Third Level

The second-year law student at University of Galway on discrimination she has faced as a Traveller and how education became her refuge

I regarded university as a resource to be used, not a place to be told what to do

Ask Roe: Know what is healthy and unhealthy in a relationship, practise and value kindness, make a point of being yourself, and understand consent

USC, inheritance tax, childcare, child benefit, social welfare, college fees, VAT rate: How the budget will affect parents, students, renters, mortgage holders, farmers, pensioners and carers

Simon Harris, Micheál Martin, Holly Cairns and others reply to letters from students and recent graduates on the key issues they face today

Trinity College Dublin lecturer and author Kevin Power gives his take on students’ use of AI to help them with exam papers

Intermezzo author explains how she treats quotation marks in her writing

Phenomenon reversed for mature students, with those receiving support more likely to finish

Former taoiseach warns against populism and prejudice but concedes immigration a challenge for Irish society

Not everyone gets the same start in life, but some organisations are doing their best to address disadvantages

Third-level student says smoking weed is so normalised you might need to make an excuse for not wanting to smoke

Having students and new graduates take over The Irish Times Magazine for an edition has been exciting, challenging, inspiring and mildly terrifying

Sinn Féin and Labour express support for scrapping €3,000 student registration charge, but two main Government parties say boosting student grants is more equitable

Many students say they are forced to commute long distances due to accommodation shortages

One of best-kept secrets for access to third level is a new route that does not require Leaving Cert points

How recent graduates can adapt to and thrive in their new work environment.

Resources must be allocated to each link in the higher education chain to guarantee the Irish system can deliver for its students, society and the economy

Prof Linda Doyle warns of ‘a slow retreat from competitiveness and attractiveness’ as world-class education threatened by high student-staff ratios

As the college year begins, we’ve scoured the country for some of the best budget food offers out there

No matter what option he eventually chooses, he has until the end of sixth year to make his choices

About 15% of students starting out on their degree course this month will fail to progress to second year, Dropping out, however, doesn’t necessarily mean screwing up: many go on to find their true calling

University of Galway president says top students may end up going overseas

Our experts answer questions about results, appeals, deferrals, CAO points and more.

Just over half of this year’s college applicants secure their first choice in CAO offers

Dentistry, health, veterinary medicine, business and management courses among those most in demand

The rules of the CAO are explicit: applicants can move up, not down, their course preference list

Here are the key considerations to weigh up before deciding whether to repeat your Leaving Certificate

Widely-held belief that CAO points are determined by colleges in advance and remain relatively constant is incorrect.

Move to include expanded intakes for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, podiatric medicine and physiotherapy programmes

The merits of having the right mindset to seed big discoveries, which in the case of David MacMillan and Frances Arnold led to a Nobel prize

Finding comes from office’s ‘change of mind’ data, which details students’ third level course choices as of July 1st deadline

Research has found universities play a key role in perpetuating unsustainability and are increasingly being run as businesses

Children of professionals get average of 464 points compared with 326 for those born to lowest-skilled parents

€92m hole in college finances due to unfunded pay awards for thousands of staff agreed by Government, says association

Prof Hugh Brady, who helped establish Imperial College London as the UK’s highest ranking university, warns that Irish colleges are suffering

Science Foundation Ireland will in the High Court attempt to justify its decision to dismiss Nolan as director general of the State agency

UCD narrows gap by jumping 45 places to 126th in latest QS World University Rankings

There are lots of options available, but there is a financial cost to repeating or starting a new degree course

Protesters from pro-Palestine encampment occupied University Club before being removed

We have a problem with low class attendance, poor engagement and declining student mental health