Higher & Further Education News & Views
Smaller third-level colleges face end of public funding
Colleges face performance-related funding cuts
Institutes face high standards process
Education targets – Academic autonomy is essential
Is new General Secretary ready for fire fighting?
Art college appoints head of design
Colleges given six months to spell out their strategic plans
Colleges in race to gain university status
University criteria dismissed by college president
‘Shag’ week survey reveals that seven out of ten students have unprotected sex
Probe finds poor practices in VECs across country
Anatomy of a medical class: minister opens TCD’s €131m institute
Dublin college chief defends policy on Bahrain
Students could afford €10k fees, says UL study
In My Opinion: New kind of technology university will address the needs of society
Reach for the stars with UCD’s elite performance programme
Warning of ‘mediocrity’ if higher education not funded
Higher education funding crisis will ‘damage’ students
VEC has brief discussion on audit
Disability Headlines
Parents of young disabled shocked at cuts in services
Parents of children with autism in major fundraiser to expand facilities
Lauren’s video role raises awareness of rare diseases
Valentine, not just the patron saint of romance, but also of epilepsy
Epilepsy still has strong social stigma for sufferers
Work scheme targeted at people with disabilities
Reilly calls autism claims outrageous
Working disabled allowed to draw welfare
Reilly: Humphreys’ autism comments ‘outrageous’
Deaf girl held as slave tells court of years of beatings and rape
Northern Ministers hear each other’s pain
General Education Stories
Parents campaign over cuts to career guidance
Teacher allowances cut ‘would be end of Croke Park reform’
The formula is simple: real change
Kicking exam pressure to touch
Lessons to be learned from case in Clonmel
Nine jailed for failing to send children to school
Irish girls in top 20% of fitness level study
Speed limit outside six schools cut to 30kph
Watch out Ruairi! Cuts to small schools spell big trouble
No method in madness behind school guidance cuts
Parents in Kildare furious as children of gaelscoileanna ignored
Salaries linked to success in education
School principal challenges removal
Mental Health in the Media
After years of self-harm, my life has changed so much
Conquering your personal Everest
Acting fast against teenage depression
Employment Features
500 college places for jobseekers
Initiatives aim to deliver 100,000 jobs by 2016
Mastercard to create 130 Irish jobs
Recruiters to get paid for placing workers
New IT jobs after US deal welcomed