Students in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway are more likely to stay within their own county to study at third level.

With the CAO deadline looming, choosing the right course really is at the forefront of everyone’s mind.

In the months ahead, there are two schemes specifically designed to help broaden access to third-level for students who have a disability, or who are from a disadvantaged background.

In a bid to address the gender imbalance at a senior level across third level education, twenty new professorships specifically for women are to be in place by this September.

Cork Institute of Technology is considering fining students for drink or drug-fuelled anti-social behaviour.

Mentorship is key to helping Traveller students progress to third level, according to a member of the Travelling community who has become the first woman in her family to graduate.

Official statistics on college students’ drug use are to be compiled across all higher education institutions nationwide as part of an action plan tackling substance abuse in third level.

From the best restaurant to the best university, we are continuously engulfed with never-ending reports on rankings. Losing a Michelin star or dropping a number of places in a list of universities can cause near-panic.

The highest number of Leaving Certificate appeals on record has been lodged this year by students unhappy with their results — the same year that significant changes to the process have been introduced.

Students can look forward to a healthy jobs market for the foreseeable future according to Ken Murphy of CareerWise Recruitment who says the market for graduates and others with qualifications has rarely been as healthy with many sectors at near full employment.

I chose Commerce because it is an extremely broad sector of Business.

I chose to study Commerce and French at NUIG because I had always excelled at French and business in school. I also enjoyed accounting and wanted to keep up with it.

Helen Kelleher speaks with Lisa Daunt, guidance counsellor at Kinsale Community College.

For those who did not get the results they wanted, or indeed needed, repeating the Leaving Certificate is probably the first option they will consider, writes Trish McGrath, principal of Hewitt College.

Students say they are facing a growing accommodation crisis, with every college in the country increasing the cost of their on-campus living for the new academic term.