Education
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Minister Simon Harris TD: Education, skills, and lifelong learning
Education, skills, and lifelong learning are the most robust, transformative and lasting means to future-proof our country’s economic and social…
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Léargas: Supporting innovation for both teachers and students
As Ireland’s National Agency for European Union programmes like Erasmus+ and eTwinning, Léargas have managed international and national exchange programmes…
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Education at a crossroads
Ireland boasts more third-level graduates than the EU average, but the Oireachtas has been told that second-level education is not…
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Curriculum change: What is and what might be
Last year, in eolas issue 43, we introduced the work of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) in…
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Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Established following Orders of Dáil Éireann and of Seanad Éireann on 31 July 2020 and 16 September 2020 respectively, the…
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Quality and qualifications in Ireland: A collaborative approach
Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) is the state agency responsible for promoting the quality, reputation and integrity of Ireland’s further…
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Digital inclusion in Ireland
Secretariat to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) Anne-Marie McGauran discusses the council’s recommendation for a national strategy for…
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Tackling the retrofit skills shortage head on
The Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB), National Construction Training Centre in Mount Lucas, County Offaly is aiming…
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Teaching and fostering the skills of the future
As the world’s economy seeks to emerge from the damage wrought by Covid-19, more than 80 per cent of businesses…
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Supporting adults with literacy, numeracy and digital needs
Over the last 18 months, the National Adult Literacy Agency saw a surge in calls to its freephone. They were…
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