Education

The Digital Youth programme has been relaunched for a second year in Portstewart.

Possible education reforms could reduce classroom assistants further and sanction the use of ‘reasonable force’ against unruly pupils, a Co Armagh teacher has warned.

Representatives from two of the United States’ top universities will visit Belfast this week to launch a programme in partnership with peace-building charity Co-operation Ireland that will see gifted working class students from both sides of the community awarded full scholarships to Ivy League colleges.

Tributes have poured in for Belfast poet Ciaran Carson after his passing.

The Northern Regional College has announced planning approval for a new £40m college building.

A consultancy team has begun detailed planning of a new school building for St Killian’s College, Garron Tower.

A primary school is to remain closed for a second day after pupils and staff were hit by gastroenteritis.

Twenty graduates are set to benefit from training places as financial services company FinTrU launches another North West Assured Skills Academy.

Ulster University and PwC have launched a three-year partnership which will focus on employability, skills and the future of work.

A high-achieving Greenisland student has received a scholarship worth over 22k to develop his talent for animation.

Fifteen schools in Northern Ireland are taking part in an extended initiative to build employability skills for a digital career.

Police have issued a fresh warning to motorists over new speed restrictions on Carrick’s Belfast Road.

Players from a number of Carrickfergus schools had the opportunity to train alongside professionals as the Ulster Rugby LineOut Programme officially kicked off.

An improvised weapon discovered in the playground of a primary school in north Belfast was “most likely” left by dissident republicans to attack police, a senior police officer has said.

Holy Cross Boys’ Primary School will remain closed today.

The business case for a new build for Islandmagee Primary School has received the green light from the Department of Education.

Half of children with mental health problems turn to their teachers for support, yet Northern Ireland schools are still vastly under-resourced, according to a teaching union.