Minister's log: smiles, scones and speeches all in a day's work
The Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, spends every Friday
visiting schools across the State. So how is she received? And what
does it all achieve? Last Friday, Education Editor
Seán Flynn joined her. p
Competition promises a place in the sun for enterprising Irish students
The National Student Enterprise Competition is designed to boost the spirit of enterprise in the institute of technology sector. Louise Holden reports p
A winner's tale: 'in at the deep end'
A week in the Caribbean sounds relaxing, doesn't it? For the winners of the National Students Enterprise Competition, however, it was all work. The winners of last year's competition spent their holiday working in Denis O'Brien's Digicel in Suriname, and loving every minute of it. p
Taking a principled stand on issue of teacher evaluations
Teaching matters: Many column inches have been devoted to the issue of teacher performance after that leaked report earlier this month. p
Teacher's Pet
An insider's guide to education p
Questions & Answers
All your education questions answered by Brian Mooney p
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