Education
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Education ‘is integrating’: Caitríona Ruane interview
Caitríona Ruane talks to Peter Cheney about how she perceives the education system’s main divisions and her views on shared…
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School building underspend
Despite generous funding for school buildings, £107 million was not spent and money is now in shorter supply. agendaNi analyses…
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Back to school: the new year’s policy priorities
The main education spokesmen put forward their priorities for 2010-2011. More stalemate over selection is likely but finance, community relations…
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Communities of discovery
“Counter-productive” government policy is causing problems for teachers and the entire education sector, Frank Coffield told delegates at the Learning…
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Our future depends on training
The economic downturn over the past few years has hit Northern Ireland hard. Some of those most affected have been…
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Teaching and technology
Education policy advisor Richard Hanna explains the importance of ICT in education and outlines ways in which schools can be…
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Catholic grammars to go in education shake-up
In a move likely to face opposition from parents and teachers, the policy makers for Northern Ireland’s Catholic schools have…
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Testing times
Since 2008, when primary school pupils sat the last official transfer test, the education sector has increasingly become embroiled in…
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Testing times
Over 13,700 pupils sat the breakaway tests set by AQE and GL Assessment in November, with one exam to come…
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