Schools, crèches, montessori’s, families and community groups nationwide are invited to join a fundraising ‘toddle’ for children’s charity Barnardos.

According to new figures released by COGG, only
1,000 children out of the 9,500 attending Gaeltacht
primary schools are native Irish speakers.

Trinity College and University College Dublin could face cuts to their core funding because of unauthorised payments to some members of staff.

Students from 19 schools across Ireland received the first ever Irish CREST Awards for achievements in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

Remarks regarding patronage of primary schools in Ireland by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin from his address to the Cambridge Group for Irish Studies.

A new study carried out at the University of California Davis claims that bullying is motivated largely by a desire to climb the social ladder.

Six candidates, including two external nominees, are contesting the election to become next provost of Trinity College Dublin, to be held on April 2.

A Master’s student at NUI Galway has created a website which ranks the online visibility of election candidates nationwide, based on a google search.

‘Protecting Children’ offers guidelines for those working in pre-schools, crèches, montessori schools, after-school groups and summer camps.

Standing at the Front Arch of Trinity College Dublin, Labour TD Ruairí Quinn formally signed a pledge on behalf of his party not to re-introduce third-level fees.

‘Mata ar Líne’, the online maths resource ‘as gaeilge’ sponsored by COGG, is being made available for free access to all primary schools in the country.

New research shows that 69 per cent of engineers believe poor broadband is preventing Irish companies from competing well on the international front.

Speaking at a party policy launch on February 17, Minister for Education Mary Coughlan said she backed a radical overhaul of teacher training.

‘Teachanywhere’ is recruiting teachers from Ireland, the UK, Australia and New Zealand to teach English across 300 state schools in Abu Dhabi.

The School of Education at NUI Galway will host three workshops on Project Maths and GeoGebra, a free software tool for use with the new programme.

At a seminar on suicide prevention, Dr John Sharry said it was crucial to train those “who are closest to young people and who meet them every day”.

The first ‘Teaching Matters’ education research conference will take place on Saturday, 5 March at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) Main Campus.

The ASTI reballot on Croke Park attracted just 38pc of the union’s 18,000 members, but - contrary to the first ballot - the margin was 2:1 in favour.

The Springboard initiative, commencing in May 2011, will provide funded opportunites for unemployed people to access higher education and training.

To celebrate Catholic Schools Week 2011, TY students from St Kieran’s College Kilkenny opted to teach religion lessons in local primary schools.