Brought to you by SOLAS Here’s how you can set your sights on your ideal career… Leaving school and heading out into the big bad world can seem incredibly daunting to many. With so many varied paths ahead of you, it’s hard to be sure you’re making the right choices. Thankfully, we’ve got something that […]

4 years ago

“All 144 candidates affected by this issue have been contacted and notified.” State exam chiefs have apologised after a computer error affected the grades of 144 Leaving Cert Applied (LCA) students. The mistake was in relation to the personal reflection task, which is an LCA component worth 10 out of 190 credits. The State Examination […]

4 years ago

Half of all applicants received their first choice, with that figure climbing to 90% for level 6 and 7 applicants. There has been a significant rise in the points required for a majority of courses in 2021 as CAO offers were released on Tuesday. Leaving Cert students and other CAO (Central Applications Office) applicants throughout […]

4 years ago

“Higher grades do mean higher points.” There are concerns that students reapplying to the CAO this year will be affected by the grades awarded to the Leaving Certificate class of 2020. JOE spoke to a large cohort of people who feel they have been forgotten in the midst of this year’s Leaving Cert crisis. This […]

6 years ago

The lads are on the ball, as ever. Just last week Leaving Cert students got their CAO offers. Thousands of teenagers around the country were offered a college course, and the next few years of those teenagers lives will be defined by whether they click ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Obviously, they can change courses at any […]

8 years ago

CAO offers are out… Over 50,000 college hopefuls are set to receive their CAO results on Monday morning and many students look to have applied for more job-friendly courses. Figures reveal that 52% of those who applied for an honours degree programme have been offered their first preference, while 80% were offered their first, second […]

8 years ago