Daily Archives: 15 October, 2013

Third Level Hit Hard by Quinn – McConalogue

Budget is pro-student and pro-education – Moran

Quinn given go-ahead to hire 1,250 extra teachers

USI welcomes budget decision that protects vulnerable students and families

Budget 2014 Breakdown: Science

15 Oct, 2013
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ASTI: Impact of second-level education cuts to continue

Need a textbook in a hurry? Startup will send it by drone

Minister Quinn protects education

Protection of class sizes could see cut to third-level budgets

The university debate: academic expertise in the conversation

‘Institutes of technology have a place in Irish education, but it’s not as third-rate universities’

Lack of language skills hurts our employment chances

Chalktalk: News and views in education

Research and innovation ‘crucial to any recovery’

‘Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire’: It’s an inspiring quote, but did WB Yeats say it?

Brazilian twist for Irish colleges

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