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Daily Archives: 22 January, 2015

The role of prior knowledge
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • chemistry
  • Teaching
Scotland and the Three-Year Bachelor degree
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • four-year degrees, India, Scotland, UK
  • Teaching
Teachers and Education Minister to meet for new talks
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • ASTI, AV, Jan O'Sullivan, junior cycle, Pauric Travers, strike, TUI
  • Governance and administration
Exam Timetable may be Altered for Referendum
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • exams, referendum, UCD
  • Governance and administration
State exams at risk of delays due to teachers’ strike
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • ASTI, Gerry Quinn, IBEC, Jan O'Sullivan, junior cert, junior cycle, Philip Irwin, strike, TUI
  • Teaching
More University Mission Creep
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • rankings, What are universities for?
  • Governance and administration
‘Fitness to teach’ hearings to be held in public
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • Jan O'Sullivan, teachers
  • Legal issues, Teaching
Education reform must start from very beginning
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • EU, HEA, John Hennessy, junior cycle
  • Governance and administration, Teaching
Junior cycle and assessment
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • cuts, Gerry Quinn, junior cycle, TUI
  • Governance and administration, Teaching
The Big Interview: Dr Michael Murphy
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • Michael Murphy, UCC
  • Governance and administration
Students Are Welcome to Shop Online During My Lectures
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • ICT, laptops, lectures
  • Teaching
Former education minister Ruairi Quinn to teach at Trinity
  • 22 Jan, 2015
  • steve
  • Ruairí Quinn, TCD
  • Teaching

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