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* ABC Audited Issue

What's in it?

The Guide to 3rd Level & Further Education is the leading guide to options for second-level students in Ireland. The Guide is distributed to guidance counsellors, students, parents and teachers in secondary shools nationwide.
This year's Guide contains several useful articles and information resources that will assist the school-leaver in making the most well informed CAO selection of third-level courses, one that best suits their own unique educational needs and career ambitions. The following is a breakdown of the sections in the Guide.

     What's Next?:

  • An introduction to certification in Ireland and the NFQ (National Framework of Qualifications)
  • A brief guide to third level education
  • A brief guide to further education and PLC courses
  • How apprenticeships and traineeships still represent a realistic option despite the recession 

     Going to College:

  • Helpful advice on finding your ideal career
  • A list of open days from around the country for the upcoming year
  • A guide to student accommodation options, including renting and campus accommodation
  • A detailed examination of the funding options available to students: grants, scholarships, etc.
  • Advice for students with disabilities

     Other Options:
 
  • Repeating the Leaving Cert
  • Going straight into the workforce and applying for jobs with real career and training prospects
  • Studying the UK, the pros and cons, and negotiatiing the UCAS system

 

    CAO Explained:

  • An in-depth guide to the points process and applying to the CAO

    What's my Career?:

  • A comprehensive library of careers (from animator to farmer) providing valuable information such as educational pathways and role descriptions in the career areas listed below.

    Career Areas:

  • Agriculture & Natural Resources
  • Art, Design, Music & Theatre
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Business
  • Computers & IT
  • Construction, Engineering & Property
  • Education
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Health & Medicine
  • Languages, Media & Communications
  • Law
  • Leisure, Travel & Hospitality
  • Public & Civil Services
  • Science & Mathematics

    Where will I Study?:

  • Detailed profiles of all the universities, institutes of technology, colleges of education, state colleges, and independent colleges in Ireland.

    What will I Study?:

  • Details of every third-level course available in Irish institutions of higher education, and of hundres of Further Education courses available around the country

    Course Providers:

  • We offer free listings in the Guide to providers of third-level education in Ireland. Contact us to find out how you can secure your free listing in the 2008/09 Guide (release date - September 2010). You can call us at (01) 2844 738 or email: guide@learningireland.ie
  • All course entries in the Guide can be greatly enhanced with the use of low cost, high impact advertising options. To find out more about the advertising options in the Guide (Release Date: September 2010), call us today on (01) 2844 738 or email: guide@learningireland.ie
  • Advertising in The Guide would put you in good company! Recent editions have featured: UCC, The Defence Forces, DIT, UL, NUI Galway, NUI Maynooth, IADT Dun Laoghaire, Dundalk IT, IT Carlow, IT Sligo, IT Tralee, Waterford IT, Athlone IT, Galway Mayo IT, NCI, DBS, Griffith College, St. Angela's College, Ormonde Business School, City & Guilds and many more.

    Order online:

  • If you would like to order a copy of The 2009/2010 Guide to 3rd Level and Further Education, just click here.