010

Quinn to ask for school property
Students fare better reading from screen than paper
40 new schools to be built by 2017
All smiles as pupils sit final five papers
State to act if school handovers are delayed
Now for a few weeks of relaxation
Mixed bag for the last exams of summer
From high notes to low ones in music and agriculture
Exam Diary: Delights of doing dishes
Leaving Cert Economics: Financial meltdown was hot topic for students
No, Minister, parents are doing all they can to help out schools
Teachers on tour -- the Three Amigos's excellent adventure
Spanish: Leaving Cert aural the only irritation
Junior Cert Metalwork: No surprises in exam worth just 25pc overall
Leaving Cert Chemistry: Wordy paper but top marks possible
Exam Diary: All done and dusted - what an anti-climax
Exam Diary: Strange feeling as we enter final straight. . .
Leaving Cert Physics: Real-life situation questions divide teachers' opinions
Leaving Cert Accounting: Uncomplicated but time-consuming
The end is in sight - I just have to avoid Facebook
Practical application praised in fair test of ability
Positive mental attitude highlighted
Junior Cert Science: 'Fuzzy' diagrams a challenge
Junior Cert Religious Education: No room for generalisations
Leaving Cert Art: Mysterious Newgrange a bit puzzling
Leaving Cert Biology: Ability to apply methodology was required
Exam Diary: Longing for the final curtain -- and a little sunshine
Virus can't interfere with Paddy's biology
Junior Cert History: More than fair with no unexpected questions
Leaving Cert History: Surprise topic on the paper
Leaving Cert French: Henry handled well during 'slick' challenge
Junior Cert French: Most were au fait with themes
Some graduates in physics earning €100,000-plus
Teachers face on-the-spot tests in surprise school inspections
Only 5pc at third level able to speak two foreign languages
LC Business Studies: Topical issues make tests interesting
Slan go foill to Irish until Longford's next GAA match
Engineering graduates need to learn teamwork, study finds
LC Irish: A challenging but fair exam, say teachers
The teacher's dream: his own private broom cupboard
'Real meat' was in higher paper
Unqualified teachers finally axed by Quinn
Lithuanian teenager leaves the dictionary at home
Leaving Cert Irish: Higher choices 'horrendous'
Junior Cert CPSE: Political paper had nothing on our parties
Leaving Cert Maths: 'Unremarkable paper' brings sigh of relief
Exam Diary: Recession is not all bad - it makes a great essay topic
Schools face losing control of enrolment in radical new plans
Sew & save summer courses
School enrolment will be fairer with new plan – Minister
Honours Maths II a ‘relief’ after Friday shocker
A subject that threw up a few challenges
Volcano question causes no shocks
One tricky question but all in all a fair test
'Nice' choices for unsurprising paper
English Paper II: Boland still puts students through mill
JC Irish Higher: Tongue-tied grammar question confused many
Engineering: Off to 'very good' start
JC Irish Ordinary: The odd bogey can't take gloss off fair test
Tiny island's pupils are indeed Leaving
Exam Diary: Poetry in motion as manageable paper finally came to be
Candidates tune up for school of rock
Mum of two fulfils goal
'New feel' as paper rings the changes
Brave Libyans flee turmoil to sit Leaving Cert
Home Economics: 'Fair and strongly relevant to today'
English Higher: Mystery theme leaves some pupils perplexed
English Ordinary: 'Smiling faces on the way out is always a good sign'
Exam Diary: First-day nerves banished by paper full of mystery
Quinn to meet schoolbook firms over frequency of new editions
Universities raise stakes in effort to attract top talent
Clouds have silver lining for students
Irish colleges prepare for an influx of fee refugees from Britain
Education minister advises exam students to avoid stress
What happens if I get ill during my exams?
'No cuts' to special needs teaching
Arts graduate applying to four-year undergraduate course in occupational therapy
The student's view: Don't scrap it, but make it count!
Why Mandarin must be a target for our post-primary schools
Desperate donkey, placid pooch and a bird-napped budgie
Exams will be slashed under plans to reform the Junior Cert
Students will pay €500 more after fees U-turn
Education minister refuses to rule out third level fees – again
'Upskilling' plan draws huge response
Focus on the task, not yourself. . .
University entrance scholarships explained
In my opinion: It's time to re-imagine the ways we teach our children
Diary of a schoolteacher: I spy with my little eye... all sort of shenanigans
Top ten tips from the experts to make the most of pre-exam time
Exam chiefs 'uncovered cheating' on Junior Cert

News of the month - May 2010

Springboard places create new opportunity to upskill
New discounted college fees loan for parents of third level students
Negative thoughts creeping in around exam time
In my opinion: Video games can be big winner in classroom environment
Diary of a schoolteacher: Mean boys and girls become mean men and women
Quinn to review fee-paying schools' support
The best students in history: more stay to Leaving than ever
Fee-paying schools lose building grants
Quinn intervenes in reappointment of college chief
I went from zero to hero - what a turn-up for the books!
Colleges clamp down as students copy and paste their way to degrees
New editions of costly text books show few changes
End is in sight for roll calls as schools face the future
Griffith contribute to the maths cause
Thurles teaching grads to receive UL accreditation
CAO late application deadlines
Online learning bridges the gap from class to the digital world
Here comes the summer - and kids are going off to college
Grangegorman project reaches the next milestone
Publisher defends role in 'new' books row
Union boss vows to defend non-permanent staff
We are being driven to emigrate, says graduate
Mother of suicide teen calls for school-bullying law
Ban on filling posts 'puts pupils at risk of dropout'
State's €100m funding for fee-paying schools 'must end'
Junior Cert exam faces axe in plans for reform

News of the month - April 2010

Leaving Cert shake-up will put pupils at cutting edge of science
Employers are telling us that it's time for change
Points race shake-up on way
Leaving Cert subject reforms redundant after funding delay
Website snaps up student who turned profit on his study notes
College grants to be paid into bank accounts
Bishops want to send Catholic parents back to religion class
VECs may take over schools
Examination assessments well underway
Diary of a schoolteacher: Why risk burnout when the brats won't remember you?
Report shows flaws in running of top school
Parents will have say on the Church handover of schools
Pilot scheme boosts literacy skills
Shelley (31) has college bug after working since age 13
Children from poorer families face double hit at third level
Bruton hits out at Quinn over religion in schools
Fury over plan to claw back lost school days at Easter
Applying to nursing courses
In my opinion: The truth about the 'Employment Control Framework'
Diary of a schoolteacher: My beef with Gaddafi goes way back to the 1980s
BT deal a real boost for Young Scientists
Job vacancies continue to arise despite recession
Students won't go to the ball as college refuses to shut campus
White smoke as Trinity elects its youngest provost in 250 years
Religion 'a waste' of class time
Labour looks to Scottish Model
Admissions tests for studying medicine explained
In my opinion: Frontline services must be protected for schools to perform
Diary of a schoolteacher: Why would anybody want the job of deputy principal?
Words fail us - why the minister wants to improve literacy . . .
Fears over students learning by rote
Church 'shocked' by Quinn plan for schools

News of the month - March 2010

Creative media open day
Junior Cert students will only be allowed sit nine exams
Colleges 'obsessed' with rank
Plan to double foreign students
Transfer of 170 surplus teachers to save €10m
Education chief hits attitude of arts academics
Students told they will have to emigrate
Gaelscoileanna fight to keep teachers
Language chief suggests splitting Irish into two
Quinn reverses decision to abolish the NUI
Study Options' Australia Roadshow - March 2011
Your future is Chartered - Chartered Accountancy Open Day
Don't get carried away with 'mocks' results
More college hopefuls view science study as smart bet
Job fears for primary teachers
Learning a harsh economic lesson
Why REM's Michael Stipe and Take That just don't mix
'Information should be freely avilable' - UCD Prof
Applying to British colleges
In my opinion: Graduate tax will push poorer students away from college
Diary of a schoolteacher: The most cunning of them all? Miss Gossard...
Troubled pupils are kicking and punching teachers
Teacher fury over FG plan to publish exam results
Waves of students 'Rock the Boat' in record bid
Teachers still top of class for 31st Dail representation
Innovative students give it socks

News of the month - February 2010

Technology to blame as standards in basic skills fall
TCD angry at timing of plan to slash college head salaries
'Non-national' tells of struggle to pay college fees
Engineers Week taking place
In my opinion: Catholic schools are part of the solution, not the problem
Diary of a schoolteacher: How a chess match made me and my students mates
Anger over proposal to charge for oral Irish
Is there a place for God in the Irish classroom?
Crisis in Irish extends to Gaeltacht
FG wants all schools to publish Leaving Cert results
'Springboard' plan to train jobless adults
Strike threat over student nurses' pay
Super Hero Grants for social action
Do you dream of becoming Ireland’s next top stylist?
Fitzgerald runs for top Trinity post
Concentration-camp survivor gives students real-life history lesson
Politics to become a Leaving Cert subject
Dramatic slowdown in mature applicants for college
New awards campaign for student enterprise

News of the month - January 2010

How to apply for deferred places
In my opinion: There's no place for class bias in tech-universities
Diary of a schoolteacher: When brutalising children was the order of the day
Old school teaching better for retaining knowledge
Disabilities should be highlighted
Fears for integrity of Irish exam as students get preview
Students get a Taylor-made visit from champion
A marriage of festival fun and honours
Drop in the number of poorer students at college
Young musicians find what they're looking for with U2
Greater access for the disadvantaged
Bright young things greet politicians with 'pure manure'
Schools cut PE classes for points despite rise in obesity
A quarter of parents find teachers hard to deal with
Pupils make big bang at science showcase
Irish taught well in only 50pc of schools
Diary of a schoolteacher: Why I put Operation Christmas Payback into action
In my opinion: Memo to Hunt: Higher education must teach ethics
Language activists blast FG's plan to make Irish optional
Loan plan could saddle college students with debts of €25,000
Sectors to target for jobs
TCD’s student entrepreneur on message
My story: Martin Cormack
Aviation courses take off at third-level
My story: Niall O Murchú
Finding a home from home
My story: Deirdre Rooney
My story: Peadar O Lamhna
My story: Mary Gormley
More medicine places in the West
The private college route
Studying in UK
Enjoying the sporting life in college
Stick with higher maths
Applying to CAO
Preparing to make the grade
Mature enough for college
Don’t limit career options
Colleges plan merger into first technical university
Swine flu fears rise as schools reopen
Incompetent academics to face strict penalties
FG and Labour differ over asset test for college grants
Assets to be means-tested in reform of college grant system
TCD in bid to avert €100m debt
Young scientists putting final touches to projects for exhibition
Thousands of middle-class students given college grants
Schools 'descend into chaos' as hiring ban persists
Physical bullying by girls on rise in schools
School holidays at risk to make up for snow break
CAO applictaion queries
Diary of a schoolteacher: How Mr Moobs, wearing his wellies, missed the Geography field trip
Why the Harry Potter generation gets low marks for literacy . . .