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NI Affairs Committee launches integrated education inquiry

John Manley Political Correspondent

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Public transport and school support workers stage strike action

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Teaching unions in Northern Ireland announce five days of strike action in pay dispute

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Education workers ‘struggling' due to lack of pay as thousands go on strike

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Stormont event to focus on impact of school uniform policies and uncapped costs

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Charities write to Department of Education to warn about uncapped cost of school uniforms

Suzanne McGonagle Education Reporter 24 Oct, 2023

The uncapped cost of school uniforms is "causing harm to children", a number of charities have warned. In a letter sent to the permanent secretary of the Department of Education, they say that some families are at "breaking point" over the cost of uniforms and warned that "children are not immune to...

Concerns raised amid sharp increase in Northern Ireland pupils missing school

Suzanne McGonagle Education Reporter 19 Oct, 2023

School leaders unite in continuing industrial dispute

Suzanne McGonagle Education Reporter 13 Oct, 2023

School leaders have united in the latest stage of their continuing industrial action over pay and conditions. A delegation of around 100 leaders gathered at the Department of Education in Bangor, Co Down, on Friday to hand deliver their school census returns. Normally, the censuses - which include a...

Advanced British Standard: A-level replacement will require more teachers – but bonuses may not be the way to get them

Joshua Fullard Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick 06 Oct, 2023

Threats of failure motivate some students – but it's not a technique to use on the whole class

Laura Nicholson Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Edge Hill University and David Putwain Professor in Education, Liverpool John Moores University 28 Sep, 2023

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Robert MacIntosh Pro Vice Chancellor for the Faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria University, Newcastle 25 Sep, 2023

Three schools to merge to create new integrated post-primary in Coleraine

Suzanne McGonagle Education Reporter 20 Sep, 2023

Three schools are to merge to create a new integrated post-primary in Coleraine, with the possibility it could be part run by Ulster University. The Department of Education has approved plans for the amalgamation of Coleraine College, Dunluce School and North Coast Integrated College. The new 1,200 pupil...

Further education lecturers to strike in Northern Ireland next week

Suzanne McGonagle Education Reporter 15 Sep, 2023

Staff at all six Further Education (FE) colleges in Northern Ireland are set to strike for five days next week. The University and College Union (UCU) said its members will take action from Monday, when courses are due to begin. It added that the strike action will also continue over the next three months...

Northern Ireland schools to be checked for collapse-prone concrete 'as a matter of urgency'

Suzanne McGonagle Education Reporter 01 Sep, 2023

Schools in Northern Ireland are to be checked "as a matter of urgency" for a type of concrete that has led to the closure of buildings in England.

Six in ten parents struggling with cost of school uniforms according to poll

Allan Preston 28 Aug, 2023

The LucidTalk poll for Save the Children found six-in-ten parents were struggling with the cost of school uniforms.

Many GCSE students still aren't taking modern foreign languages – how to motivate them to consider it

Abigail Parrish Lecturer in Education, University of Sheffield 25 Aug, 2023

MLAs meet Department of Education chief to demand reinstatement of school gaelic and soccer funding

Paul Ainsworth 23 Aug, 2023

There has been a renewed call for specialist sports training in the north's schools to be reinstated following a meeting between MLAs and the Department of Education's permanent secretary.

Queen's University unveils plans for £4.9 million Seamus Heaney Centre

Jonathan McCambridge, PA 21 Aug, 2023

Queen's University Belfast has announced a £4.9 million new landmark venue for the Seamus Heaney Centre, which will open for staff, students and the public early next year. The reimagined space at the listed buildings in University Road and Mount Charles is close to the campus's main Lanyon Building....

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