Greg Foley

Biotechnology or ‘biotech’ is closely entangled with the pharmaceutical industry. But what exactly is it?

Students learn at home and analyse in school in flipped classrooms – is it effective?

News, views and opinions from Student Hub contributors and Irish Times writers

‘Some of the stuff I was grading was the worst I’ve ever seen – even from good students’

No Child 2020: We invited ‘Irish Times’ readers to give their views on the issue

Science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) are at the heart of many professions

Opinion: We need to put much more thought into what we really expect from our graduates

Opinion: The notion that most third-level students would benefit from not having to specialise until second or third year seems sensible – until you examine it closely

From real-time tracking systems that enable parents to follow their children’s progress in school to plagiarism alerts in universities, technology is changing how people learn and are taught

Experts concerned over less academic students being pushed into college

My parents do not know the half of what I got up to in college, and that is how it should be

A new breed of protective parents are clearing a path for their children

Attendance rates for third-level lectures are falling due to online notes, committee hears