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The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) has assured teachers that no financial or credit card details were compromised in a cyberattack on its learning website. Photo: iStock

Personal details of up to 30,000 teachers at risk following cyberattack

Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) says no financial, credit card details compromised

Ask Brian: ‘My teacher isn’t qualified. Should I go to a grind school?’

There are shortages of qualified teachers in Stem (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, along with Irish and home economics. Photograph: iStock

A shortage of qualified teachers in key subjects is a real problem across many schools

Diversity gap: ‘There are no Muslim, Asian or Indian teachers’

Secondary school teacher Anissa Majeed: she stresses the need for role models in a country where at least 50,000 children – or one in ten – at primary level are non-Irish, while more than 30,000 have either no religion or a faith other than Catholic

Our classrooms are diverse but teachers are generally white, Irish, middle-class women

Empty classrooms after last pupil removed from Louth school

Parents say the Department of Education and the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin – who is the school’s patron – have failed to respond to calls for a change in leadership at the school. Photograph: Getty Images

Parents cite ongoing issues of leadership and teaching standards at Scoil Náisiúnta Bhrighde

Girls continue to outperform boys in Junior Cert

Girls continue to outperform boys at Junior Cert level. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

More girls than boys secured A grades in 18 out of 21 higher-level subjects this year

Pupil gets A in Italian without attending class

Teachers, lecturers vote for industrial action over pay gap

Teachers and lecturers have voted to back industrial action in opposition to the current two-tier pay structure in schools. Picture Nick Bradshaw

Teachers Union of Ireland rejects the new public service agreement by 87% to 13%

Strike vote no immediate threat of shut schools

Higher Options expo: everything you need to know

tudents visiting The Irish Times Higher Options stand in the RDS Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

Representatives of universities and third-level colleges and institutions that cater for all levels are present

Why US college students are flocking to Connemara

Mannin beach between near Ballyconneely in Connemara Co Galway. Several US colleges have based their ‘study abroad’ modules in the wider area as a partnership with the Connemara Wes, community development organisation. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien / The Irish Times

Community initiative seeks to build a €2.5m education centre to boost visitor numbers

One school’s eight sets of twins pick up their Junior Cert results together

Eight sets of twins: Michelle and Noelle Curtin, Shona and Caoimhe Hickey, Micah and Ryan O’Connell, David and Jack O’Connor, Christopher and Chloe Lane, Maeve and Orla Quirke, and Holly and Luke Scannell with their Junior Cert results at Coláiste Íde agus Iosef. Photograph: Domnick Walsh/Eye Focus

Coláiste Íde agus Iosef, in Abbeyfeale, marks ‘unique day’ for 16 brothers and sisters

Junior Cert results day: new English grades ‘confusing’

Pupils of St Kevin’s College in Finglas receive their Junior Cert results. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

New grading system will take time getting used to, says principal of St Kevin’s College

Trinity in world’s top 100 universities for arts and humanities

Trinity College Dublin has been ranked at 81st place in the world university rankings for arts and humanities subjects. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Trinity ranked at 81st place, up from 88, in the global subject specific ranking

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There are shortages of qualified teachers in Stem (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, along with Irish and home economics. Photograph: iStock

Ask Brian: ‘My teacher isn’t qualified. Should I go to a grind school?’

Brian Mooney
September 19, 2017

A shortage of qualified teachers in key subjects is a real problem across many schools

Secondary school teacher Anissa Majeed: she stresses the need for role models in a country where at least 50,000 children – or one in ten – at primary level are non-Irish, while more than 30,000 have either no religion or a faith other than Catholic

Diversity gap: ‘There are no Muslim, Asian or Indian teachers’

Hajar Akl
September 18, 2017

Our classrooms are diverse but teachers are generally white, Irish, middle-class women

Mannin beach between near Ballyconneely in Connemara Co Galway. Several US colleges have based their ‘study abroad’ modules in the wider area as a partnership with the Connemara Wes, community development organisation. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien / The Irish Times

Why US college students are flocking to Connemara

Lorna Siggins
September 14, 2017

Community initiative seeks to build a €2.5m education centre to boost visitor numbers

Alex and Dylan along with Solas Project co-ordinator Derek Murphy in Dublin’s south-west inner city engaged in an after-school project.

The programme helping to ease the primary to secondary school transition

Carl O'Brien
September 12, 2017

Second level is a big change in a student’s life and preventing regression is key to success

There are more than 50 medical programmes taught through English in the EU and recognised by the Irish Medical Council. Photograph: iStock

Ask Brian: My son wants to be a doctor but didn’t get the points. Are there other options?

Brian Mooney
September 12, 2017

Many EU universities offer medical programmes through English

Kieran Christie, general secretary, and Ger Curtin, president, at Saturday’s central executive meeting of ASTI which recommended to its members that they should reject the public service pay agreement. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Real prospect of teachers going their own way on public pay agreement

Martin Wall
September 9, 2017

Analysis: Retention of two-tier pay structure remains an issue for teaching unions

Aedín Andrews (20), a zoology student at Trinity College Dublin. ‘Education isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity. We have got to start making it more affordable and accessible.’ Photograph: Cyril Byrne

School costs: the myth of ‘free’ education

Peter McGuire
September 4, 2017

New measures aimed at keeping a lid on back-to-school expenses are unlikely to ease the burden on parents

Encourage your child to engage fully in every transition year activity as, collectively, they awaken latent talents. Photograph: iStock

Ask Brian: What subjects should my daughter choose for the Leaving Cert?

Brian Mooney
September 4, 2017

Transition year can be an amazing period of self-discovery for students

Uninest New Mill in Dublin 8, which opens this month, is an example of the new breed of high-spec student accommodation being built in the capital.

‘Luxury’ student accommodation on the rise, but can anybody afford it?

Carl O'Brien
September 1, 2017

Thousands of purpose-built students beds are coming onstream – for €1,000 or more a month

USI president Michael Kerrigan and his colleagues. Photograph: Paul Corey

Small USI team carries the fight for Irish students

Ciarán D'Arcy
August 31, 2017

Blocking student loan scheme priority for new president as group looks to shed ‘lazy’ perceptions

Working Abroad in Education

Teaching in Britain: Long hours, high stress, ‘immense pressure’

Ciara Kenny

Irish teachers report faster career progression abroad, but often at a cost

Examwatch

Students frequently indicated they could not recall information they had learned off for the Leaving Cert a mere two months later. File photograph: Getty Images

Leaving Cert by rote: Critical thinking seen as vital skill

Future generations should be assessed on ability to solve problems and think creatively

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Stem Careers All you need to know about making it in the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics

The CAO points system is changing to try to take some of the heat out of the points race. By reducing the number of grading bands from 14 to eight, students may feel less inclined to chase marginal gains in the Leaving Cert.

New CAO points system Explainer: What students and parents need to know

$“I took the higher-level paper, and I wrote my essay on the biggest problems facing the world today. On an international level, that has to be the fractious state of the economy, and I do worry about it; in Ireland, homelessness is the biggest problem.” File photograph: Getty Images$

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Graduates must equip themselves with the necessary skills to fit in to the modern workplace, such as finding relevant experience Graduates must equip themselves with the necessary skills to fit in to the modern workplace, such as finding relevant experience

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Of the top 20 schools that send the majority of their students to higher-points courses, 16 are fee-paying private schools. Photograph: iStock

Feeder Schools In depth review of how many students Irish schools sent to college

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