The Human Computer Interaction Conference, to be held at NUIG in June, will look at methods used to design, implement and evaluate technology.

The report has been issued by Forum on Patronage and Pluralism, set up to recommend how primary education might meet needs of diverse population.

The first official steps towards a handover of Catholic primary schools to other patron bodies will get under way shortly, writes Katherine Donnelly.

Demand for teacher training has dropped by 11% since 2008 as new teachers suffer bigger pay cuts than other public servants, and jobs shrink.

In advance of this week’s teacher conferences, Minister Ruairí Quinn told The Irish Times he would prefer to stay in his current post until the next election.

Minister Ruairí Quinn has announced details of a national anti-bullying forum, to take place on May 17, to explore ways of tackling bullying in schools.

Since Gerry and Liza Dalton went public about the bullying of their son, messages have been pouring into Facebook page - ‘Meath Against Bullies’.

Recent DES figures show that over half of all teachers earn €41,000 - €61,000 a year, and 1,500 teachers earn between €85,000 and €115,000.

Final Year students of the BA in Mathematics and Education at NUI Galway wish to invite you to a Maths Symposium on Monday, 2nd April 2012.

The exhibition is entirely drawn from the rich visual and textual resources of Trinity College Library…

Change Nation, an unprecedented event which brought 50 of the world’s leading social innovators to our capital, took place in Dublin, 22-24 March.

In a Machiavellian moment I was considering the debate in school staffrooms the next time a request comes in from Friends of the Elderly looking for support.

The school and the economy have two entirely different sets of values… The difficulty arises when one set of values is perceived as better that the other.

NA LAOCHRA IS LÚ - a riveting new work from a first time author with illustrations that bring the whole story to life.

3rd year students from the BA in Mathematics and Education programme at NUI Galway will host ‘Challenge Maths’ at the university on March 23.

“Technology and publishing enthusiast Dale Dougherty argues that all of us are makers, that we have this ability to make things, that creating is part of our DNA…”

The sight of grown men crying on our TV screens as they wait in line to enter job fairs is both heart breaking and enraging that our system has failed so many…

The QS World University Rankings 2011-2012 names Harvard University as the top location in the world in which to pursue the study of Law.

The Minister should set a target whereby one subject in the curriculum is taught through technology in every classroom in every school from Sept 2013.

Fourteen priority areas of scientific research will receive the bulk of the €500 million available from state agencies via the national science budget.