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TALKBACK: Students are tapping into the vast amount of study resouces available online

BY NOW more than 70,000 adults and school leavers have applied to the CAO for a college place for the 2011-2012 academic year. They do so in the anticipation that by committing four to five years to undergraduate and postgraduate studies, they will increase their chances of developing a successful career into the future. At the end of their academic studies, the successful graduates will have acquired the knowledge and skills to enable them to secure a first step into the employment market in their chosen field of studies. They will also have incurred a debt of at least €30,000 in the process.