Third Level

News and advice covering the third level education system.

Trinity College Dublin renames former Berkeley Library after poet Eavan Boland

The Eavan Boland Library will be the first building on Trinity’s campus to be named after a woman

‘I got 550 points in my Leaving Cert. I’ve always had this feeling that I had a purpose in life’

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

My approach to college resulted in a just-about-scraped-a-pass degree. I regret nothing

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

Dating in college: ‘It can be easy to throw around the phrase healthy relationship’

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

Budget 2025: Tax cut, mortgage interest relief and other measures in Coalition’s final roll of the dice

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

‘I refuse to accept the horror that has become the status quo’: what did politicians say when students wrote to them about their lives?

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

ChatGPT on campus: ‘Silicon Valley overlords have unleashed one of their ingenious, idiotic products, dismissing the downsides’

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

Sally Rooney: ‘I think I should have read more at university’

Intermezzo author explains how she treats quotation marks in her writing

Young students with Susi grants less likely to complete degree, study finds

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

Varadkar says immigration numbers have risen too quickly in Ireland

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

‘We’re facing huge issues at the moment keeping kids in school’: Meet three Irish groups making a difference to young people’s lives

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

‘You see coke every second night you’re out’: students and drugs on campus

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

As tail-end Gen X, I do not speak fluent student. They can speak for themselves

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

Abolishing college fees not a priority if returned to Government, say Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil

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

Universities required to phase out car parking in some areas under climate targets

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

One of best-kept secrets for access to college is a new route that does not require CAO points

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

10 tips on how to prepare for the workforce

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

Technological universities are an essential part of third level and deserve funding

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

Irish universities risk ‘quiet and gradual decline’ due to funding shortages, Trinity provost warns

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

Food on a student budget: our pick of the best dining-out deals for college students

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

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