Figurs highlighted this week have revealed that 13,150 pupils in Cork are currently in classes with more than 30 students. These figures were revealed to Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer on foot of a recent parliamentary question and paint a startl

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Discussions about the future of Ballygarvan National School have progressed very positively and it now appears that the school will be able to continue to cater to the needs of children in the area into the coming years. Just last month the Princip

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A CORK school has been forced to inform parents that their children will have no place in the local school next year. Parents living in the Ballygarvan area have been informed that the local Ballygarvan National School is currently at capacit

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STUDENTS at a Cork school have seen at first hand the scale of an earthquake which occurred at 15.52GMT in Kyrgistan last week.

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Cork City came to a complete standstill last Thursday (October 9) when thousands of students took to the streets of Cork to voice their opposition to the reintroduction of third level fees.

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Two secondary schools in Cork are taking part in a ground breaking, new maths pilot aimed at revolutionising the way mathematics is taught at second-level.

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A student from University College Cork has been named as the 2008 Science, Engineering & Technology (SET) Student of the Year.

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Details have just been announced of a new PhD Scholars Programme in Cancer Biology at University College Cork.

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Cork Institute of Technology's Annual Careers Fair takes place this Tuesday, October 7, in the Institute's Nexus Centre where a number of major national and international companies will be searching for suitable graduates.

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Scoil Nicoláis in Frankfield is in line to get a major extension to cater for the growing student body at the school.

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People across cork will this week mark adult literacy awareness week. The aim of this week is to raise awareness of adult basic education issues in Ireland and inform individuals about the benefits of brushing up on their reading, writing and mat

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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD is to establish a Technical Working Group to undertake a full review of the criteria and procedures for the recognition of new primary schools writes Mary O'Keeffe.

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Cork's MEPs are calling on second level pupils in Cork to enter this year's public speaking competition for transition year students.

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Fine Gael Education Spokesman, Brian Hayes TD, has  proposed setting up a central database for all primary school children that would be identical to the one used in second level and enable the Department of Education to monitor the progress of

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Ms Dolan worked as a national school teacher from 1984 to 1994 before taking up a position with the INTO in 1994 where she worked directly with Senator Joe O’ Toole, then General Secretary of the INTO. Ms Dolan joined TUI as Assistant General S

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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD, has said he sees a greater role for volunteerism and active citizenship in the classroom.

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The Leaving Certificate results have been collected and subsequent college offers are currently being finalised. Now comes the issue of funding your third level education.

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Family Caring will be the focus for discussion at a conference taking place at UCC on Thursday, September 4th next.

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The manner in which forensic and investigative psychology can aid in law enforcement will be the focus for discussion at an international conference to be held at University College Cork (UCC) on September 4th and 5th, 2008.  

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James Sexton who has established a franchise for the Kip McGrath education technique in Cork explains the benefits he hopes it will bring to Cork.

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Leaving Certificate students last week received their examination results. Congratulations to all who successfully completed their exams.  2008 witnessed after years of falling numbers, a small increase of those who sat the leaving cert.

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University College Cork has just announced details of the introduction of a new part-time BSc Environmental Management Honours Degree programme at the college.

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Ministers O'Keeffe, Gormley and Finneran announced this week the publication a Joint Code of Practice on Provision of Schools and the Planning System.

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A recently conducted survey has found strong support for the idea of introducing Educate Together secondary schools in Ireland.

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Schools partaking in the annual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition have received close to €120,000, with €26,900 of that going to schools in Cork city and county, as part of the Travel and Accommodation Grant Scheme, the telec

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An examination of the Irish language in primary schools has found significant weaknesses in the way it is taught and learned.

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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe, TD, has announced details of an alternative way of reducing the number of prefabs in our schools.

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ICT in Schools is an evaluation report prepared by the Department's Inspectorate. Based on case studies of over fifty schools, inspections in over 180 schools and survey evidence from almost 1400 teachers, over 900 principals and over 900 students,

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The presentation of the 3rd Annual Wood Marketing Federation (WMF) Awards for 3rd Level Students took place on recently at the Marriott Johnstown House Hotel, Enfield. The awards were presented by RTE television personality and architect, Duncan St

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Following extensive research and consultation, Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has announced the commencement of a new MA programme in the area of digital and interactive media. The MA in Media Design will welcome its first cohort of students in

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Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe, TD, has announced the extension of the Junior Certificate Support Programme (JCSP) Demonstration Library Project for ten more post primary schools as part of the DEIS Action Plan (Delivering Equal

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Following extensive research and consultation, Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has announced the commencement of a new MA programme in the area of digital and interactive media. The MA in Media Design will welcome its first cohort of students in

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Fine Gael Education Spokesperson, Brian Hayes TD, has revealed some stark truths about the Irish education system. Deputy Hayes released figures showing that one on four primary school classes now have 30 children or more and that the number of cla

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The new Minister for Education and Science is facing a huge challenge to provide extra resources for special needs pupils in schools according to the INTO.

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Cork Institute of Technology student Kieran O'Callaghan has been chosen as the outright winner of the Siemens Engineers Ireland Innovative Engineer of the Year Award 2008 at a ceremony in Dublin.

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Irish people could be contributing to child labour in developing countries according to the Irish National Teachers' Organisation. The primary teachers' union has challenged parents to stop and consider the issue of child labour when buying school

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The 11th Annual General Meeting of Educate Together was held recently. This was an important meeting of the 44 Educate Together school communities.

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The Irish National Teachers' Organisation today called on the government to clarify what funding if any, is available for school computing. The union's general secretary John Carr said the Taoiseach's refusal to say if funding for new computers was

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Responding to reports in the Irish media illustrating the appalling conditions many schools face and the stalled school building programme, Fine Gael Education Spokesman, Brian Hayes said that the Education Minister must immediately give the green

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Five leading figures in the in the world of education, philanthropy, health and human rights, will be honoured by the National University of Ireland when they are conferred with honorary doctorates at University College Cork tomorrow (Friday, June 6)

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There was great excitement on the campus of Glasheen BNS last week  as the Green Flag for litter reduction was raised by Cork City Star, and past pupil, Neal Horgan.

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St Patrick’s NS, New Road, Mallow, Co Cork and Glanmire Community College, Glanmire, Co Cork were the proud recipients of Active School Awards 2008.

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The Enterprise Ireland Student Enterprise Awards will be held in Cork Institute of Technology on  June 3 - 4. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Awards which offer Third Level students from all academic disciplines the chance to realise

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This coming Saturday Aspects of mothering and motherhood will be the topics for discussion at a conference taking place at UCC. Organised by the Association for Research on Mothering – Ireland (ARMI) and Women’s Studies UCC, the conferenc

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A novel technique to genetically manipulate brain cells in mice has just been published in the leading neuroscience journal Nature Neuroscience by Dr Paul Young of UCC’s Biochemistry Department.  

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A new letter to all schools from the Department of Education and Science telling schools that they must now have a water management plan has been described as an insult by INTO General Secretary, John Carr.

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The Minister for Lifelong Learning, Seán Haughey, TD, has launched a new innovative television series entitled Written Off?

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Physics Postgraduate, Suzanne McEndoo is this year's winner of the Intervarsity ScienceSpeak Competition. PhD candidates from all seven Irish universities gathered at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) recently to compete in this national public unders

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The recent OECD findings on bullying amongst second level students may or may not be overstating the problem because pupils were not asked if they were bullied but rather were asked a series of questions.

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Minister for Integration, Conor Lenihan, TD last week met with primary, post primary and third level students in Cork as well as principals, deputy principals, teachers and university staff, during visits to Glountaune National School, St Aloysius

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