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Leaving Cert holidays: ‘If you unwisely decide to get a tattoo, please check all spellings with me first’
Jen Hogan shares parenting tips and tricks she has learned along the Leaving Cert holiday way
How the lives of primary schoolchildren changed during and after Covid
Irish children became less accomplished in reading and maths after the pandemic, with the gap between poor and affluent children wider than before
Leaving Cert PE: less challenging paper lets students avoid last year’s time crunch
Welcome question on Daniel Wiffen, Mona McSharry and Róisín Ní Riain, Irish Olympic and Paralympic medalists
Leaving Cert economics: Topical paper tackles Irish and global climate
Wordy questions leave students tight for time in 150-minute exam
Leaving Cert music: Beatles and Mozart strike the right note for well-prepared students
Listening paper had no nasty surprises in questions one to four
Leaving Cert DCG: Approachable questions for students who thought conceptually
Design and communications graphics test presents several problems, but generally manageable, say experts
Leaving Cert physics: Tricky questions offset by choice on higher-level paper
Ordinary-level paper also had plenty of choice and some nice topics, say teachers, but ‘there was a lot of English and reading’
Leaving Cert chemistry a ‘fair but testing exam’ with ‘familiar topics’
Higher-level paper had a ‘few fresh angles that required students to think’, says teacher
Leaving Cert Spanish paper had ‘something for everyone’
Majority of questions were approachable to students of all levels, says teacher
Leaving Cert agricultural science leaves teachers divided
Students either knew the answer or did not, as ‘no room for reasoning’
‘What can we do to help our anxious son through his last exams?’
Ask the Expert: ‘He knows the stuff, but he can panic on the day of exams’
‘I haven’t cried yet, which is a win’: Leaving Cert diarists on the exams so far
Students found history and maths particularly challenging
Leaving Cert art: State Examinations Commission listens to criticism of last year’s paper
‘This paper gave students a lot of opportunities to show their knowledge of the subject’
Leaving Cert German: The fairest paper so far this year
Teachers report accessible questions, familiar vocabulary and manageable grammar
‘Even though it isn’t related to my degree, I have never felt like it was a waste of time’
Graduates are turning to volunteering and unpaid internships to gain experience, but some question whether the sacrifice is worth it
Leaving Cert construction studies paper praised for accessibility
‘Paper contained questions on household extensions and adapting them for ... disabled or elderly people’
Leaving Cert business: Largely fair paper with a tough compulsory question
‘A good, balanced paper allowing students to display their knowledge’
Leaving Certificate Applied: ‘If you’re a more practical person, it is really good’
Reduced emphasis on exams can suit some students
A graduate’s story: ‘Supporting a mentee takes enormous time, patience and generosity’
My mother’s work to improve access to neurorehabilitation services for patients has been a source of inspiration to me
How graduates can ‘clean up’ their social media and stand out to recruiters
‘In the world of AI, employers want to see the authentic student voice coming through’
Irish J1 students: ‘They did actually reject the visa until they could review all my social media’
Demand for visas has remained ‘strong’ despite students’ safety concerns
Leaving Cert history: ‘Very challenging’ paper with few predicted staples
No major shocks, but very few questions that could be described as highly predictable
Leaving Cert French exam gets mixed reaction from teachers: ‘Odd, challenging, balanced’
Some feel the higher-level paper was accessible and fair, but others think it contained tricky vocabulary
A graduate’s story: ‘I felt uncertain about whether to start working or continue studying’
I chose a master’s in sustainable finance because I felt it aligned with where the future is heading
The experts’ view: What does a graduate programme offer and how is AI changing the game?
Graduate programmes provide support and certainty but they don’t represent the entire graduate jobs market
Leaving Cert biology paper contains mistake that may have caught out students
State Examinations Commission apologises for error, which will be taken into account in marking
Leaving Cert Irish paper two contained more challenging unseen elements than in previous years
Prose and poetry questions were approachable but some of the reading comprehensions may have been challenging
What ‘soft skills’ are and why they’re more important than ever
Skills like critical thinking, creativity and problem solving allow a graduate to stand out from their peers
Graduate to professional: 10 organisations offering paid programmes in Ireland
EY, Boston Scientific and Irish Distillers are among businesses and agencies offering paid graduate programmes
Sophie should be doing her Junior Cert exams, but instead she’s sorting out her wardrobe
Mother of student with dyslexia made the difficult decision that her daughter shouldn’t sit the exams
What sort of workforce are graduates entering, and what do they need to know?
AI means the employment environment is changing, but there are indications of resilience in the graduate jobs market
Rise in Irish exemptions denies children part of their identity, report says
Spiralling exemptions are being driven by increased diagnosis of learning disabilities such as dyslexia, says report
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