Picks of the week:
When living with a disability, Ireland is a different country
Ten things not to say to a depressed person
Further & Higher Education News
Universities are best placed to take teacher training to the next level
Bill set to amalgamate education and training bodies
Limits on number of committee personnel
VEC staff may be moved to meet targets
Lecturers spend first year of college ‘deprogramming’ students
UCD scholarship student crowned South of Ireland Amateur Open Champion
Exam results helpline to be put to the test
Record rise in number of mature students
DCU president criticises Leaving Cert
University of Ulster hosts Paralympics Qualifying Tournament – Boccia World Cup 2011
Disability Headlines
Disability cases pending before the European Court of Human Rights
Ministers accused over autistic children as specialist schools forced to close
Warning over newer antidepressants pills
Dad (40) becomes first person in Britain to get artificial heart
Get me back to Aunty Em – one woman’s experience of Depression
General Education Articles
Parents struggling to cope with education costs
Families in need of back-to-school support failing to qualify for allowance, survey finds
Extra €4.6m set aside for parents struggling to afford uniforms
17 new schools to open as pupil numbers soar
Publishers help ease book cost burden for parents
Parents being forced to take out loans for school costs
14 second-level schools scheduled to open by 2014
Back-to-school aid criteria under fire
Families facing huge school costs, warns Barnardos
Quinn faces reality check in education reform drive
School class sizes set to increase
All-Irish secondary school for Carrigaline
Mayfield gaelscoil to appeal after council refuses planning
Being creative teaches kids the art of keeping quiet
Schools will drop subjects if class sizes increased
Teachers angered by threat of increased class sizes
Mental Health in the Media
Don’t try to be something you are not
Don’t let anxiety get out of control
Psych nurses to strike over staff shortages
New Directorate to be appointed in autumn
5m drug prescriptions for mental health a year
Trapped in a system without hope
Treating depression – Drugs too prevalent in our system
Employment Issues
Only 23 out of 5,000 internships filled under initiative
I’m unemployed – can education get me out of here?
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