Bestselling author Norman Doidge will give a talk this week in Trinity College on how Brain Science is impacting Education in the 21st Century.

A ground-breaking joint research initiative by Trinity College and UCD aims to mainly target PhD students and to create tens of thousands of jobs.

Launched last week in An Chultúrlann, Belfast, www.talkirish.com allows teachers, speakers and learners of Irish to get together to chat in Irish.

The Irish Government has established an awards programme to fund Irish language teachers and professors to spend time in Canadian universities…

Dhá leabhar nuafhoilsithe do pháistí 6 bliana+: ‘Vera agus a Veidhlín’ le Máire Breatnach agus ‘Marcella ar Saoire Ghrá’ le Brighid McLaughlin.

The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) is claiming a globally significant victory following the resolution of a 2-year battle with TCD.

Dr Maurice Manning has been elected Chancellor of the National University of Ireland (NUI), succeeding Dr Garrett FitzGerald who held the position for over 10 years.

On March 4, President Mary McAleese officially launched the UNESCO Chair for Children, Youth and Civic Engagement at NUI Galway.

‘European Award for Languages - the Language Label’ recognises creative and inventive ways to improve the quality of language teaching and learning.

The Higher Education Authority (HEA) has confirmed that it is in talks with third-level groups about how more savings can be achieved in the sector.

Institutes of Technology Ireland (IoTI) has made a proposal to the Department of Education for a ‘National University of Technology’.

Minster for Education and Science Batt O’Keeffe addressed 500 Guidance Counsellors gathered for their AGM in the Ormond Hotel, Kilkenny, on 6 March 2009.

Remarks by Éilis Coakley, President of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, at the organisation’s annual general conference in Kilkenny, 6-8 March.

Researchers at TCD’s School of Pharmacy have developed a revised form of the drug aspirin which may allow it to be used in long-term prevention.

A sponsorship arrangement, which saw five firms donating €15 million over three years towards broadband costs in schools, will not be renewed.

In an increasingly unusual event in any religious congregation, this month three men made final vows to religious life within the Redemptorist Order.

As the Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe prepares his proposal for presentation to Cabinet next month, cutbacks on ‘free fees’ are inevitable.

Primary and post-primary teachers have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action over the Government’s handling of the economic crisis.

The final talk in the current Seamus Heaney Lecture Series will be given by Chrissie Poulter of the School of Drama, Film and Music, Trinity College Dublin.

As Hibernia College launches a new online modular MA in Teaching and Learning, Ireland’s perception of online education has changed dramatically…