School Secretaries are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of IMPACT School Secretaries’ Branch which will take place on February 27.

Students and teachers should note that the deadline for applications for the Ireland Canada University Foundation’s Irish language awards is March 5.

An International English and Foundation Third Level College has opened in west Dublin with the promise of 300 jobs and a boost for the local economy.

On Feb 18, NUI Galway and University of Limerick announced a Strategic Alliance which will lead to major co-operation between the two institutions.

If you are energetic, enthusiastic, have fluent Irish and a few hours a week to spare during March, Raidió Rí-Rá invites you to be part of its street-teams.

A survey by the National Centre for Excellence on Maths & Science Learning shows 48pc of post-primary maths teachers are not qualified in the subject.

A federal judge has ruled that a former Florida high school student can sue her school principal over her suspension in 2007 for cyberbullying a teacher.

Educator and entrepreneur Dr Seán Rowland was in Haiti last month to progress his endeavour to set up a National Institute for Teacher Education.

Educate Together, the patron body for multi-denominational schools, seeks equal status in Colleges of Education for its ethical education curriculum.

‘Abair Leat’, an interactive website aimed at supporting the oral Irish syllabus in post-primary schools, will be piloted initially in 14 schools.

Pictiúrleabhar agus CD maraon le leabhar nua le Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin sa tsraith faoi eachtraí mórlaochra na Fiannaíochta.

Speaking at the IPPN conference, director Sean Cottrell praised principals for their “entrepreneurship, innovation and ingenuity” in the way they lead.

Speaking at the IPPN conference, Pat Goff said that this decade saw more legislation for schools enacted than all the previous decades together.

At the launch of Catholic Schools Week by Cardinal Brady on Jan 28, the Cardinal also announced the inauguration of Catholic Schools Partnership.

A culture within the state training agency FAS of “flagrant spending devoid of scrutiny or scruples” has been revealed in another report by John Buckley.

Bullying issues cannot be prevented by simply applying a sanction on the perpetrator… the root cause of the actions must be examined, says Greg McInerney.

15-year-old Phoebe Prince from Co Clare had been living in Massachusetts only six months when she took her life following harassment by students.

Why are some youths more prone to misbehaviour or bullying than others? Does the answer lie in an analysis of young people’s needs, and their desire for power?

Hibernia College is launching a suite of Online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Courses for teachers, commencing on February 1.

John White, general secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI), is to retire in Sept 2010 after six years as head of the union.