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	<title>Education Matters</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Conference will showcase new technologies</title>
		<link>http://www.educationmatters.ie/2012/04/18/human-computer-interaction-conference/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Human Computer Interaction Conference, to be held at NUIG in June, will look at methods used to design, implement and evaluate technology.]]></description>
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		<title>Report suggests Angelus be replaced by communal prayer</title>
		<link>http://www.educationmatters.ie/2012/04/10/report-suggests-angelus-be-replaced-by-communal-prayer/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The report has been issued by Forum on Patronage and Pluralism, set up to recommend how primary education might meet needs of diverse population.

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		<title>Church preparing historic handover of primary schools</title>
		<link>http://www.educationmatters.ie/2012/04/10/church-preparing-historic-handover-of-primary-schools/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The first official steps towards a handover of Catholic primary schools to other patron bodies will get under way shortly, writes Katherine Donnelly.]]></description>
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		<title>Drop in CAO applications for primary teacher courses</title>
		<link>http://www.educationmatters.ie/2012/04/10/drop-in-cao-applications-for-primary-teacher-training-courses/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Demand for teacher training has dropped by 11% since 2008 as new teachers suffer bigger pay cuts than other public servants, and jobs shrink.
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		<title>Quinn says he wants to remain in education</title>
		<link>http://www.educationmatters.ie/2012/04/09/quinn-says-he-wants-to-remain-in-education/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In advance of this week’s teacher conferences, Minister Ruairí Quinn told The Irish Times he would prefer to stay in his current post until the next election.]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Bullying Forum to be held in May</title>
		<link>http://www.educationmatters.ie/2012/04/09/2399/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister Ruairí Quinn has announced details of a national anti-bullying forum, to take place on May 17, to explore ways of tackling bullying in schools.

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		<title>10-year-old boy bullied out of school</title>
		<link>http://www.educationmatters.ie/2012/04/09/10-year-old-boy-bullied-out-of-school/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Gerry and Liza Dalton went public about the bullying of their son, messages have been pouring into Facebook page - 'Meath Against Bullies'. ]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher pay allowances under review</title>
		<link>http://www.educationmatters.ie/2012/04/09/pay-allowances-under-review-by-department-of-public-expenditure-and-reform/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent DES figures show that over half of all teachers earn €41,000 - €61,000 a year, and 1,500 teachers earn between €85,000 and €115,000.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Mathematics and Education Symposium</title>
		<link>http://www.educationmatters.ie/2012/03/29/mathematics-and-education-symposium/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Final Year students of the BA in Mathematics and Education at NUI Galway wish to invite you to a Maths Symposium on Monday, 2nd April 2012. ]]></description>
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		<title>Exhibition: Troubled Magnificence</title>
		<link>http://www.educationmatters.ie/2012/03/29/exhibition-troubled-magnificence/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The exhibition is entirely drawn from the rich visual and textual resources of Trinity College Library...]]></description>
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