Last week the CAO website opened its online applications for college places for the 2022 academic year. This year’s application process has extended beyond third level education to include increased options across higher education, further education and training, and apprenticeships for school leavers and other applicants. The CAO website will function as a portal for […]
Fine Gael TD and spokesperson on European Affairs, Neale Richmond has called for the realisation of the all-island potential for higher education with the announcement of the new Dublin-Belfast economic corridor. Speaking during Taoiseach’s Questions in the Dáil, Richmond, said: “Figures released to me by the Minister of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and […]
It seems that up until now, not enough serious consideration has been paid to the the transition that post-primary students face as they head into higher education. Which seems a bit strange for a number of reasons. For one thing, the leap from primary to secondary school is a huge leap that marks a vital […]
The CAO recently announced (in its Strategic Plan 2013-2017) aims to extend its services to cover applications to all courses in further and higher education, including all post-secondary part-time programmes. The aim of the expansion is to make it easier for to students to navigate the options that are available to them. It seems an […]
Getting to college has always been a commendable achievement in an academic sense, but the funding challenges faced by students now makes it a financial one too. The value of further and third-level education to students has never been higher. Jobs are becoming more complex and because there is still a shortage for them, competition […]
