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College Introductory Programmes

Choosing the right colleg

How students make their choices of third-level educational courses c
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Private School Funding

Fury over computer grants

THE country's 57 fee-paying secondary schools are to get more than â
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Teaching Religion in Irish Schools

Is there a place for God

As Catholic Bishops defend their influence in schools, reformers won
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Online Student Grant Applications

Launch of pilot online gr

IVEA General Secretary, Mr Michael Moriarty, today commended the wor
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Junior Cert 2010 - Results Reaction

Results make class acts j

AINE Hurley's jaw-dropping 15 As puts her at the top of the Junior C
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Irish Language Education

Crisis in Irish extends t

THE crisis facing Irish is revealed in new figures that show just 1,
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BT Young Scientist News

Students set sights on bu

TWO former Sligo students have their sights set on business success he
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Young Entrepreneurs

Schemes target entreprene

THE need to create an entrepreneurial spirit is being highlighted by G
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Third Level Access

Main barriers to reaching

BAD school experiences, financial constraints and poor information are
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Student Enterprise Awards

Time capsules, web portal

The ‘Irish entrepreneurs of tomorrow’ have been unveiled ahead o
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School Evaluation

FG wants all schools to p

THE country's 730 secondary schools will be compelled to publish Lea
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Part Time Education for Unemployed

'Springboard' plan to tra

JOBLESS adults who want to study part time will find it easier to ge
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Nursing - Student Wages

Strike threat over studen

MORE than 3,000 nurses have threatened strikes over government plans
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Mature Students

It's never too late, says

IT'S all about attitude and it's never too late. That's how graduate P
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Leaving Cert Reform

Pupils faced with too muc

SECONDARY students are confronted with 'too much content, too many s
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Grants for Youth Volunteers

Super Hero Grants for soc

Recession, depression, corruption and climate change - Ireland needs
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PRESIDENT McALEESE PRESENTS GOLD MEDALS

PRESIDENT McALEESE PRESEN

PRESIDENT McALEESE PRESENTS GOLD MEDALS (THIS WILL BE THE PRESIDENTâ
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Leaving Cert Exam Mistakes

Concerns highlighted over

CALLS have been made for tighter quality controls in state examinati
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Early School Leavers

9,000 students drop out b

MORE than 9,000 students leave school before the Leaving Certificate e
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EU Support for Higher Education

Universities endorse EU r

THE seven university presidents have given their approval to Ireland's
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Working Through College

Lack of part-time work to

A SHORTAGE of part-time work may be affecting students' ability to put
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Education Funding

Record number of back-to-

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) is dealing with a record number of
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Third Level Fees

Department insists no dec

THE Department of Education has insisted no decision to introduce coll
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Becoming a Priest

Thirty-six men to study f

THIRTY-SIX men are due to begin studies this year to enter the Catholi
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CAO Offers

High college uptake could

THOUSANDS of students waiting for a college place on Friday could be l
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Mature Student Applications

CAO sees 30% rise in matu

A 30% rise in the number of mature student applicants to the CAO means
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Access to Higher Education

Children of top earners d

THE children of top-earning medical, legal and health professionals di
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Further Education Applications

Two-thirds disappointed a

AROUND two-thirds of people applying to study in some further educatio
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Staying in School

Junior Cert students urge

MORE than 55,500 students getting their Junior Certificate results tod
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PLC Places

O'Keeffe: Union directive

A TEACHERS' union has been accused by Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe
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HIgher Education Access Route

1,000 college places to b

ABOUT 1,000 college places a year are to be reserved for less well-off
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Junior Cert 2009: Results

Minister congratulates Ju

Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe congratulated the anxious 55,557 stud
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Junior Cert 2009: Irish

Future for Irish bright a

THE future for Irish looks bright after more Junior Certificate studen
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Teaching Graduates Emigrate

Graduate teachers cannot

NEWLY-qualified teachers are applying for jobs in Britain, Dubai and N
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Junior Cert 2009

Girls outdo boys in Junio

THE 2009 Junior Certificate results have again highlighted the better
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Junior Cert 2009

Top marks for talented ni

FOR nine students who received their Junior Certificate results yester
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Electronic Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship

Analog devices invests â‚

Analog Devices Ireland today announced a partnership with the Universi
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Environment Competition for School Students

Young Environmentalist 20

Registration is now open for Ireland’s most exciting environmental
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Lewis Hamilton and the F1 in Schools Winning Team

Ireland triumph at F1 in

Newly crowned Irish World Champions Koni Kats received a hero’s we
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EU Young Scientist Competition

Kinsale winners back in c

THEY could be on the verge of fortune and hero status among the world'
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Maths and Science Education

Education policy must pri

The Government must continue to prioritise the teaching of maths and t
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UCD Quinn School of Business Open Days

UCD Quinn School opens it

Each year, UCD Quinn School hosts a number of events that allows&nbs
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Third Level Access for Disabled Students

1,000 college places for

ANNE MARIE Scarry's vision impairment failed to act as a barrier to he
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The Science Gallery

Science exhibition has ic

Clouds made from ice-cream and insects that diagnose illness are among
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Leaving Cert Results Upgrade

20% of Leaving Cert appea

Some 20% of Leaving Cert pupils who appealed their results this year s
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Appealing Leaving Cert Results

One-in-three who appealed

ALMOST one-in-three students who appealed a Leaving Certificate result
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Graduate Incomes

Figures show graduates ar

THE case for reintroducing some form of college fees could be bolstere
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Irish University Rankings

Trinity ranked in world's

Trinity College Dublin was today ranked the 43rd best university in th
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School Bullying

Parents and schools to ta

SCHOOL management, principals and parents have joined forces to help f
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Cork City Learning Support Services (CCLSS)

Early school leavers proj

THE work of a Cork programme for early school leavers received high pr
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College Registration Fees

Hike in college registrat

CASH-STRAPPED universities will be left to increase registration charg
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Boyne Valley Creative Art Competition

The Book of Kells makes a

Miriam O'Callaghan was on hand to help launch Boyne Valley's new cre
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HPAT Medicine Degree Entry

Test for entry to medicin

THE new test used in addition to Leaving Certificate results to select
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Maths Teachers

One in three maths teache

MORE than one in three secondary school maths teachers are not graduat
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Teaching Graduates Recruitment

School principals urged t

Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe has written to school principals aski
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Registration Fees

Registration fees hike 't

COLLEGE registration fees will have to rise if the quality of educatio
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UCC Chaplaincy

Chaplain vacancy at UCC m

THE country's second-largest university is seeking a new Catholic chap
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Students with Disabilities

College staff 'must chang

COLLEGE staff need to change their methods and their attitudes to teac
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Mental Health Awareness Week

Third of college students

One in three college students in Ireland is experiencing mental health
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Delays in Grant Payment

Grant application law 'in

THE law needed to place statutory time limits on student grant applica
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National Research Centre for the Protection of Older People

New centre to study elder

Abuse of the elderly in Ireland will come under the spotlight at a new
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CAO Applications 2009

Colleges under pressure t

COLLEGES are under pressure to meet demand for rising student numbers
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Teachers' Strike

Teachers to strike on Nov

Teachers across the country have voted in favour of industrial action
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Youthreach

Rise in those seeking tra

THE number of early school leavers seeking training and education is o
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3rd Level Courses for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

'The best course in the w

JACK Shanahan is a renaissance man. An artist, football fan and French
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New Scholar Card for Second Level Students

New Scholar Card for Seco

The Irish Second-Level Students' Union has announced the launch of t
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All-Ireland Scholarship

126 students to receive M

One-hundred-and-twenty-six students are being honoured at the Universi
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TCD Strategic Plan

Trinity turns to foreign

TRINITY College Dublin is being forced to rely on foreign donors to fu
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2009 Young Women in Engineering Scholarship Awards

Awards for female undergr

Mr Conor Lenihan TD, Minister for Science, Technology & Innovati
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Registration Fees Survey

O'Keeffe orders report on

A SURVEY of how third-level colleges have been spending the €1,500 r
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'Good4U Smartchef' Cookery Competition

New cookery competition f

Sligo company Good4U has launched the 'Good4U Smartchef' cookery
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Disadvantaged Students at Third Level

Colleges told help disadv

ALL third-level colleges have been told they are at risk of losing fun
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2010 Budget and Mature Students

Budget 'ignores adult stu

The body representing Vocational Educational Committees (VECs) in Irel
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Budget 2010: Student Grants

60,000 students to get 5%

AROUND 60,000 third-level students will have an average of 5% less per
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Budget 2010: Student Grants

Student fears budget cuts

A STUDENT already waiting a full term for her college grant is in fear
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Third Level Appeals System

Institute of technology i

CORK Institute of Technology has insisted that the upgrading of around
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Better Options - College Fair for Students with Disabilities and Learning Difficulties

Info day for students wit

A one-day event for students with a disability or specific learning
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Millennium Scholars Trust

BOI announces 662 third-l

Bank of Ireland has announced today that it has awarded 87 new schol
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Construction Employment 2010 Forecast

CIF: Up to 100,000 constr

The Construction Industry Federaton is today warning that up to 100,00
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School Trips in Ireland

Fáilte Ireland targets t

SCHOOLS are being encouraged to avoid the hassle of overseas trips and
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Student Grant News

Single agency may deal wi

THE Government is considering a single agency to handle student grants
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Teaching Careers News

Retired teachers get subb

SCHOOLS are still giving substitution work to hundreds of retired teac
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IT in Schools News

Schools to get free acces

The country's 4,000 schools are to get free access to online versions
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Easter School Holidays 2010

Easter holidays may be cu

MORE than 100,000 Leaving and Junior Certificate students could have t
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2010 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition

Blondes fare badly in you

It is a hairy issue, but a team of budding young scientists today clai
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Schools Re-open after Snow

Opposition hits out at sc

Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe was last night accused of a
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CAO 2010 News

College applications up b

THE numbers applying for college places next autumn are more than 10%
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BT Young Scientist 2010

Young scientists gather a

Students from across country will brave the elements this morning as t
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2010 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition

BT Young Scientist winner

The winner of the BT Young Scientist Exhibition will be announced at t
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2010 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition

Tánaiste: A tough year a

TĂNAISTE Mary Coughlan has admitted this year is going to be tough fo
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Employment of Irish Speakers: Report

Irish Speakers Have Head

Irish speakers are a new elite in employment and education, accordin
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Leaving Cert 2010

O'Keeffe vows to help sch

EDUCATION Minister Batt O'Keeffe's officials have met teachers represe
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CAO 2010: Disadvantaged Students

CAO to collect applicants

IMPORTANT information on the backgrounds of college applicants is bein
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2010 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

Blarney student is Young

BLARNEY has done it again. Richard O'Shea, an 18-year-old sixth year s
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Follow the Fleet Schools Essay Competition

Follow the Fleet Schools

Due to recent inclement weather conditions affecting the school cale
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2010 BT Young Scientist of the Year

Young Scientist told 'hel

THE Minister for Foreign Affairs has asked the winner of this year's Y
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2010 BT Young Scientist of the Year

School doubly proud to sc

HAVING a Young Scientist winner in your school is an incredible feat f
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2010 BT Young Scientist of the Year

Young Scientist: I don't

RICHARD O'SHEA doesn't want a penny for the simple but innovative proj
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Writing Competition for Aspiring Journalists

'Let's talk about drugs'

When it comes to the drugs issue in Ireland, it’s good to talk ope
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iWalk Dublin Podcasting Competition

Technology and tourism fu

Dublin Tourism today, Wednesday 20th January, launched the iWalk Dub
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Special Needs Assistants

School SNA posts to go de

HUNDREDS of children will lose the support of special needs assistants
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Teacher Unions' Industrial Action

Teachers planning work-to

Teachers are planning withdraw from extracurricular activities as unio
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2010 Recruitment News

New recruitment stats hin

Leading Irish Recruitment group Sigmar report a significant growth i
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Intercultural Learning Travel Awards 2010

Travel awards on offer to

Cork-based not-for-profit organisation EIL Intercultural Learning ha
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Financing College

Money fears putting schoo

A new report says certain groups in society are put off going to colle
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Teachers' Strike

Parents plead with teache

PARENTS want teachers to end any industrial action that will directly
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Participation in Higher Education

Study details barriers to

FUNDING difficulties, poor guidance at school and the lure of full-tim
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Real Value of Student Grants

Grants cover only 25% of

COLLEGE grants for disadvantaged students are now covering as little a
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Student Registration Fees

College chiefs to explain

The heads of seven Irish universities will be asked today to explain h
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SNA Redundancies

Students' needs have not

LOUISE* is one of hundreds of special needs assistants (SNAs) who will
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Special Needs Provision

'My son's future is bein

"WE struggled so hard to get this help, for years, and now it's taken
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Third Level Teaching

O'Keeffe: Four hours' tea

SOME academics are spending as little as four hours teaching but must
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SNA Redundancies

2,000 children to lose sp

IMPACT says that up to 2,000 children will be without special needs as
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CAO Places 2010

No extra money for colleg

The Taoiseach has today said that extra money will not be made availab
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Irish Language Website

Comedian helps students t

Learning Irish has been made all the more easier for internet-savvy st
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2010 CAO Entry

Record number of applicat

This year has seen a record number of people apply for a college place
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2010 CAO Entry

Competition for college e

ANOTHER rise in the overall number of applications could see increased
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Special Needs Assistants' Redundancies

SNA cuts won't be known u

THE number of special needs assistants (SNAs) being cut from schools w
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New Language Centre

UL €6m centre focal poi

A €6 million language centre, opened yesterday at the University of
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Online School Encyclopaedias

Encyclopaedia bosses chec

One of the world's most trusted references was busy double-checking it
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Certificate in Contemporary Living (CCL)

College 'vision' for inte

MARY Immaculate teacher training College in Limerick is breaking new g
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Special Needs Provision

Special needs law 'needs

THE Government must put more urgency on implementing laws giving right
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Student Grant News

Grant delays for students

A BUREAUCRATIC mess is at the heart of student grant delays which mean
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School Rankings

Girls' schools dominate p

Gonzaga College, ColĂ¡iste IosagĂ¡in and Glenstal Abbey are the highes
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Engineers Week 2010

Engineers Week in ITT Dub

Mayor Mick Duff, South Dublin County Council and the Director of The
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NCI - Disability Support Services

NCI to improve support fo

National College of Ireland has announced that O2 will sponsor
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Medicine in the Arts Programme

NUI Galway connects medic

An innovative programme connecting medical education and the arts ha
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CAO 2010 - Mature Students

Budget changes 'will hit

The recent rise in mature student applications through the CAO may be
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Engineers Week 2010

O'Kelly goes back to the

Irish and Leinster rugby player Malcolm O'Kelly was one of many volunt
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Third Level Governance Standards

Double-jobbing lecturer m

A DOUBLE-JOBBING college lecturer has been blocked from claiming two p
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Health and Safety Authority Transition Year Programme

Transition year programme

MINISTER for Labour Affairs, Dara Calleary has launched the Health and
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Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards

Selfless students nominat

SIX Cork students are in the running for the title of Ireland's top yo
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Youthreach

'You can't put a value on

THE Ballincollig Youthreach centre has more people trying to get in th
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Youthreach

School leavers left out o

THE Youthreach system, which offers second-chance education to early s
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The National Film School

Dublin college to get new

Work is expected to begin this summer on a new national film school
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Alcohol Awareness at Third Level

Images of drunk students

IMAGES of drunk students sprawled on the ground will be pasted to the
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Qualifications of Maths Teachers

Half of maths teachers un

ALMOST half of those who teach maths in secondary schools have no qual
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Prof Don Barry, President of UL and Dr James J Browne, President of NUIG

NUI Galway/UL alliance to

NUI Galway and the University of Limerick have announced a Stra
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UCC - Green Campus Initiative

UCC world's first univer

UCC has become the first university in the world to be presented with
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USI & NUI Maynooth

USI welcomes back NUI May

The Union of Students in Ireland has welcomed back the National Univ
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Educational Rights for Special Needs

No timeframe given for fu

EDUCATION Minister Batt O'Keeffe was unable to give a timeframe last n
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SNA Job Losses

National SNA review coul

THE National Council for Special Education review of special needs ass
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Engineerin Report on Ireland's Infrastructural Needs

Engineers Ireland deliver

Engineers Ireland have launched a report indicating the way forward fo
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Teacher Training & Employment News

Irish and UK employers fe

The NUI Galway annual Teaching Careers Fair takes place on Thursday,
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Grade Inflation

Universities reject conce

UNIVERSITIES have rejected concerns that student grades are being hike
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Grade Inflation Report Reaction

USI welcomes report on 3r

The Union of Students in Ireland has welcomed a report by the Depart
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Guidance Counselling Cut-Backs

Staffing restrictions cou

STUDENTS may find their opportunities to choose the most suitable coll
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Grade Inflation

First-class honours degre

THE percentage of university students getting first-class honours has
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DCFE - I Love Festival

College students break wo

The artists and students of Dun Laoghaire College of Further Educati
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CAO 2010 - Science & Engineering

Science and engineering c

COLLEGE hopefuls have turned towards general arts degrees and the scie
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Design and Communication Graphics (DCG)

Software issues cost Leav

STUDENTS who took the first Leaving Certificate exam in a new design s
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Young Social Innovators (YSI)

Cork schools event inspir

SAVING a day care centre for the elderly and raising awareness about s
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XNA Ireland Challenge Colleges Cup

Student game design award

Two second-year Electronic and Computer Engineering students from NU
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Changing Career with a Course

Actor reaps rewards after

A YOUNG man has reaped a reward for foregoing an acting career to take
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Construction Employment News

Creation of 10,000 jobs f

AROUND 10,000 construction jobs are expected to be created as part of
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Green Flag award

University first to win t

UNIVERSITY College Cork is the first third level educational instituti
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Adult & Further Education News

O'Keeffe: Plan to overha

PLANS for an overhaul of Vocational Education Committees are to be put
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Learning Chinese at Second Level

School to launch Chinese

A Co Wicklow school is launching the first formal Chinese teaching pro
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Comparison of Irish and European Universities

Top marks for Irish unive

Irish universities have come top of the class in a Europe-wide study.T
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CAO 2010 News

Record number of college

A record number of students have applied for third level courses this
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National College of Ireland (NCI)

FREE Leaving Cert revisio

The National College of Ireland (NCI) are to host an open day f
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Waterford Institute of Technology

Information evening at Wa

Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) is to hold a public inf
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Student Grant Delays

Almost 1,700 students wai

ALMOST 1,700 students are still waiting for payment of their grants fo
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Primary Teaching - Gender Balance

Call for more male primar

The President of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) Mr P
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Aviation Recruitment News

Jobs boost forecast for a

Almost 500 jobs are expected to be created over the next three years i
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Leaving Cert Maths - Bonus Points

High-tech sector welcomes

Education Minister Mary Coughlan today backed a bonus points system fo
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Young Entrepreneur 2010

18 students shortlisted f

Eighteen second- and third-level students have been shortlisted from m
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Youth Facilities

Factory just the job for

A FACTORY of a different kind will be officially opened in Limerick to
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Retail Recruitment News

1,000 jobs in pipeline vi

One thousand new jobs are up for grabs through Retail Excellence Irela
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Graduate Fee News

UCC governing body wants

THE governing body of University College Cork (UCC) wants the controve
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Young Entrepreneur Programme 2010

Student lands top prize w

UP and coming business visionaries, whose projects may create jobs for
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NCI - Change Your Life Education Fund

Education fund of over â‚

National College of Ireland has teamed up with Metro Herald and Irel
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Higher Education Funding

Third-level colleges face

Third level colleges need an extra €4bn to cope with the increasing
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BTEA Cutbacks

'It is devastating. Witho

MICHELLE Mitchell's chances of fulfilling her dream to study at third-
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Third Level Funding News

Cork has biggest backlog

HUNDREDS of third-level students are still awaiting a decision on gran
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Career Guidance

Schools 'not preparing fo

PARENTS believe second-level education does not prepare their children
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National College of Ireland (NCI)

NCI part-time courses ope

Do you want to step up your career, develop new skills and knowledge,
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CAO - Changing Course

Changing courses while at

Q My daughter is in her first year in college, but is very unhappy i
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Leaving Cert - Medicine

HPAT exams

In last year's CAO season, one of the big stories was the introducti
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Mature Students

Meet the mature students

Twenty years ago they stood out like a somewhat wrinkled sore thumb.
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Leaving Certificate - Mathematics

Maths: You don't have to

To master Maths, you must master both concept and execution. A weaknes
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Leaving Cert - Irish

The student's view: You c

Higher level: The A1 Irish Student’s view Name: Amy Kelly School
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Science and Mathematics

In my opinion: Trust fund

Everyone talks about the importance of improving the numbers of stud
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Leaving Cert - English

English: The teacher's vi

There have been no alterations to the English course since 2001, so
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Mature Students

Family support is crucial

Having been made redundant in late 2008, I was left with an interest
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Leaving Cert - French

French: The teacher's vie

The French examination is not about memorising entire essays, it simpl
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University Access

Plan for half UCD student

Just half of UCD students will come through the CAO system in the fu
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Graduate Employability

Graduates lacking in key

MANY graduates are unable to "hit the ground running" when they ente
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Leaving Cert Science

Science moved to the back

Science subjects are being abandoned at Leaving Cert in many Irish s
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Maths Bonus Points

In my opinion: Are bonus

There is no reason to believe that awarding bonus CAO points for Hig
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Science in Schools

Warning on science slump

GROWING numbers of students are not taking any science subject at se
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Graduate Recruitment News

Jobs for graduates diffic

GRADUATES' chances of finding employment in their native county in t
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Education Competitions

Tech-savvy students are f

TECHY-savvy Irish students are preparing to take on the world with c
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Junior Certificate Review

Down with exams! Why the

The Junior Cert is unlikely to be scrapped completely as part of the
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Registration Fees

Colleges 'charge back-doo

THE student registration charge of €1,500 a year was described yes
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Early School Leavers

Understanding why some st

The majority of school leavers are now concentrating on the start of
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Leaving Certificate Parchments

Students waiting five yea

MORE than 250,000 people are still waiting for their Leaving Certifi
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CAO - Teaching Courses

Applying for teaching cou

Q. My daughter is applying to CAO for a course in primary teaching t
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Teacher Recruitment

2,000 new teaching jobs a

MORE than 1,000 new teaching jobs will be created by September -- wi
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Transition Year - Research

It's not a doss! You can

Bill Cullen famously suggested it was a 'doss'. But education resear
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CAO - Minimum Entry Requirements

Entry requirements explai

How do you know if a student will be able for the college course of
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Transition Year Work Experience

Five jobs may help me cho

My aim was to get the most out my work experience and that meant get
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Mature Students - Cut Backs

USI calls on Education Mi

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has called on the Minister fo
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Leaving Cert Research

Study finds major gap in

CHILDREN of professionals get an average of 90 points more in their
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Computer Gaming

With industry revenues re

Conor Foy and Matthew Mulqueen from 1st Year in ColĂ¡iste ChiarĂ¡i
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Third Level Maintenance Grants

Thousands fret over stude

THOUSANDS of students still do not know if they will get higher educ
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Schools of the Future

All cisterns go! Rain flu

The toilets flush using rainwater harvested from the roof. The walls
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Cut Backs News

Pupils will be hit in row

SECONDARY schools face "inevitable disruption" after the summer holi
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Maintenance Grant News

Changes to student mainte

Education Minister Mary Coughlan announced a number of changes this
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Classroom Developments

Tomorrow's world: The cla

The US-based National Centre for Supercomputing Applications has off
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Education Cut Backs

'Students are not files t

ST PAUL'S College in Raheny, Dublin, has already lost three year hea
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Oxford Aviation Academy

Dreaming of becoming a pi

Dreaming of flying? Make it a reality; get your wings at Oxford Avia
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Interactive Teaching Exhibition

Teaching and Learning Fes

The first Irish Teaching and Learning Festival takes place in The Ci
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Parents of Leaving Certificate Students

How to survive exam fever

It is only a week until the start of Junior and Leaving Cert exams -
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Leaving Certificate Written Examinations

Leaving Cert written exam

The Leaving Certificate written examinations always start on a Wedne
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Graduate-Entry Medicine

Just the tonic Roisin joi

Roisin Osborne and John O'Flynn were short of points in their Leavin
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Leaving Cert Advice

IVEA issues practical adv

The Irish Vocational Education Association today issues practical ad
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Changes to CAO - Maths

Maths should be counted

STUDENTS may have to include maths in their CAO points total under a
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Returning to Education

A happy return to the boo

FOR Catherine Haverty, the decision to leave school after her Junior
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Illness During Exams

Having hayfever during ex

Schoolchildren who suffer from hayfever are much more likely to get
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About the 2010 School Examinations

Exam time

As if anybody needed reminding, today marks the start of the written
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Third Level Cut Backs

University funding crisis

THE Leaving Cert Class of 2010 face packed lecture halls when they g
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Leaving Certificate 2010 - Student's View

Exam diary: Praying for a

TODAY is the beginning of the end of my second-level education, and
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Dealing with Leaving Certificate

Pupils are urged to remem

The 116,000 students starting their Leaving and Junior Certificate e
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Rewarding Students

US students get cash for

In the United States, it has become common for students to be paid f
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Junior Cert English 2010

'Ideal start' helps take

Junior Certificate English higher-level candidates got off to a good
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Leaving Cert English - Teacher Reaction

Theme of ‘the future’

IT was a tale of two papers for Leaving Certificate English candidat
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Leaving Cert Home Economics - Reaction

Mixed reaction after a fe

THERE was mixed reaction to the Leaving Certificate Home Economics h
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Junior Cert English - Teacher Reaction

'Lovely' questions but ta

A TEACHER'S views on the Junior Certificate English Ordinary Level P
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Maths Teaching Qualifications

Maths teachers 'not fully

ALMOST 2,000 maths teachers are not fully qualified to teach the sub
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Studying Chinese

'No funds' to make Chine

EDUCATION Minister Mary Coughlan has ruled out making Chinese a Leav
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Leaving Cert English - Student Reaction

Exam Diary: Day of truth,

Beep, beep, beep. Morning Ireland, this is Wednesday, June 9. The he
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Leaving Cert Engineering - Reaction

Little cause to worry in

Leaving Certificate Engineering (Materials and Technology) candidate
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Leaving Cert Ordinary English

Fair, accessible and no t

ENGLISH wrapped up nicely for Leaving Certificate ordinary-level can
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Maths

Pluses and minuses in a

FOR a change it was higher-level maths students who emerged smiling
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Online Reaction

Student chat: what they w

Facebook.com'I am delighted with the geography paper, now for maths'
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Project Maths - Student Reaction

Exam diary: Teacher's wor

After a morning spent practising complex numbers and integration, I
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2010 Junior Certificate Geography

One small question only n

A subsection of one question at ordinary level gave rise to the only
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2010 Leaving Cert Geography

More challenging than usu

FULL marks for topicality on the Leaving Certificate Geography Highe
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The Leaving Cert and Disability

Bid to remove 'disability

THE High Court yesterday upheld the controversial practice of puttin
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Junior Cert Maths 2010 - Higher Paper 1

Mostly fair, apart from i

FAIR, but challenging in parts -- that was a teacher's verdict on th
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Leaving Cert Maths 2010

Papers go down well despi

The traditional Leaving Certificate Maths Paper 2, at both higher an
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Junior Cert Maths - 2010

'Fair, do-able and straig

THE second paper in Junior Certificate maths caused no complaints fr
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Project Maths

Schools agree it all adds

THE first exams in the new-style second-level maths met with mixed r
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Leaving Cert Irish 2010

Obscure, challenging topi

The Leaving Certificate Irish Higher Level Paper 1 was unpopular wit
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Junior Cert 2010 - CSPE

Facebook question puzzles

Barack Obama's use of text messages to get people to vote in the US
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Leaving Cert Maths & Irish - Student Reaction

Exam diary: Doing a numbe

It was with fear that I entered the exam hall with the old rule - fa
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Waterford Institute of Technology - CAO Options

WIT CAO drop-in week

Title: Drop in Week - Info on CAO courses Date: 28 June - 1 July 201
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Independent Colleges - Write Here, Right Now

Write Here, Right Now - j

WIN A JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP AND INTERNSHIP Metro Herald, in associa
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Irish

Exam diary: A day tinged

Yesterday was a sad day. As I finished Irish Paper 2 at 12:49pm and
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Irish Higher Level - Paper 2

Test turns to trial as dr

A QUESTION about the play 'An Triail' proved a bit of trial for cand
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Junior Cert Business

Exam chiefs sorry for que

STATE exam chiefs have apologised for an accounting blunder on a Jun
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Leaving Cert Business

A fair paper but challeng

TEACHERS felt Leaving Certificate higher-level business students wer
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Leaving Cert Cheats

Pupils who boast about ch

STUDENTS who boast online about cheating in their Leaving Cert could
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Leaving Cert 2010 - French

Difficult start for candi

Leaving Certificate French Higher Level candidates had a difficult s
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Bonus Points for Maths

All colleges expected to

Four universities have backed the idea of bonus points for maths and
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Post Leaving Cert Celebrations

Celebrate but be drink aw

LEAVING Certificate students preparing for post-exam celebrations ha
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Junior Cert History

Revision is key for highe

Junior Certificate History Higher Level candidates needed to have th
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Bonus Points for Maths

Bonus for maths 'will onl

BONUS points for maths will simply drive up the entry requirements f
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Leaving Cert Biology - Student Reaction

Exam diary: Farewell my i

With Darwin and Wallace fresh in my mind and the surgical gloves rea
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Junior Cert Religious Education

A reasonable paper, but

ALTHOUGH Junior Certificate Religious Education Higher Level paper w
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2010 Junior Cert - Home Economics

Baking queen lends a hand

She didn't turn up on the paper, but celebrity baking queen Rachel A
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Leaving Cert Biology

Harder than heart surgery

Higher level students would find it easier to dissect a heart than t
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Art

Bono makes an appearance

TEACHERS' views differed on the Leaving Certificate Art Higher-Level
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Online Reaction

Student chat: what they'r

'Lying on the couch, footie's just starting. So good to be finished
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Student Diary

Only the little matter of

Waking up yesterday morning, I got my first sense of what was in sto
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Leaving Cert 2010 - German

'Difficult to follow' - e

Challenging but fair was the general verdict on the Leaving Certific
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Junior Cert French

Few surprises in well-pit

There was nothing on the Junior Certificate French higher-level pape
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Leaving Cert French - Student Reaction

Exam diary: Fast food, sn

HAVING brushed up on my French vocabulary and hoping something nice
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Institute of Technology Blanchardstown

Open evening at IBAT

IBAT College will be having an Open Evening on Thursday 24th June fr
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Student Diary

Exam diary: Saving grace

WITH a weekend spent revising the physics course and tuning in to th
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Leaving Cert Physics

Data-logger makes surpris

Leaving Cert PhysicsSome teachers and students were caught by surpri
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Junior Cert Technical Graphics

Fair papers cover all ang

Junior Cert Technical GraphicsThe higher-level paper was not without
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Junior Cert - Materials Technology (Wood)

Tools, trees and a woodwo

JUNIOR Certificate students sitting yesterday's Materials Technology
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Leaving Cert Accountancy error

Missing exam pages cause

EXAM chiefs have been left red-faced once again after Leaving Certif
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Leaving Cert Accounting

Latest blunder 'unfair' t

Leaving Cert AccountingTeachers said the latest blunder to hit the S
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2010 Leaving Cert Mistakes

Exam chiefs slammed over

THE embattled State Examinations Commission (SEC) has admitted that
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Student Diary

Exam diary: No rest for t

ANOTHER exam-free day but no rest for the wicked. I eventually got t
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Junior Cert Metalwork

Visual aids are picture-p

Junior Cert MetalworkHIGHER-level candidates were greeted with some
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Junior Cert Spanish

Confusion over missing wo

Junior Cert SpanishNO missing pages, but a missing word on the highe
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Leaving Cert Spanish

Few problems in a 'hard b

Leaving Cert SpanishDespite the 'challenging' comprehension question
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Leaving Cert Chemistry

Questions asked 'just as

LEAVING Certificate chemistry higher-level students needed to be 'fo
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2010 School Examinations Review

End of another year

Another academic cycle draws to a close this week, with the Junior C
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Sports & Exercise Engineering

Exercise First for NUI Ga

NUI Galway has become the first universi
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2010 Exam Errors

Coughlan calls for 'less

EXAM commissioners will meet today to discuss a series of errors tha
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Classical Studies

Marathon format consigned

THE marathon that is classical studies in the Leaving Cert is over.
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Student Diary

Exam diary: Staying sane

In between hours of study for my final exam, I'm trying to get back
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Junior Cert 2010 - Music

Papers strike a nice chor

Papers at both higher and ordinary level struck a nice chord with Ju
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Junior Cert 2010 - Technology

'Excellent' graphics enco

A QUESTION about hybrid eco-friendly cars proved popular with studen
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Economics

Topical... just don't men

THE current economic situation provided a rich vein of material for
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Performing Arts

The stage is set for star

Gillian Quinn (18) had a double reason to jump for joy yesterday. Fo
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Taking the Leaving Cert Abroad

Aileen finishes first leg

FEMALE soccer star Aileen Gilroy made Leaving Certificate history in
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Student Diary

Exam diary: Freedom lurks

There's something lurking in the air around me and for once it's not
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Music

Fair papers worth singing

Leaving Cert MusicThere were no complaints about the papers, at eith
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Mature Student CAO Applications

CAO surge as adults seek

THERE has been a surge in adults seeking to return to college, with
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Leaving Cert - Agri Science

Teachers unhappy with thi

Leaving Cert Agri ScienceSOME teachers had very harsh words for the
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Junior Cert Latin and Ancient Greek

A 'nice' send-off with no

If the sunny weather didn't have Junior Certificate students already
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Maths Bonus Points - University College Dublin

Minister at odds with UCD

EDUCATION Minister Mary Coughlan has clashed with UCD over 'delays'
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NUI Galway Sports Scholarships

Final call for sports sch

NUI Galway has issued a final call for applications to its Sports Sc
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CAO 2010 - First Preferences

UCD now top student choic

THE COUNTRY'S biggest university, UCD, has moved ahead of Trinity Co
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Reforming the Leaving Cert

Leaving Cert reforms gath

KEY reforms designed to make the Leaving Certificate more relevant t
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Health Professions Admissions Test

Second-time lucky for gri

THE Health Professions Admissions Test (HPAT) for entry to medicine
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National Research Investment

Colleges get €360m fund

THE Taoiseach will today unveil the biggest research investment in t
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EGFSN - Education and Training Output in Ireland

Numbers at school and col

The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs has published its annual
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Special Entrance Maths Examination

Special maths exam at NUI

The College of Engineering and Informatics at NUI Galway has announc
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Student Grant and Accommodation Information Sessions

Information sessions to a

The Union of Students in Ireland in conjunction with local Studentsâ
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Graduate Unemployment and Emigration

Anger at State's silence

THE Government has been accused of presiding over a graduate 'brain
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CAO Career Choices 2010

Students opt for engineer

STUDENTS are choosing to study engineering, computing and science in
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Leaving Cert Results 2010

Help at hand for results

THE Irish Independent has once again teamed up with the National Par
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Cost of Education

Parents struggling as cos

THE cost of educating a child from primary school to college graduat
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Student Finance

More students struggle to

MORE students than ever are experiencing financial difficulties - de
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HEAR & DARE College Access

Over 1,000 to get into co

MORE than 1,000 students are expected to get into college this year
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Leaving Cert Student Stress

Students' health at risk

The points race has turned the Leaving Certificate year into a night
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CAO 2010 Early Offers

Battle begins for college

The race for a college place has begun in earnest, even before the L
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Leaving Cert Helpline

Helpline advice hits mark

Children's Minister Barry Andrews has revealed that he was one of th
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Career Boot Camp

Free college places on of

THE newly unemployed are struggling to sell themselves in today's cu
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College Financial Pressures

More students using credi

HARD-pressed students and their families are turning to credit union
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Graduate Unemployment

Caped crusaders protest

STUDENTS staged a noisy protest yesterday outside the Cork office of
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CAO Points Race

Points race stifles learn

EMPLOYERS last night backed calls for an end to the Leaving Certific
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College Fees News

No return to fees at thir

EDUCATION Minister Mary Coughlan insisted last night that there woul
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Leaving Cert Appeals

Appealing your exam resul

If students are unhappy with their exam results, and believe that th
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Leaving Cert Appied & Vocational

Choose your programme

Over 3,400 students receiving their Leaving Certificate results toda
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Leaving Cert Holidays

Walking on sunshine: post

A BREAK in the sun is still the rite of passage for many students af
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Rechecking Leaving Cert Results

How to view your scripts

The State Examination Commission undertakes the huge task of sending
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Leaving Cert Parties

Making it a night worth r

Moderation seems to be the last thing on young people's minds when p
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Going to College - Student Profile

My story: Triona O'Sulliv

For Triona O’Sullivan, going to college also meant leaving home an
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CAO 2010 - Important Dates

Dates for your diary

A look ahead to some of the important dates for those applying to co
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Hard to make the 'A' grade in Art

Hard to make the 'A' grad

Art is the toughest test for Leaving Certificate candidates, when it
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Alternatives to College

College is not for everyo

Not every Leaving Cert student wants to go to college. Around 55,000
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Top Scores

Student scores nine A1s

One bright Leaving Certificate student today achieved nine A1s in th
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CAO Points Race

Coughlan: points race her

EDUCATION Minister Mary Coughlan yesterday ruled out changes to the
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Leaving Cert 2010 Exam Results

Exam diary: Dreaming of t

Opening the envelope, I scan through the results, E E E F F NG, cue
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CAO Points 2010 Table

Tables: Leaving Cert brea

How the exams break down - this year and 2009 Leaving Cert breakdo
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Special Entrance Maths Exams

Not the end of the maths

A disappointing Maths result in the Leaving Certificate need not spe
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CAO Vacant Places

‘Am I too late to apply

It’s not too late, although the opportunities are limited. The nor
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Leaving Cert 2010 Results

Successful students make

Two best friends plan to celebrate in style after both managed to se
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Project Maths

Maths failure rate in pil

The failure rate for maths in a secondary school chosen to pilot a n
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Leaving Cert 2010 Results

More glory as sporting an

THE cream of Ireland's young sporting and musical elite yesterday re
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Leaving Cert Success - Student Profile

Talented Srujana sweeps t

A 16-YEAR-OLD high achiever scored a perfect 600 points in her Leavi
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Dealing with Exam Failure

Failing a Leaving Cert ex

As the dust settles after yesterday's results, most Leaving Certific
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Doing the Leaving Cert

Teacher succeeds in break

A TEACHER who sat a gruelling 30 Leaving Certificate subjects yester
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Cost of Student Accomodation

Students will reap benefi

THIS year's crop of college-bound students will have the benefit of
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Succeeding in the Leaving Cert

He is top of the class

THE only student to achieve nine A1s in the Leaving Certificate last
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Junior Cert 2010 Exam Paper Error

In brief: Exam body says

A BLUNDER in this year's Junior Cert business paper occurred when a
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Leaving Cert 2010 - Student Diary

My new life starts with s

IF somebody had told me last year that I would be sharing my results
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Leaving Cert Results Helpline

Hundreds of worried stude

HUNDREDS of distressed students and their parents called the Nationa
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Bonus Points for Maths

College revolt over bonus

TWO universities have rejected Education Minister Mary Coughlan's at
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College Registration Fees

Students face further hik

STUDENTS face the prospect of another hike in college registration f
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Leaving Cert Results 2010

Girls outscore boys once

GIRLS have retained their strong lead over boys in the Leaving Certi
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Leaving Cert - Failing Maths

Students seek help after

MATHS failure was the main cause of concern for worried students who
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Leaving Cert Cheating

Results withheld for 47 c

LEAVING Cert students caught cheating in the exams have had results
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UCAS

Didn't get your first cho

This weekend may drag a little for CAO applicants, as they wait to s
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Cost of Education

Mum tells of panic as app

EVERY parent's nightmare is to see their child being picked on for b
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Student Grant Delays

College grant system face

THE third-level grants system faces 'meltdown' this year due to the
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Aptitude Test for Medicine

Entry to medicine tougher

GETTING into medicine is even tougher this year as repeat students o
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Student Grant Applications

Apply for a grant to help

The tuition fees of eligible first time undergraduate students on ap
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Further Education Options

CAO is not only show in t

Despite all the emphasis on CAO at the present time, CAO colleges ar
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Going Back to School

The numbers repeating exa

The number of students repeating their Leaving Cert is on the rise a
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Introduction to College Life

The real fun begins now

It's only been a couple of months, but second level school and the L
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Going to College

Start as you mean to go o

The first term at university is a thrilling time, but it can be pret
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CAO Points 2010

CAO is a very mixed bag f

The points results this year are, to mix a few metaphors, a mixed ba
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CAO Points: Business and Law

Good news on Law and Busi

There is plenty of good news for school-leavers who are keeping fait
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CAO Points: Nursing

Nursing applicants face a

Nursing has taken another leap in the points table, making a place o
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Accepting CAO Offers

Now it's decision time: H

It is the easiest thing in the world to accept a CAO offer. It can b
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Saving Money in College

Top tips to help cut cost

College is expensive, fact. Whether you’re living at home or renti
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Deferring Your Course

Everything you wanted to

The Leaving Certificate year is an exhausting period for many studen
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Non-CAO Courses

How private colleges offe

With more and more people chasing a place in college, prospective st
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CAO Points System

Calculate your points to

The first thing to remember about points is that they are the final
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UCAS

The British option

Is there any point in an Irish applicant applying for a place in the
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HPAT Points System

How the HPAT works in boo

  HPAT stands for the Health Professions Admissions Test (
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Mature Student Profile

My story: AnnMarie Crudde

Ann Marie Crudden is part of the changing face of third-level educat
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Student Accommodation

Choosing home sweet home

Good accommodation is an important factor in the college settling-in
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CAO Choice

Taking charge of your des

For those students who chose and are offered quite defined degrees i
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Maths Grinds

Over 40% of higher level

Over 40% of higher level maths students need grinds to cope with the
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NCI - Labour Market Activation

Free college places for u

Unemployed? National College of Ireland is now able to offer a limited
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Changing Course - Student Profile

My story: Orla McCarthy

There is never just one way of doing things, especially when it come
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CAO Offers 2010 - Student Diary

Now for the real challeng

IT was 535 - no, not points, but the time I was woken up yesterday m
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Missing Out on CAO Offers

What to do if you do not

This had been a record-breaking year for CAO. First there was a reco
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Criticism of CAO Points Race

Points race neither usefu

A FORMER university president has hit out at the points system sayin
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CAO - Agriculture Courses

Fears 66pc will miss out

MORE THAN two-thirds of students who applied to study Agriculture wi
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CAO Offers - Advice

Tips for getting through

Despite the problems CAO encountered with its website's availability
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Leaving Cert Notes

A is for audacious as top

A STRAIGHT-A student gets another 'A' for audacious as he attempts t
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CAO Website Hacking

CAO site probe as hackers

THE Central Applications Office (CAO) website yesterday came under a
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CAO - Random Selection Procedure

Random selection - the pa

Of all the ways of losing a college place, random selection must be
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School Parents - Financial Support

Parents facing delays in

PARENTS waiting for payment of the back-to-school allowance are faci
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CAO - Course Vacancies

There may still be hope f

Some applicants may have not yet accepted their CAO offer, but they
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CAO Hacking Investigation

Gardai launch probe into

GARDAI last night launched an investigation into a series of hacker
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CAO - The PLC Alternative

Further-education courses

In case any CAO applicant has failed to register this fact, today, M
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CAO Second Round Offers

How to accept your second

College admissions offices all over the country are busy today, as a
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School Uniforms

Has the time come to hang

To their detractors, they are a relic of regimented, old-fashioned s
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Leaving Cert Notes for Sale

Entrepreneurs take note:

IT pays to be original. Student Cillian Fahy, from New Quay, Co Clar
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College Access

CAO offers to disabled an

There has been a big jump this year in the number of college offers
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

It's great to be back at work! I take a deep breath and breathe in t
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Leaving Cert Opinion

Why the Leaving Cert is t

When it comes to assessing students, Reverend Charles Caleb Colton g
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Leaving Cert Nutrition

Box clever: Tips for scho

The schools have begun to reopen, and everywhere we can see eager ch
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CAO - After Accepting Your Offer

What next for students wh

At the close of round one at 5.15pm last Monday, CAO reported that i
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CAO 2010 Points

20,000 CAO applicants won

A record 20,000 applicants will not get a single offer from the CAO
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Irish Education - OECD Report

Irish schools - high in s

Irish schools give low priority to maths, science and foreign langua
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Irish Education Budget

Ireland among lowest spen

Ireland had one of the lowest education budgets among developed nati
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a school teacher

Every year my colleague Finnegan and I battle it out in the official
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CAO Appeals

New academic year getting

As one cycle ends, a new cycle starts. This week the business of 201
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University Cut-Backs

Universities warn over ed

University heads warned of the effect of education cuts today after
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QS Rankings - Irish Universities

Trinity and UCD slip down

TRINITY College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD) hav
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Sports Studies and Physical Education

Tipp hero Cahill also out

TIPPERARY hurler Michael Cahill (21) yesterday added academic achiev
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Teachers - Industrial Action

Teachers told to stop act

THE Government has warned the country's 26,000 post-primary teachers
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College Fees News

Coughlan says no to 'elit

EDUCATION Minister Mary Coughlan yesterday again ruled out a return
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Psychology Certification

Society defends decision

THE Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) has defended its decision
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Third Level Student Finance

Students feel pinch over

THOUSANDS of hard-up students are facing demands for a downpayment o
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Student Loans

Third-level loans much ch

CREDIT unions have emerged as being significantly cheaper for educat
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Junior Cert Results 2010 - Maths

Results spark new fears o

THE Junior Cert results have re-ignited worries about low maths stan
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

No other day exposes the power structure of our school than Junior C
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QS World University Rankings

Irish universities move u

As first-year students start their courses throughout the country, C
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Junior Cert Results 2010

Party time beckons as hap

THERE was no invitation needed. Last night, the country's 57,000 rel
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'Times Higher Education 2010-11 World University Rankings

UCD joins Trinity in worl

TWO Irish universities are ranked among the top 100 in the world in
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Science Education

Academy warns against sci

THE boost enjoyed by science in this year's Junior Certificate lost
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DCU - Sunday Times University of the Year 2010

DCU named Sunday Times Un

Dublin City University has been named the 2011 Sunday Times Universi
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Higher Level Maths Bonus Points

UCD backs maths bonus poi

A MAJORITY of Irish universities now favour the re-introduction of b
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Junior Cert Results 2010

Girls soar ahead of boys

GIRLS are widening the education gap with boys, new figures released
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Assistance with Leaving Cert Maths

Engineers Ireland offers

With the school year underway, Engineers Ireland has announced it is
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Engineering Schools Competition

Minister for Education &

The TĂ¡naiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan T
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IT Careers

Students tell Minister fo

The TĂ¡naiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan T
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The National Skills Competition 2010

Apprentice numbers down 8

The 53rd annual National Skills Competition launches today as appren
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Joining the Army

Brains count for as much

The army recruitment slogan promises 'a life less ordinary' - and th
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

It's finally the morning after I've spent half the night coughing. M
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DIT Grangegorman Campus

Construction to begin on

CONSTRUCTION starts within the next fortnight on a €486m project f
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Education and Long Term Unemployment

Our early school leavers

EARLY school leavers face the most difficulty in holding on to a job
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ICS Grid for Learning

New digital support for t

ICS Skills (formerly ECDL Ireland) is to launch an ICS Gri
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Creativity in Higher Education

Students must get all-rou

ALL arts students should have compulsory training in information and
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Leaving Cert Languages

Pupils worst in EU for fo

Irish schoolchildren are the worst in Europe for learning foreign la
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EU Student Film Competition

My Vision for Europe film

Three students from Clonkeen College in Dublin, finalists from last
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Language Education

Why it's really time to m

Irish jobseekers and businesses are losing out because of their poor
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

Right now in UK schools the Skirts War is raging. Guardian columnist
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CAO 2011 Handbook

CAO handbooks for 2011 du

CAO's handbooks for 2011 will be available in schools shortly, and L
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Leaving Cert French

Going to France helped me

Lauren Corbet, who got an A in Higher Level French in this year's Le
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Unqualified Teachers

More than 160 teachers ar

A total of 162 unqualified teachers were employed in primary and sec
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Internet in Schools

Only 78 of our schools ha

A NEW high-speed schools broadband programme will transform Irish ed
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Reviewing the Leaving Cert

F for fail - the Leaving

Leading figures in education are calling for a thorough overhaul of
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

This week in education a very important scientific discovery was mad
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CAO Application Fees

CAO application costs red

In a time when every penny counts, next year's college applicants wi
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International Baccalaureate

There is another way

As a teacher at St Andrew's College in Dublin, William Hehir is in a
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Higher Level Maths Bonus Points

All universities to give

ALL seven universities have now given their backing to the introduct
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Gender Gap in Education

College gender gap narrow

MEN are going to college like never before. For the first time in de
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Higher Education Grant Statistics

21pc jump in number of st

THE number of students on higher education grants surged to almost 7
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Computer Courses

Something inside me said:

SINCE he left school at 15 in the 1970s, Michael Judge (50) had no t
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Student Work Placements

Student work experience k

THE class of 2010 is unique in that they began college in 2006/2007
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Graduate Skills

Employers say graduates c

HALF of the country's top employers believe Irish graduates have poo
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Maths Bonus Points

Students to get 25-point

LEAVING Certificate students who pass higher-level maths will be rew
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Teachers' Sick Leave

Teachers' uncertified sic

The number of sick days teachers can take without producing a doctor
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Future of Homework

Parents - do not go mad i

Tens of thousands of schoolchildren have reason to cheer. Irish prim
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

I always thought that I was a lone madman, working on my own to expo
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Why Study German?

Why students learning Ger

Learning another language gives students the chance of getting to kn
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Students to get new college offers after winning appeals

Students to get new colle

Hundreds of Leaving Certificate students can expect new college offe
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Education Cut Backs

Cabinet agrees to cut num

THE number of vocational education committees (VECS), which oversee
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Funds for Fee-Paying Schools

Fee-paying schools to get

ALMOST 700 second-level schools - including all those in the fee-pay
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Employment of Teachers

Retired teachers back at

MORE than 300 retired teachers were employed in primary schools last
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Passing Leaving Cert Maths

E now enough to pass math

A MAJOR third-level college has decided that Leaving Certificate stu
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Early School Leavers

It is time to celebrate t

Autumn is a time for celebrating new educational beginnings - childr
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

I'm standing at the mouth of a large pipe holding a clipboard, peeri
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CAO Bonus Points

Bonus points scheme for h

Last week's announcement by the Council of the Irish Universities As
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University Access

Fee-paying school student

STUDENTS from the fee-paying schools of south Dublin continue to dom
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Choosing Subjects for the Leaving Cert

Leaving Cert subjects and

Queries frequently come the way of this column about Leaving Certifi
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Maths Bonus Points

Do CAO bonus points for t

It is a sledgehammer measure aimed at making the Irish population be
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

I've decided to analyse my third years to see how they are interacti
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School Management and Parents

Parents need to get invol

As I leave the formal parent movement, I have had time to reflect on
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Cost of Medical Education

Taxpayer funds brunt of â

THE cost of educating a doctor over six years in college was reveale
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Cost of College

Students will be forced t

STUDENTS will be forced to pay €2,500 in college registration fees
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Acting Courses

From soaps to Shakespeare

Danielle Ryan, grand-daughter of the late aviation entrepreneur Tony
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

I recently discovered using technology in class. It has come to my r
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Helping with Maths

Support in maths will hel

Last week's HEA report on Progression in Higher Education shows cert
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CAO 2011

CAO online applications o

The CAO 2011 online application facility opens from 12pm today, and
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University Funding

Fees hike is only realis

INCREASING student fees is the only realistic way for governments to
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BT Young Scientist

Record year for Young Sci

THE annual BT Young Scientist and Technology exhibition has attracte
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Apprenticeship Unemployment

FAS fails in bid to send

STATE training agency FAS asked Canada and Australia to bail out red
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Junior Cert - Irish Oral

Mobiles ring changes for

STUDENTS could be allowed to use mobile phones as part of the Junior
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CAO Science Applications

Smart economy blow as stu

FEWER students are taking science courses in college this year, desp
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

I love it when smartass authorities who think they know it all come
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Information Events for Mature Students

College open days for mat

November is a hugely busy month in the calendar of college informati
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Education Job Losses

Education cuts plan 'thre

THE Government is considering drastic cuts in education which could
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Cleantech Job Creation

10,000 jobs target for Ir

The goal of An tSlĂ­ Ghlas - The Green Way is to position Ireland as
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Learning Off Campus

Why more and more smart s

Irish third-level colleges have been slow to let their students stud
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

Transition Year in our school isn't just all about windsurfing on th
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Maths Bonus Points

Pilot bonus-points scheme

The Council of Irish Universities Association announced last month t
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Student Grant Delays

Fifth of students still w

MORE than one in five hard-pressed students seeking state support to
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The Green Economy in Ireland

Green Skills prioritised

The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs has launched its report, Fut
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Snow and School Closures

Schools make own decision

IT will be up to individual schools to decide whether or not to clos
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

This year's first parents' night has just passed off without inciden
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North & South Education Links

In my opinion: Cross-Bord

Twelve years on from the Good Friday Agreement, links between the sc
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Green Jobs

Green Economy to provide

At times like these we are all searching hard for good news, news th
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School Expulsions

Why expulsion appeals are

In recent years parents who challenge the expulsion of their child f
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School Closures News

School-term dates face re

THE chaos caused by the Arctic weather may force a review of the rul
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Maths and Reading Scores of Irish Children

Reading, maths skills of

A shocking fall in the performance of Irish 15-year-olds in reading
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Children's Reading in Ireland

Children abandon books fo

A CELTIC Tiger-era explosion of televisions and PlayStations in Iris
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School Admissions Equality

Schools in firing line ov

SCHOOLS that give priority to sons or daughters of teachers when enr
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Education Cut Backs

Change Croke Park deal, u

THIRD-level students have called for a renegotiation of the Croke Pa
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Education Cut Backs

Protest schoolboy faces e

A SECONDARY school student faces a disciplinary hearing today for or
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FAS Scandal

Education body refuses ce

THE education authority responsible for certifying further education
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Looking for Work Experience?

Work placements available

Sage Ireland is committed to delivering an excellent experience
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Expansion of NUI Maynooth

Former ombudsman to overs

Former Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman Nuala O`Loan is to oversee
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Fees - Retrospective Payment

Study now, pay later - FG

Third-level students could be facing massive hikes in fees when a ne
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

One of our German teachers, Fergal Madden, has decided to bring forw
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Programme for International Student Assessment

In my opinion: PISA can h

PISA (the Programme for International Student Assessment) is a major
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Non-Standard CAO Applications

Halfway mark for CAO appl

As the month of December reaches the halfway mark, intending CAO app
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Fees - Retrospective Payment

How deferred payments wou

Students will have to pay 30% of the cost of their third-level educa
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IT Careers News

Shortage of quality gradu

A SHORTAGE of quality IT computer graduates has cost Ireland almost
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Student Literacy in Ireland

Why the Harry Potter gene

The apparent drop in literacy levels among Irish schoolchildren is l
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

My esteemed colleague Mr Kurt Moobs thought he had put together the
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CAO - Applying for UCD Arts

CAO applictaion queries

With the Christmas holidays upon us, many school-leaving students an
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Easter Break Under Threat

School holidays at risk t

TEACHERS and pupils may have to make up for their unscheduled pre-Ch
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Bullying in Irish Schools

Physical bullying by girl

PHYSICAL bullying by female pupils is on the rise, a major new study
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Vacancies in Irish Schools

Schools 'descend into cha

The Government has failed to live up to its promise to allow schools
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Who Gets the Third Level Grant?

Thousands of middle-class

THOUSANDS of higher education grants are going to middle-class famil
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2011 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

Young scientists putting

THOUSANDS of young people will show they are far from prehistoric wh
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Economic Crisis in Higher Education

TCD in bid to avert €10

TRINITY College Dublin is drawing up a radical cost-cutting plan in
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Reform of College Grant System

Assets to be means-tested

THE next government faces a political timebomb over a controversial
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Asset Testing of Grant Applicants

FG and Labour differ over

FINE Gael and Labour have failed to agree a common position over the
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Reform of Irish Academic Sector

Incompetent academics to

ACADEMICS face stiff penalties if they fail to get a satisfactory ra
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Swine Flu Precautions in Irish Schools

Swine flu fears rise as s

MORE THAN 800,000 students return to school today amid warnings to p
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Reform of Institute of Technology Sector

Colleges plan merger into

FOUR Dublin colleges are coming together in a bid to become the coun
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Where are the Jobs?

Don’t limit career opti

A key question for people considering their CAO application is which
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Adult Learners in Higher Education

Mature enough for college

The growth and change in the traditional profile of students in high
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Leaving Cert Study Advice

Preparing to make the gra

The key to succeeding in the Leaving Cert is organisation. Make out
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CAO 2011

Applying to CAO

Applicants may apply to CAO in either of two ways, either by using a
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Maths and Career Prospects

Stick with higher maths

As the first CAO deadline approaches, many students may be thinking
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Sport Scholarships

Enjoying the sporting lif

Going to college can be an ace move for sporting careers as well as
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CAO 2011 - UCAS

Studying in UK

Some thousand Irish students apply to the British Universities and C
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CAO 2011 - Private Colleges

The private college route

Nine of the forty-five colleges listed in the CAO 2011 Handbook are
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NUI Galway Medical School

More medicine places in t

The Medical School at NUI Galway has been allocated additional place
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Undergraduate Teacher Training

My story: Mary Gormley

Mary Gormley couldn’t decide whether teaching was the career for h
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Bord Na Gaeilge Scholarships

My story: Peadar O Lamhna

What a difference a few months makes! From the Leaving Certificate t
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Studying Biomedicine

My story: Deirdre Rooney

Deirdre Rooney picked Biomedical Science at NUI Galway because she w
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Student Accommodation 2011

Finding a home from home

It’s not too early to think about where you will live while in col
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Third Level and Sport

My story: Niall O Murchú

Niall O Murchu his sights on the 2016 or 2020 Olympics, but in the m
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Becoming a Pilot

Aviation courses take off

Students interested in the airline business now have a choice of two
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Studying Horticulture

My story: Martin Cormack

Martin Cormack was an early victim of the recession, when the constr
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Student Entrepreneurship

TCD’s student entrepren

Liam Ryan hasn’t even graduated, but already he is CEO of his own
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Courses and Careers

Sectors to target for job

High growth sectors with continued potential to increase in the medi
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Student Loans

Loan plan could saddle co

STUDENTS could be saddled with debts of up to €25,000 if a propose
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Reform of Irish Language Teaching

Language activists blast

Fine Gael is set for a war with Irish language activists as it stick
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Ethical Studies

In my opinion: Memo to Hu

The Hunt report on higher education is an important document. Howeve
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2011 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

Pupils make big bang at s

TWO ambulance workers in uniforms craned their necks, completely eng
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

Thanks to the weather, we nearly got the Christmas holidays we wante
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Benefits of Learning Irish

Irish taught well in only

The Government's 20-Year Strategy for the Irish language cited resea
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2011 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

Bright young things greet

"Pure manure" signs, the plastic bullock or even having to pose in a
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Parent-Teacher Relationship

A quarter of parents find

ONE in four parents believe their children's teachers are not very a
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Physical Education in Schools

Schools cut PE classes fo

Department of Education inspectors have rapped schools for cutting t
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CAO for the Disadvantaged and Disabled

Greater access for the di

It is hard enough to get the place you want in college under normal
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Music Education in Irish Schools

Young musicians find what

SOON, they will have found what they're looking for.Young musical ta
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College and Class

Drop in the number of poo

THE number of young people from working class backgrounds going to c
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NUI Galway Music Festival

A marriage of festival fu

STUDENT brides will have audiences rocking in the aisles at the Musc
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School Boxing

Students get a Taylor-mad

THURSDAYS are always rest days for world champion boxer Katie Taylor
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Irish Oral Exam

Fears for integrity of Ir

STUDENTS have been given a detailed preview of exactly what to expec
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DARE

Disabilities should be hi

Q I am a little confused as to whether I should apply through DARE (
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Teaching Method

Old school teaching bette

Old-fashioned teaching exercises like reciting times tables and verb
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

The other day I was flicking through the local newspaper when my att
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Technological Universities in Ireland

In my opinion: There's no

The Hunt Report provides scope for the development of Technological
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CAO and Deferred Places

How to apply for deferred

Q I deferred two places through CAO last year, first an offer from U
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Think Outside The Box Awards

New awards campaign for s

Enterprise Ireland has launched a major drive to spur entrepreneuria
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Adult CAO Applicants

Dramatic slowdown in matu

THE race for a college place by mature applicants has slowed down dr
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Politics in School

Politics to become a Leav

EDUCATION chiefs are planning to bring politics to the classroom, wr
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Living History in Irish Schools

Concentration-camp surviv

A SURVIVOR of the Holocaust is bringing living history into Irish cl
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Trinity College Dublin

Fitzgerald runs for top T

THE country's highest-paid academic, Professor Des Fitzgerald, 
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Styling Course

Do you dream of becoming

This is your chance to win a FREE place training with TV fashion sty
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Junior Cert Irish

Anger over proposal to ch

PARENTS groups are angry over plans to charge students who want to t
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

'Well, lads," I called over my shoulder while motoring along the hig
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Religious Education in Ireland

In my opinion: Catholic s

Catholic Schools Week was recently celebrated throughout Ireland. Th
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Study Engineering

Engineers Week taking pla

Given the volume of news generated by the general election campaign,
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Immigrant Children in College

'Non-national' tells of s

HER parents are Irish citizens and she has lived here for over 10 ye
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Wages in Higher Education

TCD angry at timing of pl

THE Department of Education is going to slash pay for all new univer
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Reading & Writing Skills in Irish Schools

Technology to blame as st

THE increasing availability of technological aids in mobile phones a
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Transition Year - Student Innovation

Innovative students give

IT is the most unlikely of inventions from the most unlikely of inve
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Dail Vocations

Teachers still top of cla

TEACHERS will still make up the largest professional group in the 31
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College Week

Waves of students 'Rock t

AS if taking their cue from the disgruntled electorate, more than 90
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School League Tables

Teacher fury over FG plan

Parents could soon be able to check the Leaving Cert grades of each
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Violence in Irish Schools

Troubled pupils are kicki

KICKING, punching, and screaming. These are just some of the problem
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

Thanks to the general election providing us with a paucity of female
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Graduate Taxation

In my opinion: Graduate t

Fine Gael is proposing a radical rise in the charges for third-level
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The UCAS Option

Applying to British colle

Recently published figures for the British UCAS (Universities and Co
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School League Tables

'Information should be fr

Economist Professor Colm Harmon is a keen supporter of openness when
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Streaming in Irish Schools

Why REM's Michael Stipe a

Imagine that instead of asking Robbie Williams to rejoin, Take That
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Teaching Graduate Profile

Learning a harsh economic

TEACHER Ellie Ni Mhurchu fears her prospects for a career in Ireland
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Careers in Teaching

Job fears for primary tea

HUNDREDS of young primary teachers face losing their jobs this summe
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CAO Choices - Science and Technology

More college hopefuls vie

GROWING numbers of college applicants have decided that science, tec
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Study in Australia

Study Options' Australia

Are you thinking of studying or retraining in Australia?On Monday 21
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Leaving Cert Mocks

Don't get carried away wi

Many Leaving Certificate students are sitting their 'mocks' in schoo
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Interested in becoming a Chartered Accountant?

Your future is Chartered

When: Monday 28th March 2011, 2.00 – 5.00pmWhere: Chartered Accoun
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National University of Ireland

Quinn reverses decision t

THE Government has reversed a decision to abolish the National Unive
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Irish Language Commisioner

Language chief suggests s

IRISH could be taught as two separate subjects in the future, Langua
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Pupil-Teacher Ratios

Gaelscoileanna fight to k

MORE than 40 all-Irish primary schools will lose teachers next Septe
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HEA and Emigration

Students told they will h

MANY students will have to emigrate because of the bleak employment
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Humanities and the Economy

Education chief hits atti

ACADEMICS who "hold their nose" at the idea of working with industry
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Croke Park Deal - Teaching

Transfer of 170 surplus t

UP to 170 second-level teachers will be moved to other schools withi
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International Students in Ireland

Plan to double foreign st

Ambitious plans to double Ireland's intake of international students
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University Rankings

Colleges 'obsessed' with

UNIVERSITIES in Ireland and elsewhere are obsessed with internationa
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Junior Certificate Reform

Junior Cert students will

A REVAMPED Junior Cert will put a cap on the number of subjects stud
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Audio, Film and Gaming Courses

Creative media open day

Pulse College, provider of audio, film and gaming courses, are to ho
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Faith-Based Education

Church 'shocked' by Quinn

CATHOLIC Church leaders last night said they were shocked by Educati
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Junior Cert Revamp

Fears over students learn

TOO many Junior Cert candidates sitting last year's Irish higher lev
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Literacy Strategy

Words fail us - why the m

Irish schoolchildren are likely to spend more time on reading and wr
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

How can we determine the level of effectiveness in our school manage
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Education Spending

In my opinion: Frontline

The Joint Managerial Body/Association of Management of Catholic Seco
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Applying for Medicine

Admissions tests for stud

There was some surprise that CAO's recent application statistics sho
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Literacy Strategy

Labour looks to Scottish

In helping to devise Labour's literacy strategy, Aodhan O'Riordain h
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Religious Education

Religion 'a waste' of cla

EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn would prefer schools spent time impr
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Trinity College Dublin

White smoke as Trinity el

Trinity academics had to hand up their mobile phones before going in
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College Ball

Students won't go to the

UCD students have accused college authorities of spoiling the party
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Skills Shortages in the Irish Jobs Market

Job vacancies continue to

Third level qualifications coupled with work experience and foreign
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BT Young Scientist Exhibition - Funding

BT deal a real boost for

SCHOOLS from outside Dublin are getting an extra incentive to enter
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

It might come as a surprise to my colleagues, but a few years back a
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Academic Jobs

In my opinion: The truth

Recently, the HEA circulated a document called "Employment Control F
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CAO - Nursing Applications

Applying to nursing cours

Despite the many challenges that a career in nursing has, nursing co
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Bad Weather and School Holidays

Fury over plan to claw ba

SECOND-level principals are furious over plans for schools to sacrif
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Religious Education

Bruton hits out at Quinn

FORMER Taoiseach John Bruton has taken Education Minister Ruairi Qui
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Third Level Access

Children from poorer fami

CHILDREN from less well-off backgrounds suffer a double disadvantage
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Mature Student - English Literature

Shelley (31) has college

SHELLEY Lumsden (31) had no expectation of going to college when she
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Write to Read

Pilot scheme boosts liter

School children who struggled with basic literacy skills were readin
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Control of Primary Schools

Parents will have say on

Parents are likely to play a key role in deciding the future of Cath
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Criticism of School Management

Report shows flaws in run

DEPARTMENT of Education inspectors have strongly criticised the runn
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

Like everyone else in teaching, I have a rogue class that I cannot t
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Oral Exams

Examination assessments w

Over the last week and a half, thousands of Leaving Certificate stud
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Multi-denominational Schooling

VECs may take over school

Some of the schools that are given up by the Catholic Church in the
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Parenting and Religious Education

Bishops want to send Cath

PARENTS will be asked to accompany their children to weekend religio
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Student Grant Payments

College grants to be paid

Happy days are on the way for more than 70,000 third-level students
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Leaving Cert Study Notes

Website snaps up student

THE straight-A Leaving Cert student who made a packet after selling
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Leaving Certificate Reform

Leaving Cert subject refo

REFORMS to a range of Leaving Certificate subjects are being sent ba
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College Entry Reform

Points race shake-up on w

A MAJOR overhaul of the points system for entry to college is on the
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Leaving Cert Reform and Science

Leaving Cert shake-up wil

LEAVING Certificate science students are about to make a giant leap
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Rote Learning and the Leaving Cert

Employers are telling us

LEARNING off by heart might seem like a good idea to Leaving Certifi
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Junior Certificate Reform

Junior Cert exam faces ax

THE Junior Cert June exams face the axe under a reform plan soon to
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Support for Private Schools

State's €100m funding f

THE Teachers' Union of Ireland has called for an end to "privileged
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Teacher Recruitment

Ban on filling posts 'put

MORE pupils will be in danger of "falling through the cracks" and le
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Bullying in Irish Schools

Mother of suicide teen ca

THE mother of a young girl who took her own life after a vicious cam
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Graduate Emigration

We are being driven to em

A YOUNG graduate claimed yesterday that newly qualified Irish teache
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Teacher Contracts

Union boss vows to defend

THE Government will face immediate legal action if it attempts to re
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Cost of School Books

Publisher defends role in

THE row over the cost of school books raged on last night as a leadi
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DIT Grangegorman Development

Grangegorman project reac

The plans for the development of Grangegorman into a major new urban
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University Summer Camps

Here comes the summer - a

Summer may be coming for school students, but many of them are barel
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iScoil Virtual School

Online learning bridges t

When Anna* dropped out of school at 14 suffering from anxiety due to
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Applying late to CAO

CAO late application dead

Q: My eldest son is a CAO applicant this year, and I hear people tal
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Teaching Degrees at St Patrick's College, Thurles

Thurles teaching grads to

Graduates of St. Patrick’s College, Thurles, Co Tipperary will, from
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Free Leaving Cert Maths Revision

Griffith contribute to th

Griffith College has again provided free maths revision courses for
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School Attendance

End is in sight for roll

AN Irish software firm has brought the traditional school attendance
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School Book Costs

New editions of costly te

PARENTS forced to fork out for new versions of school books have to
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Third Level Plagiarism

Colleges clamp down as st

Trinity College has warned students who use a website offering to he
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Teacher's Diary

I went from zero to hero

While I am aware of the importance and privileges involved in being
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WIT Expenses Row

Quinn intervenes in reapp

EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn last night dramatically intervened i
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Summer Works Scheme

Fee-paying schools lose b

EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn has excluded fee-paying schools from
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Early School Leavers

The best students in hist

The number of students staying on to do their Leaving Cert at school
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Private School Funding

Quinn to review fee-payin

The Government is to review the €100m a year in financial support
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

There are so many nasty people in the world that hone their cynical
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GBL - Game-Based Learning

In my opinion: Video game

While eyebrows may be raised at the thought of using video games for
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Leaving Cert Stress

Negative thoughts creepin

Q I am beginning to worry that I won't do as well in the Leaving Cer
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College Fees Loans

New discounted college fe

Bank of Ireland has introduced a new discounted personal loan option f
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Courses for Unemployed at NCI

Springboard places create

The Higher Education Authority and the Department of Education and S
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Junior Certificate Cheating

Exam chiefs 'uncovered ch

EXAM chiefs have uncovered cases of apparent copying by Junior Certi
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Exam Tips

Top ten tips from the exp

As the moment of truth approaches, nerves in many households are bec
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Teacher's Diary

Diary of a schoolteacher:

I pop outside for a bit of sunshine when I spot the deputy principal
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Second Level Reform

In my opinion: It's time

By now, calls to bring second-level education in line with the needs