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How a business course can put you on the right path Graduates with a combination of business skills and experience are well positioned for jobs market

How a business course can put you on the right path Graduates with a combination of business skills and experience are well positioned for jobs market

Co-operative education: finding the positive What if the internship doesn't live up to expectations, asks Darren Campion

Co-operative education: finding the positive What if the internship doesn't live up to expectations, asks Darren Campion

Opinion: Report on college fees must be published Funding for higher education has not featured in the discussions on Government formation

Opinion: Report on college fees must be published Funding for higher education has not featured in the discussions on Government formation

Respect not the only challenge for women's game Donagh Corby finds cause for hope amid the challenges faced by women's soccer in Ireland

Respect not the only challenge for women's game Donagh Corby finds cause for hope amid the challenges faced by women's soccer in Ireland

Mental health campaigners protest cuts outside Dáil Hundreds demonstrate against reallocation of €12m from State’s mental health budget

Mental health campaigners protest cuts outside Dáil Hundreds demonstrate against reallocation of €12m from State’s mental health budget

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The lecture is being lost as students stay away

Opinion: Now that students can access notes online, many are deciding that going in is not worth the effort. This is a mistake

Gardaí examine the scene at Greenstar Recyling, Bray, Co Wicklow, where the body of a newborn baby was found. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins

5 things you need to know today

Morning news briefing: Enda's Independents, Burton to quit?, US hacking law, NI polls open, Danny Healy-Rae's take on the weather

Report on college fees must be published

Trinity College Dublin. Photographer: Dara Mac Dónaill 18/8/05.

Funding for higher education has not featured in the discussions on Government formation

DCU plans €230m expansion across four Dublin campuses

Dublin City University has announced a €230million plan to expand its presence across four separate campuses in the north of the capital. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / The Irish Times

Planned development on city’s north side will see student population approach 20,000

Trinity students earn long awaited graduation to Divison 1A

File photo dated 23/4/2016 Dublin University have earned promotion to Division 1A Photograph: Inpho/Tommy Dickson

Ulster Bank League round-up: UCC take narrow playoff win over Blackrock

Accountancy exam paper dispute referred to EU court

The Supreme Court has unanimously agreed to ask the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to determine whether a man’s accountancy exam paper counts as personal data. File photograph: Getty Images

Peter Nowak claims he is entitled to access his script under the Data Protection Acts

Mental health campaigners protest cuts outside the Dáil

People protest against the diversion of €12m from the State’s mental health budget, outside Leinster House, Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

Hundreds demonstrate against reallocation of €12m from State’s mental health budget

Open letter to Minister Leo Varadkar

Kevin Donoghue president of the Union of Students in Ireland, Shari McDaid director of Mental Health Reform, Lynn Ruane newly-elected Independent Senator during a protest against the mental health budget diversion of €12 million outside Leinster House, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Student Evie Alkin has written to the Minister for Health over plans to remove €12m from the health budget

Tackling gender barriers to sporting equality

Sporting heroes: Waterford’s Trish Jackman, Cork’s Bríd Stack, Roscommon’s Amanda McLoone and Tyrone’s Shannon Quinn. Photograph: Inpho

Progress is being made but it is painstakingly slow, writes Aisling McCabe

Ireland an expensive, educated and fertile EU state, CSO finds

Prices in Ireland were 22.3 per cent above the European Union average in 2014, making the State the fourth most expensive place to live in the bloc, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has said. Photograph: Michaela Rehle/Reuters.

Report on country’s progress notes young population, low divorce rate and high debt

Postgraduate Options

You may have to search long and hard, as many scholarships and bursaries are not widely publicised or promoted

When paying their way is not an option for graduates

Education
John Cradden
March 9, 2016, 17:05

University scholarships and bursaries can make further study a possibility for many

How to find the right postgraduate course for you

Education
Brian Mooney
March 8, 2016, 12:38

Differentiating between what’s on offer and ensuring your course has credibility in the labour market is key

Richard Lally with Dr Rosemary O’Hara at Carlow IT’s enviroCORE (Centre of Research and Enterprise in BioEnvironmental Technologies) research centre

Wide range of postgrads in institutes of technology and other third-levels

Education
Peter McGuire
March 8, 2016, 12:41

Institutes of technology have courses to cater to every interest – from finance to computing and from cyberpsychology to medical device design

The most popular postgrads in Irish universities

Subject matters: the courses that can be studied by postgraduate students in Ireland range from computer science and international management to Irish history and Irish traditional music

Education
Peter McGuire
March 8, 2016, 12:43

There is a wide range of courses for students wishing to embark on further study

Postgraduate options: Moving up a level to master the job market

Working collaboratively: Several institutions, including Trinity, UCD and DCU offer interdisciplinary master’s degrees. Photograph: Getty

Education
Brian Mooney
March 8, 2016, 12:42

Research shows that advanced degree holders are more employable and earn higher salaries

Matching your skills with those in demand in today’s labour market

Education
Brian Mooney
March 8, 2016, 12:40

Postgraduate programme will add set of cross-sectoral skills to enhance employability

Postgraduate Profile: Hannah Cartwright

Hannah Cartwright: “Without a vocational degree it was incredibly difficult to get into the area I wanted – advertising”

Education
Aine McMahon
March 8, 2016, 12:47

MSc in Advertising at Dublin Institute of Technology

Postgraduate profile: Stephen Monaghan

Education
Aine McMahon
March 8, 2016, 12:46

MA in international security and conflict at Dublin City University

Postgraduate profile: Naomi Cassidy

Naomi Cassidy: “I am really interested in marketing and that was my specialisation in my final year of the undergraduate degree”

Education
March 8, 2016, 12:45

Studying at the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School in UCD

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From college to employment

Student Hub
January 6, 2016, 10:00

Christmas is over and it won't be long before the summer is upon us. For some it will be time to start thinking of trying for that great job, whether full-time or part-time.

The job offer: Should you accept the first offer – what if it’s not really what you want?

Focus on First Year

Work, rest or play? There’s a lot to get your head around in the first few months of college, not all of it academic: NCAD students Aoife Irwin Moore and Eimear Walshe at a preview of the 2014 NCAD Graduate Show. Photograph: Naoise Culhane

How to get the most out of college

You’re not in school any more – this is the start of your independent adult life and on the way you’ll find out who you are but also make countless mistakes. How can you maximise your time at third level?

Careers

A medical student at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin

Life after you graduate: what are the best options for you?

Nora Ide McAuliffe

There are plenty of options available to students in their final year, from graduate programmes to working abroad or further study

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What's in a name? Seven years of genealogical delving

Offbeat

‘Philly Jesus’ arrested after blocking store aisle with cross

‘Philly Jesus’ arrested after blocking store aisle with cross

Michael Grant wanders Philadelphia streets in robes and performs fountain baptisms

10-year-old spots Instagram bug, receives $10,000 reward

10-year-old spots Instagram bug, receives $10,000 reward

Finnish boy says ‘bug bounty’ money will go towards buying a football and a new bike

FIlm & Music

Lucile Hadihalilovic: “I liked that the women were the threat in the new movie.” Photograph: Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images

Lucile Hadihalilovic: ‘The first idea was the male pregnancy and the hospital’

Film

French writer-director Lucile Hadihalilovic’s transfixing new film Evolution will subvert everything you thought you knew about procreation

Fashion

Fashion Forward: Irish graduate style and designer steals

Fashion

Also: tights for warmer weather and Stella McCartney’s Brown Thomas collection

Theatre

From left, Liam Burke, PJ Brady, Angela Harding, Sheila Flitton and Michael Judd at the Irish Theatre Institute, Dublin. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne

Older actors strike back against an ageist system

The Prime project helps older actors to get on top of cyber auditions and to get ahead in a notoriously ageist industry

Student Resources

Study: How to find the right course

More than half of all undergraduates now go on to postgraduate study and there are plenty of courses to choose from

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Weekly News Quiz Between lectures? Have a minute to spare? Try our weekly news quiz and see how much you really know....

1916 guide People, places and events: The Irish Times guide to the 1916 centenary

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Second Captains Ken meets Kevin to discuss Leicester, drugs in football and six packs

I used to think God put me on this planet to win Heineken Cups and Six Nations championships. I was wrong

RO'CK ‘I could tell you the word she used except “The Irish Times” probably wouldn’t print it’

Career Path Chartered tax adviser Lorcan Kelly

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Wildfire engulfs Canadian city

BRAY BABY: Gardaí at the scene at Greenstar Recycling, Fassaroe, Bray, Co Wicklow where the body of a new born baby was discovered on Wednesday. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

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