Earning and learning for a brighter future: why apprenticeships are becoming more popular
Wide variety of ‘21st century apprenticeship’ options now available across the country
Everything you need to know about apprenticeships
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Students oppose ‘inadequate’ plans to move Leaving Cert exams to fifth year
Norma Foley pledges to press ahead with reforms she says will ease pressure on students
Leaving Cert: Predicted grades may replace deferred exams for ill and bereaved
Stalled results lead to later start at college and last-minute scramble for college accommodation
Total of 20% of rechecked Leaving Cert exams upgraded
3,769 subject results upgraded, equivalent to 1 per cent of overall exam results
‘Parents shouldn’t fear this course’: Leaving Cert’s newest subject could be a game-changer
Drama, film and theatre studies joins the curriculum next year on a pilot basis. Some educators believe it could be a game-changer in making senior cycle exciting and engaging
Harris aims to cut €3,000 student fee and improve college grants in budget
Minister opens Higher Options, Ireland's main education expo for secondary students
The Secret Teacher: Class of 2023 must prepare for world without inflated grades
Covid-era adjustments were temporary and a new reality awaits for Leaving Cert students
Leaving Cert: battle lines drawn in first fight over reform
Minister faces growing opposition over plan to move English and Irish exams to fifth year. Could the row sink wider reforms?
Teen charged with seriously injuring youth at Leaving Cert party further remanded in custody
More than 150 attended post-exam results celebration at west Dublin nightclub, outside which incident occurred
My son isn’t sure about accepting his CAO offer. Can you help?
There are lots of options ranging a gap-year to Post Leaving Cert courses and apprenticeships
‘You’re bordering on nerdy. That’s fine’: A letter to my 17-year-old self
Emmet O’Reilly graduated from UCD almost 30 years ago. His reflections will chime with a younger generation moving to college for the first time
Boy, 16, charged over Leaving Cert party stabbing which left youth seriously injured
Incident happened as more than 150 young people attended exam results celebration at nightclub at Liffey Valley, west Dublin
Fourfold increase in students on maximum CAO points since 2019
Grade inflation sees more than 1,100 students get 625 points this year, up from just over 200 before the pandemic
Points remain steady but some will still miss out
Lottery system used for high-points courses such as medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine
CAO offers: Colleges make concerted effort to minimise random selection for courses
Colleges make concerted effort to minimise courses where random selection occurs
Wait is over as CAO first round offers released
Thousands of third-level applicants receive college offers
CAO 2022: Record numbers get college offers - but is it sustainable?
Higher education is expanding at the expense of vocational options needed to fill urgent skills gaps
CAO 2022: Six takeaways from this year’s college offers
Points remain high this year - but more than half secured their first choice
CAO 2022: More than half of students get their first course preference despite high points
Points remain broadly in line with last year’s record-breaking high due to grade inflation
Let this be the last year of grade inflation
This year will see more random selection for high points courses and more students making the wrong decision about what to study and where
Disappointed with your CAO offer? Here are some alternatives
From studying in Europe to traineeships, there are plenty of other options to third-level education
Your CAO offer and how to respond to it
Moment of truth arrives for thousands of applicants as first college offers are issued
Call to bring forward next year’s Leaving Cert results
Late issuing of grades puts young people at ‘serious disadvantage’, say student and university representatives
CAO 2022: Universities to use lottery to select students for many high-points courses
Random selection likely across many programmes with entry requirements of 550 points or more
Leaving Cert: How irishtimes.com will cover the CAO Round One offers
Guidance Counsellors at the Irish Times Results Helpdesk will answer questions at irishtimes.com/education
Students on studying overseas: ‘It has opened up so much for me’
Data shows the Netherlands is the most popular European destination for Irish students
Other opportunities beckon beyond the CAO - here’s some alternatives
There are alternatives to the traditional route to further your education
PLCs, apprenticeships and traineeships go mainstream
Much has changed for post-secondary students over the past decade, with plenty of choices now available
From Freshers Week to mock trials and speech competitions
One quick way to make friends in college is by joining a student society.
Stem opportunities via another route
Science and engineering proving popular among those undertaking PLCs
‘I wanted to show other young parents that you can actually have it all’
Rebecca Ryan has completed a bookkeeping and payroll course and is now undertaking an apprenticeship
‘I got a place in Coláiste Dhúlaigh and did the course in pre-university science’
Bobby Cudden, who studied in DCU after his PLC course, says his view on the pre-college course changed: ‘It went from snobbery to realising it was a saving grace’
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