CAO 2025: A guide to some lesser-known courses
From a bar management apprenticeship to a BA in content creation
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Seven factors to consider when making your college application
Applying for college this year? Whether applying for a course at home or abroad, here’s all you need to know
CAO system should be changed to match Leaving Cert reforms, education experts say
Apprenticeships and new tertiary degrees could be combined into a single applications system, says Department of Education advisory board
One in five Leaving Cert results upgraded after rechecks
Thirty-one students who did not appeal results get upgrades following quality assurance checks
Gas demand fell by 7% in the State last year, latest data shows
Residential demand in the first quarter, the year’s coldest period, accounted for almost half of total
Will CAO points go up next week? Your Leaving Cert questions answered
Brian Mooney on students’ queries to The Irish Times Leaving Cert results helpdesk
Inflated Leaving Cert grades to reduce ‘step by step’ from next year, says Norma Foley
Minister for Education says exam authorities will ‘give an opportunity for students to return to pre-Covid levels’
Leaving Cert 2024 set to be last to benefit from bumper grades. What happens to next year’s students?
Inflated grades may be popular with students but they also pose serious disadvantages
Leaving Cert results 2024: Bumper grades for students set to keep CAO points at high levels
Almost 61,000 students receiving their exam results from 10am on Friday
Reversing grade inflation remains an ongoing challenge
Students continue to receive significantly higher grades than previous years
College applications up strongly for physiotherapy, dentistry and pharmacy, CAO figures show
Finding comes from office’s ‘change of mind’ data, which details students’ third level course choices as of July 1st deadline
Feeder Schools: Explaining the progression charts of Irish secondary schools
It is important to understand the component parts: there are two key numbers associated with each school listed.
CAO 2023: Points down for 60% of courses including medicine and nursing
CAO offers: Estimated 80 per cent of college applicants will likely secure one of their top-three course preferences
Alternative to CAO points system opens for student applications
Students will begin their studies at a further education provider before completing their course at higher education colleges
CAO 2023: Round one college offers to issue on August 30th
Move follows confirmation earlier this week that Leaving Cert results will issue a week earlier than last year
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Uncertainty around date for Leaving Cert results ‘unsatisfactory’, says CAO
Concern Leaving Cert results will be delayed this year due to second exam sitting
Irish students will ‘not lose out’ over providing university places for Ukrainians
New arrivals will have access to same supports and grants available to Irish students
High volume of CAO queries expected from Leaving Cert students
Round One: Irish Times Results Helpdesk will answer questions at irishtimes.com
CAO offers: Wait is over for thousands of third-level applicants
Steps you can take ahead of the next stage of your education
Thinking of changing your course selection?
Now is the time to review your CAO course selection in order to get them right by the July 1st deadline.
High-points courses ‘maxed out’ as record 84,000 students apply for college places
Mature students, overseas applications push third-level applications to new high
CAO: Trinity receives 38% more first-preference applications
First-preference applications for environment courses up 70%
How CAO applications are processed
The points for any given third-level course can rise or fall each year
Selection of open days in universities around the country
When is open day? What will it look like? Key information about 2020-2021 open days
Second round CAO offers issued to thousands of students
Almost 3,000 offers for college places issued in latest round with a deadline of noon on Friday
Universities to limit student deferrals amid fears many will want to take gap year
Concerns many college applicants may seek to defer due to Covid-19
CAO First Round Offers: Wait is over for thousands of applicants
Steps you can take ahead of the next stage of your education
Detailed CAO points coverage available on irishtimes.com
Round One: The wait is almost over for thousands of applicants
How CAO applications are processed
A reduction in the artificially inflated range of choices would lead to lower drop-out rates
Thousands to accept CAO offer by deadline
Applicants should consider current offer as potentially the only offer they may receive
CAO first round offers due to be released this afternoon
Tens of thousands of students wait to find out if they get their course of choice
How to read The Irish Times Feeder Schools list
Lists should be considered alongside whole-school evaluations and subject inspection reports
Lithuanian and Korean to be taught in Irish schools
Surveys show the number of Irish children able to speak a second language well below the EU norm
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