While certain politicians watched football in Old Trafford, some 60,000 campaigners staged the biggest education protest in the history of the state.

For the past four weeks, parents, students and teachers from Dublin’s northside have been picketing the office of Minister Sean Haughey.

6,000 teachers, parents and pupils marched through Donegal town on 29 November to protest against the “draconian measures” planned for schools.

An organisational psychologist recommends more flexible working practices as a way of keeping workers happy - and productive - during the recession.

250 school administrators and education policymakers from 64 countries came to Hong Kong to reward education excellence at the Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum (ITF).

Relentless rain lashed the streets of Dublin as thousands of teachers poured from all directions into the city’s district 2 on October 29.

Fine Gael Education spokesman Brian Hayes outlined 32 cuts in education not mentioned by Minister Brian Lenihan in his budget speech.

In outlining the Budget measures, Minister Batt O’Keeffe called on the education partners to “work with him in collectively meeting challenges”.

Research paper claims that young people are being failed by adults who are not paying proper attention to the new reality of online communication.

UK union claims it is an “anomaly” that a teacher who has engaged in sexual activity with a pupil aged over 16 could go on the sex offenders’ register.

Tipperary teacher Kate O’Connell has been chosen to showcase her project next month in the 2008 Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Teachers’ Forum in Hong Kong.

The Teaching Council has awarded 34 bursaries to 25 registered teachers and nine others, as part of its second scheme of research bursaries.

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

The autonomy of teachers was the subject of a comparative study conducted by Eurydice, the European information network.

A system of continuous professional development for teachers is essential - this was the strong message from business group IBEC.

The Irish Examiner reports that thousands of teachers, army personnel, office and factory workers are double-jobbing in an effort to make ends meet.

Developed with teachers in mind, the Graduate Diploma/MA in Dance at UL is a part-time programme of study.

Part-time programmes at DCU include: Graduate Diploma/ MSc Education and Training Management; Doctorate in Educational Leadership.

A post-primary teacher has secured an interim High Court injunction restraining her principal or anyone acting on his behalf from following her.

Minister Hanafin has acknowledged that, in spite of the establishment of the Teaching Council, there are hundreds of unqualified personnel in the system.