The organisations representing the Boards of Management of all Irish primary schools have issued a joint statement calling for adequate funding.

Guidelines on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), issued in Britain, say that parents need lessons in coping with unruly behaviour.

Padraic Pearse’s contribution to education was marked this month with the launch of two commemorative stamps, designed by Irish artist Thomas Ryan.

NUI Maynooth has been named the 2008 Irish University of the Year in The Sunday Times University Guide 2008, with UCD in second place.

The Science Challenge initiative will see 42 graduates, post-graduates and apprentices travel to the US for a six-month internship programme.

Three winning post primary schools will each send two students plus a teacher on an expenses paid trip to Ethiopia to learn about the challenges…

IT Sligo broke the mould last week when students tuned in from three different time zones to receive certificates from the Masonite programme.

Minister Mary Coughlan has been criticised for “dragging in” the Comptroller and Auditor General to investigate FAS, “as a way of fending off criticism”.

There has been a sharp rise in the number of exemptions from studying Irish, with 6,576 Irish-born students gaining exemptions in the last school year.

Speaking at the CEIST 3rd annual education conference, Bishop Donal Murray of Limerick spoke about the fundamental purpose of education.

Dr Diarmuid O’Donovan, Senior Lecturer in Social and Preventive Medicine at NUI Galway, has been awarded two prizes by the British Medical Association for his book, The Atlas of Health.

A top south west London boys’ school has adopted a policy of limiting homework to 40 minutes per night, plus 20 minutes of independent learning.

University heads are opposed to the return of the old fees regime, abolished in 1995, but favour the introduction of Australian-style student loans.

The decision to close the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education, with the loss of eight jobs, was conveyed to staff last Friday.

Whilst reflecting on the past year from an early childhood care and education perspective, Dr. Jennifer Sturley is struck by the dearth of Irish material to review.

The ASTI has broadly welcomed the recommendations, especially the proposal that schools decide their own policy on the uniform at local level.

The Yearbook opens with a foreword from Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe, followed by an overview of the year by guidance counsellor and writer Brian Mooney.

Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe is to invite an international expert to join a steering group on the government’s national strategy for higher education.

Mobile phone providers have spotted the need for fast and efficient communication methods within education systems, including professor-to-student, educational institution-to-community, teacher-to-parent.

“This is the only such course in conference interpreting in the country and it will prepare students for a career as professional conference interpreters.”