Third Level

Higher Options and WorldSkills Ireland exhibitions help students choose their next steps after the Leaving Cert

‘I do get asked: do you feel that you missed out on the college experience? The answer: absolutely not,’ says one apprentice

Guinness World Records recognises society whose members included Wolfe Tone and Sally Rooney

Despite being banned, the Hist is set to celebrate its official status as the world’s oldest college debating society

Just 1,255 undergraduate students from Northern Ireland attended college in Republic in 2020/21

Move paves the way for a bright future in research and innovation across Europe, Trinity provost believes

Simon Harris describes findings as ‘alarming wake-up call’ for education authorities

Minister says Norma Foley made correct decision in retaining inflated Leaving Certificate grades this year following criticism from senior academics

There are still options to secure the course of your dreams – even if you didn’t get an offer

Governments in the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway want to restore the primacy of their languages at universities

Pricewatch: Join the mailing list of every gallery in your city. There will be openings. With wine

Mary Jennings: Spending time outside clears our head and lifts our spirit, something from which students could greatly benefit

The possibility of finding affordable accommodation is, in some cases, determining which CAO options students select

Far lower rents are encouraging more and more students from south of the Border to attend universities in Northern Ireland

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Jacob Haskins didn’t have enough points to secure his first CAO choice so he took an alternative route to UCD

From PLCs to apprenticeships and private colleges, there have never been so many choices for school-leavers seeking a career path

Q&A: What do students need to spend on? Are textbooks a mandatory purchase?

The first step for students considering a resit is it to review your scripts to see where you might have gone wrong

CAO offers: Estimated 80 per cent of college applicants will likely secure one of their top-three course preferences

Here are alternatives to explore when college offers disappoint - because the CAO is no longer the only game in town

Moment of truth arrives for thousands of CAO applicants as first college offers are issued

How I did it: Shannon Kearney did an apprenticeship in engineering and now works as a metrology engineer

Uisca de Brúin Hammond is studying artificial intelligence with a minor in journalism at the University of Groningen

Q&A: What areas are apprenticeships available in and would it be a right fit for me?

How studying abroad for a semester can benefit Irish students: ‘I made friends with international students from all over the world’

Focus shifting from CAO points race and the pressure it puts on students to alternative routes to third-level education

PLCs are popular among school-leavers and those seeking to return to education, reskill or retrain

Conduct thorough research to familiarise yourself with universities, courses and preferred locations

Apprenticeships, traineeships and PLCs mean Leaving Cert results are not the be-all and end-all

The rules of the CAO are explicit: applicants can move up, but not down, their course preference list

Universities expect to use lottery to select hopefuls for several high-point courses such as dentistry and economics & finance

From finding out how to use the library to locating the canteen, there’s a lot to take in when you start third level

Many celebrate CAO points haul as 2023 grades are inflated by almost 8%

Points are likely to remain at their 2022 levels ahead of CAO offers coming out next week

It may make this year’s Leaving Cert students happy, but there are downsides to locking in higher grades

Courses available in healthcare, enterprise, ICT, creative sectors, engineering, manufacturing and construction under unified tertiary system

Maths paper one exam drew heavy criticism for being excessively hard and unfair

Leaving Cert scripts were adjusted upwards in recent weeks

Marks artificially lifted by almost 8% following direction from Norma Foley out of ‘fairness’ for students