Up for a big adventureAdventure centre breaks provide young people with a connection to the great outdoors and an important confidence boost
Putting the brakes on road deathsDRIVE TO STAY ALIVE: TY students at St John the Baptist CS in Limerick are working hard to keep their safe driving initiative on track
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A personal interest in creating and fostering international academic linksHe’s a New York Jew who speaks fluent Irish and is an expert in the anthropology of Irish Catholicism. Now, he’s making international connections for NUI Maynooth, writes GRÁINNE FALLER
- Life at the heart of Harvard
Harvard retained its place as the world’s number one university in the latest world rankings. But what’s it like to study there? And what are their students like? It’s the most exciting, stimulating, life-changing place, writes ROSITA BOLAND , who spent a year as a student there
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- What's available in . . . radio projects?
TEACHER RESOURCES: THE SOUND SCHOOL PROJECT Dublin City FM’s radio project, run in conjunction with The Dublin Dockland Development Authority, provides a chance for local schools to produce and present their own 30-minute radio programme. Phone: 01-8658020 for more information, or visit to dublincityfm.ie/programmes/special-interest/sound-school-project/
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- Why I've joined Madonna, President Obama and 14 popes on Twitter
PRESIDENT'S LOG: QUESTION: WHAT do I have in common with Barack Obama, Madonna, Sarah Brown (Gordon Brown’s wife), the entire Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour Parties, Stephen Fry, and 14 people who claim to be the pope? Answer: we’re all on Twitter. Maybe you’re reading this and you still don’t know what Twitter really is; and by now, because just everyone is talking about it, you’re embarrassed to admit that. Fear not, I’m here to help, writes FERDINAND VON PRONDZYNSKI
- Routes into college for those with disabilities or learning difficulties
TALK BACK: TODAY MARKS the beginning of this year’s CAO application season, for those considering college in 2010.
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