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Within five years of leaving college, graduates from information and communication technology courses were by far the highest earners, earning €815 a week on average. Photograph: iStock

Tech graduates earn most within five years of college exit

Study tracks earnings of hundreds of thousands of graduates via PAYE system

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Third-level colleges face stringent new penalties for misconduct

University College Dublin. An outline of proposed legislation for reforming the Higher Education Authority Act was approved by the Cabinet in recent days.

Withholding of funds among the proposals in biggest regulation shake-up in almost 50 years

Will new powers to regulate third level erode autonomy of universities?

Minister for Education Joe McHugh. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

Government insists moves will simply place key functions on a legal footing

Visually impaired students hope technology can help make college ‘possible’

The camp is the result of a partnership between the National Council for the Blind Ireland and the access programme at Maynooth University. File photograph: Eric Luke / The Irish Times

Maynooth camp aims to encourage young people with sight loss to progress to third level

Students have only hours left to apply for study grants

Applicants were advised to have their PPS number, and their parents’ or spouse’s PPS number, as well as records of their 2018 household income to hand.

‘Leaving Cert students do not need their results or their final course choice to apply’

5,727 applicants receive CAO ‘Round A’ offers

Successful applicants will also receive a paper offer notice by post, an email and a text message (if they have selected this option) with details of their offer.

First round of third level offers mainly concern mature and deferred applicants

Review focuses on staff workload in Maynooth University

Maynooth University: concerns over increased enrolment and budgetary constraints. Photograph: Laura Hutton

Maynooth University and Dundalk Institute of Technology complete quality checks

Disadvantaged school scheme fails to resolve unfair system, report finds

The education committee’s reports released on Thursday also call for the introduction of generic uniforms without badges, greater support for parents struggling to shoulder the burden of back-to-school costs, and an awareness of pressures faced by school principals. Photograph: iStock

Generic uniforms without badges and more financial back-to-school support needed, says committee

Sitting Leaving Cert exam hours after appendix ruptured ‘inhumane’ – student

Amy Richards first visited the doctor with pain in her abdomen about a week before the State exams began. She was told not to worry and that she was suffering symptoms of stress and irritable bowel syndrome.

Amy Richards: ‘I have no idea what I wrote, I don’t know if it was complete gibberish’

Immigrant teachers complete programme to teach in Irish schools

Secondary schools have reported shortages of STEM, modern foreign languages, Irish and home economics teachers. File photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Wire

Minister says the 34 graduates will help resolve national shortage of teachers

Dubai royal family to fund TCD centre for Middle Eastern studies

Trinity College’s library. The university’s Al Maktoum Centre for Middle Eastern Studies was announced on Monday.

Al-Maktoum family will have no control over new educational centre, Trinity College says

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Minister for Education Joe McHugh. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

Will new powers to regulate third level erode autonomy of universities?

Carl O'Brien
July 17, 2019

Government insists moves will simply place key functions on a legal footing

All six pupils at Cloghans Hill National School – ranging in age from eight to 11 – alongside school secretary Ann Shally

Ireland’s small schools: Inside the battle for their future

Carl O'Brien
June 29, 2019

Ireland has an unusually high number of small schools, but many face an uncertain future

US President Donald Trump speaking at a conference in Washington, DC earlier this month. History, argues teacher Barry Kennerk, gives students ideal skills to deal with our post-truth age. Photograph: Mandel Ngan / AFP

History gives students ideal skills to deal with our post-truth age

Barry Kennerk
June 26, 2019

There still is a poor understanding of the subject’s true potential as a social science

Digital technology means bullying can now follow children home. Photograph: Getty

Ana Kriégel case turns spotlight on how schools deal with bullying

Carl O'Brien
June 20, 2019

Call for clear legislation to compel schools to have disciplinary codes against harassment

Irish third-level institutions have been left in the slipstream of rival jurisdictions such as China which are benefiting from massive investment.

Austerity fallout leaves Irish universities lost in the crowd

Carl O'Brien
June 19, 2019

Analysis: More private funds and autonomy needed as third level curbed by legacy of cuts

Ro Lynam’s exhibit Slum room 400 euro permonth headspace not included. Based on her accommodation in Dublin, it is part of NCAD’s graduate show. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins

‘Schools are doing students a huge disservice by ignoring art’

Carl O'Brien
June 18, 2019

NCAD director says creativity may be more vital than Stem subjects for jobs of tomorrow

Liam Edwards, owner of Jim Edwards restaurant, Kinsale, Co Cork. “I’m seeing restaurants closing a few days a week because they don’t have the staff or they’re trying to keep them fresh,” he says. Photograph: Provision

Chef supply crisis: ‘I’m certain there are no chefs left in country’

Carl O'Brien
June 17, 2019

Restaurant association says education system is partly to blame for the staff shortages

Trinity access programme graduates Mark Egan, Mary Geraghty, Karina Grustane, Mark Richmond and Rona Askins after receiving their certificates in Trinity College on Friday. Photograph: Aidan Crawley for The Irish Times

‘I cried when I got the result’: Trinity’s access programme graduates celebrate

Carl O'Brien
June 14, 2019

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds on course to complete degree programmes

Jim Lockhart says philosophy and logic should be added to the Leaving Cert curriculum. Photograph: Dave Keegan Photography

Jim Lockhart: ‘I was the only student left in school. The silence was extraordinary’

June 12, 2019

My Leaving: Horslips man went on to study economics and politics at UCD

Rosanna Davison: “The Leaving Cert doesn’t necessarily determine your future. There are so many routes to get to where you want to be.” Photograph: Alan Betson

Rosanna Davison: ‘I’m a bit of a nerd and quite enjoy study and exams’

June 12, 2019

My Leaving: Former Miss World went on to study sociology at UCD

Working Abroad in Education

What is on offer for Irish teachers in New Zealand, and is it worth the move?

New Zealand wants Irish teachers, but what are they offering?

Peter McGuire

‘Irish teachers are highly sought and are most popular with our schools and students’

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