Irish higher education ‘under threat’ from global cheating industry
Officials estimate up to 10% of students may have used contract cheating services
Study shows high FE progression rate to further education
Students who attended a Further Education (FE) college are progressing on to further education
Revamped CAO website including all third-level options due to go live
Initiative aims for more inclusive approach, with site featuring apprenticeships
Some college students ‘better suited’ to vocational or technical routes, committee hears
Leaving Cert students should get credit for courses outside school, says Solas chief
Third-level education: Finding alternative paths to where you're going
PLCs, apprenticeships and traineeships offer a wide range of opportunities
Further Education: an established route to higher education
Post-Leaving Cert (PLC) courses now a first choice for students of all ages
Alternative route to third level
What you need to know about alternative routes you can take to third-level
Staff wanted: Labour crisis stunts hospitality sector’s recovery
Businesses look abroad to hire chefs, while kitchen porters are ‘an endangered species’
Thousands of apprentices waiting up to a year for training due to Covid-19
7,500 trainees such as plumbers and electricians unable to access off-the-job training
Students could get Leaving Cert points for work experience
Draft report underlines need to provide more vocational pathways for students
In-school apprenticeships: Bold step for a reformed Leaving Cert?
‘It’s a no-brainer,’ says student who availed of accredited work experience in school
Pace of change speeds up for further education and training
Government placing a firm emphasis on a sector that was once the ‘Cinderella’ of education
Where next for the Leaving Cert?
Calculated grades process has gone very smoothly so will there be any going back?
Further education courses boost students’ chances of graduating from third level
Quarter of institute of technology students now come from further education sector
Literacy campaign launched to help adults with reading and maths
One in six Irish adults find it difficult to read leaflets, timetables and medicine instructions
‘Obsession’ with third level means further education bypassed
Incoming Solas chief hopes to include vocational ‘taster’ courses in secondary schools
Further education: Interesting careers and earning at an earlier stage
Data shows that people who leave FET at level 5 or 6 either progress to higher education or go straight into employment
What is further education and training?
FET was the Cinderella of options for school leavers – but it’s had a massive makeover and is a stronger choice than ever before
CAO countdown: Industries facing skills shortages battle to attract school-leavers
Thousands to apply for courses ahead of this month’s application deadline
Homemakers may be encouraged into workforce to ease skills shortages
‘Economically inactive’ groups could be encouraged into labour force with flexible working hours
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