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Entrance test schools urged to reconsider their plans
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Grammar schools planning to become involved with new entrance tests should
think again.
Comments: 5
Further education colleges in Northern Ireland reveal £44 million surplus
Thursday, 2 July 2009
The six new further education colleges in Northern Ireland are sitting on a
surplus cash stash of £44 million it was revealed today.
Comments: 2
UU graduations: Students who look set to have a bright future
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
The University of Ulster’s graduation ceremonies today moved to Belfast’s
Waterfront Hall where they will continue for the remainder of the week.
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UU graduations: Adrian Dunbar and Fr Brian D’Arcy receive honours
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Graduations will continue at the University of Ulster’s Coleraine campus today
when students from the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences and the Faculty
of Computing and Engineering receive their degrees and certificates.
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Anger at timing of transfer guidelines
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Caitriona Ruane has been accused of not giving parents and teachers enough
time to prepare after she finally released her long-awaited guidance on how
secondary-level schools can chose their pupils — just days before the end of
term.
Comments: 8
New school transfer criteria are released
Monday, 29 June 2009
Caitriona Ruane has finally released her long-awaited admissions criteria
guidance for schools — a day before some schools closed for their summer
break.
Comments: 4
Queen’s £43,000 bill for staff trip
Monday, 29 June 2009
Queen's University has spent tens of thousands of pounds on sending its senior
staff on two separate trips to the Far East to confer honorary degrees, the
Belfast Telegraph can reveal today.
Comments: 18
Students make the grade in UU summer graduation
Monday, 29 June 2009
The University of Ulster’s summer graduation ceremonies begin today with two
ceremonies at the Coleraine campus.
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Teachers and parents are anxious about the future
Monday, 29 June 2009
In recent days I have been talking to significant numbers of primary
principals and parents, particularly parents of children in Year 6, about
how transfer to post primary education from September 2010 onward will work.
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Parents confused by transfer
Monday, 29 June 2009
Parents across Northern Ireland are confused and stressed about the
unregulated school transfer system which is due to replace the 11-plus test,
it was warned today.
Comments: 2
Rat-infested school closure threat
Monday, 29 June 2009
A priest has threatened to shut down a 200-year-old rat-infested primary
school he has compared to a "slum in Mumbai".
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Swine flu primary school in Northern Ireland closed
Monday, 29 June 2009
A primary school in Northern Ireland has been closed after a pupil was
diagnosed with swine flu, the Department of Health said last night.
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Education Minister Caitriona Ruane in consultation with heads
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Primary school principals have welcomed the Education Minister’s assertions
that there should be no classes held in preparation for ‘breakaway’ grammar
school transfer tests.
Comments: 8
Northern Ireland grammar schools 11-plus intake revealed
Thursday, 25 June 2009
The Belfast Telegraph can today reveal details of the 11-plus grades obtained
by every pupil starting at a grammar school this September.
Comments: 43
Parents left in dark over new entrance exam
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Grammar schools have not yet announced how they are going to use the scores
and grades obtained in the new entrance exams to determine their intake.
Comments: 4
Graduation list: College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise at Enniskillen.
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Graduations: College of Agriculture Enniskillen
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Over 120 students were today graduating from the Enniskillen campus of the
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE).
Comment: 1
Queen's University Belfast agrees plan to axe jobs
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Queen's University Belfast today agreed a controversial plan to cut more than
100 academic and research jobs as part of a cost-cutting exercise.
Comments: 6
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2% |
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8% |
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49% |
| The Unforgettable Fire |
5% |
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