Tagged: Junior Cert & News
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Tech start-up of the week: Studyclix.ie News
19.05.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Studyclix.ie, a website for Junior and Leaving Cert students to help them prepare for their exams by accessing information such as past exam... -
Leaving Cert student builds study notes community for his peers News
10.04.2013 The Leaving Certificate looms ever closer for sixth-year students in Ireland, with oral examinations starting next week. But with the help of self-taught web developer and... -
Pilot programme looks to upskill Ireland's second-level students around digital technologies News
21.06.2012 With Ireland’s current skills gap in the IT sector, particularly around coding and app development, a new pilot programme at the Government’s Digital Hub initiative has been... -
Donegal school wins SmartClass digital education prize News
24.05.2012 One hundred and forty incoming first-year students at Loreto Community School in Milford, Co Donegal, are set to start studying their Junior Cert curriculum digitally this... -
More than 10,000 signed up for Mocks.ie last month News
10.04.2012 Online exam preparation resource for Leaving Cert and Junior Cert students Mocks.ie saw more than 10,000 new users sign up to the service in the last month. -
Galway transition-year students launch NerdMe venture News
03.04.2012 With second-level students scrambling to cram in as much information as possible before the Junior and Leaving Cert exams in June, three enterprising transition-year students... -
Engineers Week kicks off with a maths focus News
27.02.2012 Today is the start of Engineers Week 2012, and the head of Engineers Ireland has zeroed in on maths. According to John Power, parents are really starting to grasp the importance...Categories: Web 2.0, Social Media, Science, R&D, IT Organisation, Internet, Graduate, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Career AdviceTags: Maths, Technology, Engineering, IT Careers, Ireland, Engineers Ireland, IT, STEM, Junior Cert, Skills February -
Science should be compulsory for Junior Cert – survey News
15.12.2011 A survey of Ireland’s life science sector has found that nine out of 10 companies believe science should be compulsory for Junior Certificate students.Tags: Education, Engineering, Science, Life Sciences, Technology, Ruairi Quinn, Maths, Junior Cert, Pharmaceutical, -
Education reform is urgent and inevitable News
02.10.2011 The furore surrounding declining maths teaching standards means reform is inevitable. The teachers want it; and the Minister for Education wants it. So what’s holding us back? -
Engineer leader lashes ‘total systemic failure’ of maths education News
15.09.2011 There has been a total systemic failure in the teaching of maths in Ireland, the new president of Engineers Ireland PJ Rudden said last night, and warned it may take a decade or...Categories: Science, Infrastructure Management, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Digital 21 -
Education Minister Quinn promises ‘radical education reform’ News
14.09.2011 Ireland's Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has called for radical reform of the education system with a new structure that moves away from the outmoded by-rote system to one that... -
Aural app now free for upcoming Junior and Leaving Cert exams News
25.05.2011 Online exam service mocks.ie has removed the charge for its Aural iPhone app, aimed to help Junior and Leaving Cert students revise for their listening exams. -
Students benefit from inquiry-based learning says education expert News
19.08.2010 The increased level of students taking on higher level maths through Project Maths is a clear demonstration that the move away from traditional teaching methods to an...Categories: -
Digital curriculum, language skills keys to future Irish workforce News
01.07.2010 We need to prepare Ireland’s workers for the jobs of tomorrow, HP Ireland MD Martin Murphy says.Categories: Education, Digital 21 -
Mocks.ie website set up to help students excel News
17.05.2010 Mocks.ie is helping students to revise and study remotely.Tags: Webinar, Junior Cert, -
Up to 100 schools deploy maths and science classroom ICT aid News
17.11.2009 Some 100 schools across Ireland have deployed new software that boosts the teaching of maths and sciences in the classroom.Categories: R&D