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# Third Level

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# Guidelines
Third level students will need to maintain two-metre social distance while on campus
The guidance was issued for third level students ahead of the upcoming academic year.
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Aug 6th 2020, 10:57 AM
# Results Day
Leaving Cert results date: ASTI criticises announcement but says 'at least there's now certainty'
The publication of this year’s results will not be available until 7 September.
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Jul 17th 2020, 11:27 AM
# back to college
Not all third-level students will be able to be accommodated on campus in the autumn
The minister said international students can come to the country to study as long as they self-isolate.
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Jul 16th 2020, 4:58 PM
# Green shoots
CAO applications: Jump in demand for climate and transport college courses
The date for the main body of offers for students completing the Leaving Cert has not yet been set.
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Jul 8th 2020, 2:39 PM
# Deadline Day
Last chance for students to alter applications as CAO change-of-mind option closes today
CAO points, which are based on Leaving Cert grades, determine what college courses are offered to students.
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Jul 1st 2020, 6:00 AM
# academic worries
Universities face huge losses as thousands of international students delay accepting course offers
Some universities are offering online only study options but others will require the students to move to Ireland for their course.
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Jun 21st 2020, 11:00 AM
# college times
The new Munster Technological University will be established in 2021
The new technological university will be formed by Cork Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Tralee.
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May 26th 2020, 10:36 PM
# Covid-19
Universities plan for life during a pandemic as Cambridge goes fully online for 2021
The UK university has said it is “likely” that social distancing will continue to be required.
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May 20th 2020, 8:25 AM
# Covid-19
Students most worried about families' health and work uncertainty amid crisis
More than 700 university students answered a new survey about the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Apr 14th 2020, 2:50 PM
# notabusiness
'This is just the tipping point': The cost of being a student in Ireland has skyrocketed in the past decade
Students protested this week in UCD on more than one occasion about the high cost of rent.
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Feb 23rd 2020, 9:30 AM
# Fixture Headaches
'The GAA need to look at this competition and give it the respect it deserves' - UCC boss
Tom Kingston was speaking after his side’s Fitzgibbon back-to-back triumphs.
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Feb 13th 2020, 5:30 PM
# Bullying in academia
Postgrad researchers are vulnerable to abuse, campaigners warn
Student reps say there is an “abusable culture” in academia and those suffering bullying are afraid to speak out.
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Feb 3rd 2020, 8:30 PM
# Higher Education
Women-only professorships 'not discriminating against men', says Mitchell O'Connor
20 female-only professorships are expected to be in place by September this year.
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Jan 5th 2020, 2:25 PM
# University pay
Strikes over pay and conditions to hit a number of third-level institutions
Lecturers in Irish third levels to picket in February, while those in Northern Ireland are in the middle of an eight-day dispute.
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Dec 1st 2019, 6:30 AM
Voices
Column: 'I had to give up hope of finding a permanent job in an Irish university'
Ilaina Khairulzaman had the choice of leaving Ireland or leaving academia.
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Oct 20th 2019, 1:00 PM
# Education
Third-level students are suffering from extreme anxiety and depression, study shows
Those without stable student accommodation were likely to suffer from anxiety (50.0%) and depression (77.8%).
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Aug 27th 2019, 10:39 AM
# Poll
Poll: Is the €3,000 cap on college fees too high or too low?
Fine Gael has promised they won’t go up, but should they come down?
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Aug 11th 2019, 10:54 AM
# Third Level
Over 8,000 international students to benefit from new online immigration renewal system
The new system will be made available to students in the Dublin area, who were previously required to present in person at Burgh Quay.
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Jul 29th 2019, 6:39 PM
# generation rent
Students warned to watch for rental scams ahead of house-hunting season
The USI says people are ‘taking advantage of the housing crisis and accommodation shortage’.
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Jul 25th 2019, 6:15 AM
Mixed news for Irish universities as they again fail to break top 100
Trinity was again the top Irish institution but failed to break the top 100.
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Jun 19th 2019, 9:02 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Should colleges be at risk of losing funding if sexual consent classes aren't provided?
That is a recommendation contained in a new government-commissioned report.
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Mar 19th 2019, 8:59 AM
# points
The better a student does in Leaving Cert Maths and English, the more likely they are to finish college
Three-quarters of students complete their courses, with women more likely than men to finish.
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Feb 14th 2019, 6:00 AM
# Third Level
Jamie Wall's Mary I cruise past CIT into Fitzgibbon Cup semi-finals
Aaron Gillane clipped over eight points for the victors.
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Feb 7th 2019, 4:41 PM
# dissenting voices
Third-level sides nearing the end in McKenna Cup, but what's next?
A college vs county debate has been sparked in Ulster in recent weeks.
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Jan 4th 2019, 6:05 AM
Voices
Mary Mitchell O'Connor on consent: If no means no and yes means yes, where does the confusion lie?
Minister for Higher Education says the statistics paint a picture of our third level institutions hot housing harassment and assault.
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Oct 4th 2018, 7:00 AM
# College
Thousands may be losing out on tax relief for third-level fees
People have been urged to check if they’re eligible ahead of what can be a very expensive time for students and their families.
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Jul 28th 2018, 7:45 AM
# Ard Fheis
Sinn Féin pledges to 'abolish all student fees'
Pearse Doherty TD made the pledge at the party’s Ard Fheis in Belfast.
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Jun 15th 2018, 8:53 PM
# on campus
TCD sexual consent classes get green light for expansion to clubs and socs
The classes have been trialled in Trinity Halls but the student union wants them elsewhere on campus.
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Jun 4th 2018, 10:00 PM
Voices
'Access to third level isn't on merit. It's a lottery based on which family you were born into'
Since 2011 State funding of third level education has plummeted by an incredible 25%, writes Paul Gavan.
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Apr 21st 2018, 9:00 AM
# videodoc
374,000 students get access to free online GP consultations
The USI has said the move will help students who are struggling financially.
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Feb 6th 2018, 6:10 AM
# Rise of the Machines
Ireland wants a future where AI makes medical decisions and delivers jail sentences
The University of Limerick is to teach a Masters in Artificial Intelligence.
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Jan 28th 2018, 6:30 PM
# Money Money Money
One-third of students are experiencing serious financial problems
Just under half of third level students’ monthly expenditure is provided by someone other than the student, usually a parent or partner.
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Jan 22nd 2018, 6:00 AM
Voices
Opinion: 'Not everyone needs or should have to go to college'
All I was left with was over three thousand worth of debt, no job prospects and a qualification no better than my Leaving Cert, writes Laura Buckley.
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Jan 10th 2018, 7:00 AM
# stand off
'A discriminatory blockade': Galway students criticise locals for campaigning against a new housing development
A UK developer is planning to change the Westwood Hotel in Galway to a 400-bed student housing unit.
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Aug 9th 2017, 11:44 AM
# don't get caught out
Here's how to make sure you don't fall victim to a fake rental scam
This time of year usually sees a large spike in fake rentals on the market, gardaí have warned.
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Aug 8th 2017, 2:11 PM
Voices
'Education is important. The government should pay us students to go to college'
I can’t afford to go to college in September because I am unemployed, writes Declan Lavin.
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Jul 16th 2017, 3:00 PM
# Universities Unchallenged
'€100,000 was spent on pens and medallions for retiring university staff'
The claims came in an RTÉ Investigates show aired tonight, which highlighted a number of incidents in the third-level sector.
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May 25th 2017, 10:40 PM
# make america graduate again
What is it like to be a Donald Trump supporter in US colleges?
US universities lean heavily towards the Democrats.
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May 25th 2017, 6:10 AM
# Plagiarism
New laws will prosecute firms that write essays for third level students
The proposed legislation will make it an offence to provide written-to-order essays, which give students an advantage over others by essentially participating in plagiarism.
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May 15th 2017, 10:02 AM
Voices
Opinion: 'I’m one of the 40 million Americans paying off the $1.3 trillion student debt'
The Irish government shouldn’t copy America’s corporate financing and student loan model, writes Elizabeth Tandy Shermer.
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Apr 6th 2017, 6:30 AM
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