The Leaving Certificate wrapped up today with two final exams: religious education and applied maths. There was a mistake on ...

In many countries, school evaluations take into account the average progress their students make on standardised tests relative to their peers. This is sometimes expressed as the value-added ...

Researchers around the world are racing to develop new quantum-based systems for sensing, communication, computing and control that have the promise of outperforming traditional systems. Creating ...

Maths is over! Watch the videos here where two maths teachers analyse Leaving Cert Maths Higher Level Paper 1 and Paper 2. In the video above, David Callan from the Institute of Education takes ...

A week after OpenAI made headlines with an A.I.-generated proof, a new “declaration” by 16 experts raises concerns that the technology threatens math as a discipline. By Siobhan Roberts Recently there ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

Nearly 15,000 Scots have demanded a probe into this year’s “shambolic” Higher Maths exam which left pupils “shell-shocked and gutted”. Campaigners said the 2026 paper was confusing due to being ...

Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, ...

Teachers have defended a controversial Higher Maths paper after pupils told the BBC it was "unrecognisable" from the paper they had prepared for in class. More than 14,000 people have signed a ...

THOUSANDS of fuming pupils have backed a petition demanding a review of this year’s Higher maths exam – amid claims some of the wording was wrong. More than 11,000 people have backed a probe blasting ...