Carl O’Brien: ‘What every student (and parent) should know ahead of CAO deadline day’
Every year hundreds of students don’t get any offer - all because they never spotted a crucial email lurking in their spam folder
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Every year hundreds of students don’t get any offer - all because they never spotted a crucial email lurking in their spam folder
Booming private tuition sector promises top grades but studies raise questions about its true effectiveness
Teacher poaching rows and claims of ‘unsustainable’ wages are part and parcel of a highly competitive private tuition sector
The silence may seem unnerving at first. No doors slamming, no mysterious thumps upstairs - but, then, something shifts ...
For parents, this can be a nerve-racking time, ‘but you also have to let them experience things’
Candidates had to ‘race through’ sections only to be faced with more daunting long answers
Students hoping for high marks needed to have studied entire course
School leavers have a choice of some 77 apprenticeship programmes across every sector of the economy from ICT to financial services
Hozier, the Cranberries, Dermot Kennedy and Cian Ducrot make appearance
Education authority says its takes responsibility to uphold integrity of the State exams with ‘utmost seriousness’
Academic high achievers can often be better served in a creative, technical or practical further education courses
Tertiary degrees offer a route to college without any need for CAO points. So, where’s the catch?
As Leaving Certs complete their final exams, it can be a powerful and sometimes overwhelming moment of transition
Many questions pitched just outside students’ comfort zones
After eight days of gruelling State exams, a much-needed weekend of respite stretches ahead
My Dad jokes have been an important mood breaker recently - or so I like to think
Linguistic challenges posed by novel topics posed steep challenges for weaker students in particular
The worst is over - and family meals may even make a comeback
While questions on tax and ratio analysis required some maths, students could avoid them due to wide choice
Junior Cycle students have German and wood technology exams while it is business and art papers for Leaving Certs
The State exams are a physically and mentally draining marathon - but some simple steps can help students protect their wellbeing
Almost 100,000 students are completing papers on day six of the State exams
Reappearance of topics from last year throws some candidates
Students may have found aural tougher than last year as the pace of the speakers increased
Irish and biology get a thumbs up as students near the finish line
Students give thumbs up to a ‘fair’ and ‘accessible’ paper
Our diarist loves sports and hopes to study physiotherapy - but must still navigate his way through a few more exams
More than 100,000 students are sitting State exams today
Teachers say broad and approachable questions featured in higher level paper
Teachers describe exam as a ‘fair and balanced’ with plenty of options for students to succeed
Marking schemes to be drawn up for exams shortly will take account of exams which papers were ‘hard’ or ‘easy’
Teachers say higher level paper two was even more testing than paper one
Geography and maths paper one for Leaving Certs; history and maths for Junior Cycle students
The exams are a marathon, not a sprint: rest is just as important as study
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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