# third-level - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
# Novel Approach
From The42
# Novel Approach
A new concept could be used to settle the outcome of stalemates that arise in third-level GAA games.
# third-level - Thursday 25 October, 2012
# SUSI
# SUSI
New figures show that 65,000 students applied under the new student grant system – but decisions have been made on just 12,000 applications so far.
# third-level - Thursday 20 September, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Today’s youth want to be involved in building Ireland’s future, writes Daithí de Buitléir.
# third-level - Tuesday 18 September, 2012
# Final Countdown
From The42
# Final Countdown
The Connacht champions midfielder talks to TheScore.ie on coping with Donegal’s midfield challenge, the confidence from beating Dublin and his pre-game routine.
# third-level - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
# Third Level
# Third Level
Survey finds 99 per cent of parents want to send their child to a third level institution but almost half have no funding in place to pay for it.
# third-level - Friday 24 August, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
‘Radical’ new proposals for interviews are really a return to the past, writes Joanna Tuffy TD. Instead, we need a much wider debate on third level education.
# third-level - Tuesday 21 August, 2012
# Student Finance
# Student Finance
National Consumer Agency says it’s important that students check all penalty charges before choosing their account.
# Your Say
# Your Say
A new scheme at TCD means students will need personal statements and references from teachers to get into college. Good idea?
# third-level - Monday 20 August, 2012
# Education
# Education
Over two thirds of parents believe they will have to borrow their children’s third level education.
# CAO
# CAO
One user wrote: “I’ve just had my parents in sitting on my bed as I was rejected by a website. CAO, you’re destroying my family.” Users are being urged to refresh the site if encountering problems.
# third-level - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
# third-level - Saturday 11 August, 2012
# Great Leap Forward
# Great Leap Forward
Third level students will be able to use the new style travelcard to get Leap Card fare on transport.
# third-level - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
# Education
# Education
Interest groups say the move could result in children from low-income families being refused maintenance assistance.
# third-level - Thursday 2 August, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Caught between fees and grants, a growing number of would-be students face missing out altogether. Welcome to the world of the ‘inbetweeners’, writes Patrick Kelleher.
# third-level - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
# Third Level
# Third Level
The degrees at the online college will be awarded by the University of London.
# third-level - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
# Grants
# Grants
Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn urged students to apply for grants early this year.
# third-level - Thursday 24 May, 2012
# Fees
# Fees
The Higher Education Authority says surging demands on the education system could mean fees could be doubled or more.
# third-level - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
# Fees
# Fees
The union’s members have voted in favour of maintaining the USI’s current position in campaigning for fully Exchequer-funded fees.
# third-level - Monday 14 May, 2012
# DIT
# DIT
Project will bring together 20,000 students and staff and the dozens of different DIT colleges together on one campus.
# third-level - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
# Litter
# Litter
Just one third-level campus has been marked as “heavily littered” following the IBAL survey.
# third-level - Monday 23 April, 2012
# Lecturers
# Lecturers
New research shows that senior academics in Ireland work 50 hours a week in contrast to the European average of 48 hours, the IFUT says.
# third-level - Friday 2 March, 2012
# Fitzgibbon Cup
From The42
# Fitzgibbon Cup
The Mardyke will be a celebration of Cork hurling tomorrow as UCC and CIT advance to Fitzgibbon Cup final.
# third-level - Monday 13 February, 2012
# Sexual Health
# Sexual Health
HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme acting director says that 18-24-year-old know the importance of contraception – but fail to use it consistently.
# third-level - Tuesday 31 January, 2012
# Gender
# Gender
The Central Statistics Office has released a major new study into men and women in Ireland.
# third-level - Tuesday 6 December, 2011
# Budget 2012
# Budget 2012
Budget 2012 has brought a €250 registration fee increase for third-level students, cut student grants by 3 per cent, and cut maintenance payments for new postgrad entrants.
# third-level - Monday 5 December, 2011
# Budget 2012
# Budget 2012
A numerical breakdown of where the government has cut €2.2 billion in spending,
# Student Fees
# Student Fees
Eoghan Murphy TD’s office in Ranelagh, Dublin is being occupied by students protesting against third-level grant cuts and increased fees.
# third-level - Saturday 3 December, 2011
# Occupy Naas
# Occupy Naas
Fine Gael TD Anthony Lawlor says the protest raises security concerns, but “the last thing I want is to get them in any sort of trouble”
# third-level - Friday 2 December, 2011
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
Catch upon the day’s biggest stories as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
# third-level - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
# Stop Fees
# Stop Fees
The third-level students had brought enough food to last several weeks – and a portable toilet – but left the building when Gardaí arrived on the scene.
# third-level - Sunday 13 November, 2011
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
Catch up on the day’s main stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
# third-level - Thursday 6 October, 2011
# Universities
# Universities
Department of Education says it still draws encouragement from the fact that two are in the top 200.
# third-level - Tuesday 6 September, 2011
# Your Say
# Your Say
Academics have said that Irish universities face a “speedy decline” if fees are not brought back. So what do you think?
# third-level - Tuesday 16 August, 2011
# Property
# Property
The latest Daft.ie report says the average rental price in July 2011 was exactly the same as it was in July 2010.
# third-level - Sunday 3 July, 2011
# Education
# Education
Former head of UCD’s business schools adds his voice to criticism of ‘parrot-learning’ Leaving Certificate.
# third-level - Wednesday 8 June, 2011
# third-level - Monday 30 May, 2011
# Education
# Education
Ruairi Quinn says that radical new approaches and more complex entry routes to third level education are needed. He says it is a priority for his department.
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