Louise Holden

Writer shows up Unseen Poetry and not in Prescribed Poetry - as many were expecting

Overall the higher paper moved away from an emphasis on nutrition and focused instead on consumer issues

This year’s exam squad comes from Coláiste Chill Mhantáin in Wicklow town

Computer coding clubs are springing up, empowering children to ‘create rather than consume’

Increase in awareness of OCO complaints procedures has led to more being processed

As teachers’ unions gather for their yearly conferences, it’s time to ask who they really stand for

Education People: Home schooling without a curriculum

Although the interview process may be less formal, applicants for postgraduate courses still need to be prepared. Here are some tips for tipping the balance in your favour

It starts with ‘that’s so gay’ in the playground and can end with physical abuse – so will the new policies on homophobic bullying make schools safer places for LGBT students?

Young people want more information about sex and relationships, and it’s up to parents and teachers to find a way to give it to them

Agendas, truths and lies: do students get unbiased information? This series on sex education explores who teaches it and what young people want to know

Ambitious teenagers spend a week playing doctors and nurses at the RCSI

A cultural bias against maths, and a failure to train teachers properly, add up to a tricky problem

As the ASTI action starts to bite in schools, an EU survey shows that some Irish teachers are sitting pretty, but it’s not the whole story

More than 50 complaints from students who have had difficulty having grant processed