Archive for February 2006

Website to promote online safety

To mark European Safer Internet Day on 7 February, Education Minister Mary Hanafin launched a new website

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Languages website

This website is aimed at gifted primary school pupils and post primary students in the first years

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Essential Guide to Special Education

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of Special Education in Ireland

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SFI-funded research projects for teachers

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has launched the 2006 Secondary Teacher Assistant Researchers (STAR) programme

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Multimedia Irish resource for parents/ children

An raibh tú riamh ag iarraidh an focal ceart a aimsiú agus tú ag labhairt Gaeilge le do pháiste?

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Open Evening at DIT

A Postgraduate Open Evening will take place at DIT Aungier Street, Dublin 2 on Wednesday

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Meet Sinéad Breathnach

Who's Who introduces you to people who are making an important contribution to education in Ireland today

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Irish policy is a failure

Totally agree Irish policy is a failure

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Focus on speaking and listening

Apropos the comments made about how Irish should be taught, I refer to the Irish language curriculum

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I find the MATE ad offensive

I hope the future ads for MATE will be more positive than the initial ones

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School trips can change lives

Out-of-classroom learning has the potential not just to change children's lives, but the lives of whole communities

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School settles bullying lawsuit

Scoil Chearbhaill Uí Dhálaigh, Celbridge Road, Leixlip, Co Kildare, is to pay €10,000 in damages to a former pupil

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Survey finds Youthreach succeeds

70 per cent of school drop-outs participating in the Youthreach programme either get a job or progress to further education

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Kylemore Abbey School to close

Kylemore Abbey School in Connemara, Co Galway, has announced that it is to close down

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Five PhD students awarded scholarships

Five Irish PhD students from four different universities were selected last month to receive 3-year scholarships

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Pressure eases for aspiring doctors

Ministers Mary Hanafin and Harney have announced plans to more than double the number of places in mediical schools

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Undergraduates not ready for university

Compared to undergraduates of ten years ago, students in Britain today are increasingly weak at

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University defends controversial project

Concerns have been expressed about the appropriateness of paying students who are ecstasy-users to take part

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Third level colleges vie for students

Competition between third level colleges is stepping up, fuelled by the drop in the number of Leaving Cert students

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Call for WSE to deal with underperformers

Minister Mary Hanafin has promised that published school inspection reports willshow weaknesses as well as strengths

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