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Tags : DES
Botched Leaving Cert reform is worse than no reform
03 Sep, 2022
steve
DES
,
leaving cert
Fees, access and admissions
,
Teaching
Grade Inflation: The Scandal Nobody Is Calling A Scandal
09 Sep, 2021
steve
CAO
,
DES
,
grade inflation
,
Norma Foley
,
points
,
undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
Cancelled exams see doubling of legal actions against Department of Education
29 Jul, 2021
steve
DES
,
leaving cert
Legal issues
English language schools: Teachers, students protest reopening of in-person classes
20 Jul, 2021
steve
coronavirus
,
DES
,
language schools
,
protest
Governance and administration
First year college classes must not start before September 27 – students
10 Jun, 2021
steve
CAO
,
coronavirus
,
DES
,
DFHERIS
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ISSU
,
social distancing
,
undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
,
Teaching
Calculated grades will be seen as a success even if individual students feel hard done by
03 Mar, 2021
steve
CAO
,
DES
,
High Court
,
judicial review
,
leaving cert
,
undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
,
Legal issues
,
Teaching
Leaving Cert decision due next week
03 Feb, 2021
steve
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
,
CAO
,
coronavirus
,
DES
,
Gary Gannon
,
leaving cert
,
SEC
,
undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
,
Teaching
Traditional Leaving Cert still the ‘firm objective’ despite schools staying closed – Minister Norma Foley
08 Jan, 2021
steve
ASTI
,
coronavirus
,
DES
,
leaving cert
,
Norma Foley
Teaching
Ministers Foley and Harris publish
Education Indicators 2020
report: facts and figures on all aspects of the education system
28 Dec, 2020
steve
DES
,
DFHERIS
,
Norma Foley
,
Simon Harris
Research
Leaving Cert: Use of historical data would allow ‘good calculations’ of grades
03 Dec, 2020
steve
CAO
,
DES
,
leaving cert
,
Norma Foley
,
undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
,
Teaching
Senior Department of Education official to be cross-examined in case over grades
02 Dec, 2020
steve
CAO
,
DES
,
High Court
,
judicial review
,
leaving cert
,
undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
,
Teaching
Departmental Functions
24 Nov, 2020
steve
DES
,
DFHERIS
,
Rose Conway-Walsh
,
Simon Harris
Governance and administration
Next year’s Junior and Leaving Cert exams will take place ‘as normally as possible’
10 Nov, 2020
steve
coronavirus
,
DES
,
junior cert
,
leaving cert
Fees, access and admissions
,
Teaching
‘Severe overestimation’ of Leaving Cert calculated grades by some schools – official
10 Nov, 2020
steve
DES
,
leaving cert
,
Oireachtas
Governance and administration
,
Teaching
Statement from the Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and the Department of Education and Skills regarding Leaving Certificate 2020 Calculated Grades Process
04 Oct, 2020
steve
CAO
,
DES
,
DFHERIS
,
leaving cert
,
Norma Foley
,
undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
,
Teaching
The Department of Education loosening third-level grant requirements for asylum seekers is a step in the right direction, but not enough
02 Oct, 2020
steve
asylum
,
DES
,
direct provision
Fees, access and admissions
High Court case challenging UCC and CAO dropped
01 Oct, 2020
steve
CAO
,
DES
,
High Court
,
judicial review
,
UCC
,
undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
,
Legal issues
Scale of errors in Leaving Cert results rocks confidence in integrity of system
30 Sep, 2020
steve
CAO
,
DES
,
leaving cert
,
Norma Foley
,
undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
,
Teaching
Statement from the Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and the Department of Education and Skills regarding Leaving Certificate 2020 Calculated Grades Process
30 Sep, 2020
steve
CAO
,
DES
,
leaving cert
,
Norma Foley
Fees, access and admissions
,
Teaching
Errors found in Leaving Cert calculated grades system
30 Sep, 2020
steve
Alan Kelly
,
DES
,
Heather Humphreys
,
leaving cert
,
Norma Foley
,
SEC
Fees, access and admissions
,
Teaching
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