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Prof Niall Moyna: “Schoolchildren should be taught about good lifestyle choices and not just biology that they learn from a book.” Photograph: Morgan Treacy/ ©INPHO

Unfit teens in Irish schools show risk of heart disease typically seen in people aged 55-60

Carl O'Brien
22:52

New research reveals ‘frightening’ findings over health of sedentary schoolchildren

Whoops: Data blunder sees TCD fall out of global rankings

Trinity College Dublin was omitted from the rankings as it supplied incorrect data. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

Carl O'Brien
21:00

Trinity College Dublin omitted from scale due to blunder over incorrect data

Ireland will suffer if universities drop in rankings, MEP says

Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes has said Ireland’s reputation will take a ‘hammer blow’ if Irish universities continue to fall in global rankings. File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

Carl O'Brien
19:43

Fine Gael’s Brian Hayes issues warning ahead of new Times Higher Education list

You have finally got your college degree – now what?

Students are advised to seek out advice from career guidance centres, graduate offices and careers fairs before considering their options. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times

John Cradden
12:38

From further study to voluntary work, there are plenty of options after university

Brexit a concern for Oxford’s Irish vice-chancellor

Prof Louise Richardson: “The best source of good intelligence against the bad guys operating in our midst are the communities in which they operate.” Photograph: Alan Richardson/AFP/Getty Images

Lara Marlowe
01:02

Prof Louise Richardson fears dramatic increase in fees for university’s students

Examwatch

Aat higher level, a greater proportion of boys got an E grade or lower in 20 of 22 overall Junior Cert subjectsFile photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

Girls earn better results than boys in Junior Cert

Greater percentage of boys receive either E, F or NG marks in most subjects

Education Features

’Ireland top universities have been sliding down global rankings due largely to issues linked to long-term underfunding, worsening staff to student ratios and greatly diminished capacity for research.’ File photograph: Chris Ison/PA Wire

Can our top universities' reputation survive another fall in global rankings?

Carl O'Brien
September 22, 2016

Almost a decade of spending cuts and falling staff numbers seem to be taking their toll

From 2017 onwards, everybody who ever sat the Leaving Cert will have their results reclassified according to the new State Exams Commission (SEC) grading system. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Ask Brian: Will the new points system affect me?

Brian Mooney
September 20, 2016

Gains in some subjects will be cancelled out by losses in others for most students

The very idea that there are 100 ‘best’ universities worldwide may oversimplify a very complex question about the role of the institution in today’s society. Is there a way to measure quality on a global scale, as the way the rankings purport to do? Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

Why university rankings may be harming higher education

Grainne Loughran
September 19, 2016

League tables have gained notoriety, but in fact they measure only research output

Oscar McHale 6th year student in Stratford College Rathgar with his Classics teacher Delia Donohue. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons / The Irish Times

Killing off the classics: ‘elite’ subjects fall from prominence

Peter McGuire
September 19, 2016

Classical studies, Latin and Greek are important but fewer students than ever are learning them. One teachers blames the Leaving Cert, which hasn’t been reviewed since the 1970s

“Before we blindly jump on this digital bandwagon, why don’t we check if it’s going somewhere first?” Michelle McBride of Scoil Chill Ruadhain, Brooklodge, Glanmire, Co Cork. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

Coding in the classroom: time to call a halt to the digital bandwagon

Michelle Bride
September 19, 2016

Do we really need to train a generation of coders at primary school?

Pope Francis during a prayer vigil at the Vatican. ‘Parents should be able to send their children to a publicly-funded and democratically accountable primary or secondary school closest to them in the confident expectation that it is a good school.’ Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

Do we really need an education system more Catholic than the pope?

John Horgan
September 19, 2016

It is high time we debated the principles on which our education system should be based

The deal on teachers’ pay finalised on Friday reinforces the pay gap that is emerging between teachers in different trade unions as a result of their stances on the Lansdowne Road agreement. File photograph: Getty Images

Teacher deal reinforces pay gap between TUI, ASTI members

Martin Wall
September 16, 2016

Recently recruited teachers to get pay boost of €2,000 on phased basis over next year or so

The difficulties for the ASTI in securing compliance with directives has been compounded in recent weeks by the decision of a significant number of non-union or former ASTI teachers in voluntary secondary schools to transfer to membership of the TUI. File photograph: Getty Images

ASTI teachers defy own ban on assessing their students

Brian Mooney
September 14, 2016

Increased uptake in optional Irish oral raises questions for union members

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College Open Days

Lab work: Niamh Connolly of Cross & Passion College in Co Kildare takes part in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 2015 open day. Photograph: Maxwell

College open days: Choosing a course? Do your homework first

Brian Mooney
November 3, 2015

You’ll be spending years of your life at college. Open days give you a great chance to assess how good a fit your choices could be

Further Education

In demand: theatre and other specialist nurses are in short supply. Photograph: Stockvisual/Getty

Solas sets its sights on skills shortages

Nora-Ide McAuliffe
September 30, 2015

Further education and training body to invest €600m this year in courses for 360,000 people. Focus to switch to IT, business and other areas where career opportunities have been identified

School patronage

UCC academics Prof Áine Hyland and Prof Brian Bocking believe Ireland “is in a process of erratic and unpredictable transition” and religious and secular interests are “seemingly clashing head-on”. Photograph: William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

Religious education not taken seriously, says study

Ireland ‘utterly unlike’ other countries in its use of schools for faith formation

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