VEC schools and colleges expect to lose 400 teaching posts in September, leading to a loss of 9,000 student places on further education courses.

A new expert group has been set up to examine how the Department of Education can work with the private sector to improve ICT in the classroom.

Up to 120,000 people marched through Dublin in a massive protest against the government, described by The Times as “a swollen river of anger”.

360,000 seeds and 60 tonnes of compost are landing on school doorsteps this month, with children invited to sow, grow and reap their own vegetables.

The Teagasc Authority met in Carlow this week to discuss radical restructuring plans aimed at enabling the agency to survive the recession.

Minister O’Keeffe has said he will consider the pooling of special needs classes by neighbouring schools rather than the abolition of these classes.

This major seminar was organised jointly by the National College of Ireland (NCI) and the National Centre for Partnership & Performance (NCPP).

It is alleged that a supply company to the School Meals’ Programme has defrauded the Department of Social and Family Affairs of €750,000.

The Equality Tribunal has ruled that Dunmore Community School should pay €3,500 to a former student for gender discrimination and victimisation.

Knockaclarig National School, Castleisland, Co Kerry was announced winner in its category in the European-wide eTwinning competition for schools.

New research claims that parents who use lots of gestures when speaking to their toddlers help them to develop a wider vocabulary and do better in school

Six schools in the Republic are to receive a playground makeover to the value of €4,600 each, thanks to a stimulating school grounds programme.

A study commissioned by the ESRI reveals that 30 per cent of non-national adults in this country have a degree compared to 17 per cent of Irish.

Minister O’Keeffe has written to 119 national schools informing them that special teacher support for children with mild learning disabilities is to be cut.

In the current edition of the Irish Entrepreneur magazine, Dr Sean Rowland is named as one of the “100 greatest self-made Irish entrepreneurs”.

Delegates from Ireland, UK, Europe, Asia, US and Australia gather in Cork this week for the 6th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks.

NUI Galway and Letterkenny IT have signed an agreement to jointly deliver a degree course aimed at preparing graduates for a bilingual workplace.

The Government has announced the establishment of a steering group commissioned with developing a new national strategy for higher education.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner will deliver a public address at 5pm on Sunday, 15 February, in NUI Galway, at an event hosted by the Literary and Debating Society.

On February 3, a collection of the private papers of the former Taoiseach Charles J Haughey was formally donated to Dublin City University.