Education
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Education: a progress report
Meeting parents’ expectations in the context of austerity has been a difficult task but several reforms have proved successful. eolas…
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Education and skills reform: A whole system approach
Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills, talks to Owen McQuade about reform in education…
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Education in the Oireachtas
eolas reviews the work of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection, which has focused on reducing back-to-school…
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Bringing out Tallaght’s potential
Owen McQuade visits St Aidan’s Community School, Tallaght, to find out about the breadth and depth of education it provides…
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Reforming third level education: the systems approach
Mary Doyle outlines the strengths of Ireland’s higher education sector and how the new performance framework is holding institutions accountable…
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Reforming further education and training
Paul O’Toole, Chief Executive Officer of SOLAS, explains its role in leading and improving the quality of Ireland’s further education…
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Technological university plans make progress
Institutes of technology will be able to offer more to students as technological universities under a Bill to come forward…
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Developing a Technological University
Dublin Institute of Technology is a major player in plans to establish Ireland’s first Technological University. The institution will ensure…
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Junior Cert reform divides opinion
Ruairí Quinn is moving ahead with radical reforms for the junior cycle but teaching unions warn that pressure on staff…
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Next generation education: Ruairí Quinn interview
Ruairí Quinn’s first priority “without hesitation” is the Literacy and Numeracy Strategy which was launched in July last year in…
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