Podcasts about leaving cert

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Ahmad Abushawish is a 19-year-old writer and activist from Gaza. He has successfully conveyed his voice and the stories of his people through several prestigious platforms, including Al Jazeera, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Electronic Intifada, Prism Reports, and We Are Not Numbers. He is also an alumnus of the Access 16 program. Ahmad aspires to pursue higher education abroad and earn a scholarship at a prestigious university, where he hopes to further develop his skills and amplify the voices of his community. He joins us from Nuseirat, Gaza, hours after he completed his final high school (Leaving Cert equivalent) exams. What a fabulous young man. May he live to fulfill his dreams. Support Dignity for Palestine here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/dignity-for-two-134250846

Grinds360 has announced the launch of its platform focused on supporting students in the Junior Cycle, offering support that gives their members unrestricted access covering 11 subjects. This is the first of its kind solution, which follows a year of success for the business having entered the Senior Cycle market in September 2024. This expansion signals the growing demand for digital and hybrid solutions to learning, with students across Ireland now having access to affordable, high quality grinds. Founded by Ronan Murdock and Brendan Kavanagh, Grinds360 was created out of a shared commitment to both accessibility and excellence in education. The team of dedicated teachers working at Grinds360 recognised a growing gap in Ireland's traditional grinds industry, with its solution posed to democratise access to grinds across the country. With the combination of advanced technology, personalised support, flexibility and teacher quality already working to lessen the pressure on senior cycle students, Grinds360 has established itself as the go-to, digital alternative to traditional grind schools. This approach is now being offered to students preparing for their Junior Cycle exams, combining some of Ireland's leading teachers with cutting-edge technology and an innovative hybrid model. Grinds360 is offering Junior Cycle students and parents two flexible learning plans: a One Year Plan for €899 or a Two Year Plan for students starting in 2nd Year for €1,399. This includes weekly live grinds (available currently for Maths, English, Irish, and Science), on-demand lessons and online masterclasses in 7 other subjects, textbooks, digital notes, a study skills programme, and access to the online Summer Irish Programme, ensuring they have the tools and support needed to succeed. "We're bringing the same successful model from Leaving Cert to Junior Cycle, one membership provides unlimited access to all 11 subjects and every revision course, no restrictions. Plus, members get live weekly grinds in English, Irish, Maths, and Science. Tapping into how young people normally interact with and retain information like this makes learning more intuitive, fun and engaging. "This is especially important for Junior Cycle students entering secondary school, who are often gaining access to digital tools in the classroom for the first time. Something as simple as having access to a quick lesson on the daily commute to school is setting a new benchmark for how education is being delivered in Ireland," said CEO and Co-Founder of Grinds 360, Ronan Murdock, speaking on this news. One year on from launch, Grinds360 has achieved explosive growth with over 3,000 paying members and 18,000 app users. With 65% of signups coming from outside of Dublin to date, the edtech company now wants to give junior cycle students the same access. Brendan Kavanagh, Chairman and Co-Founder, added: "We've already seen our approach enhance Leaving Certificate preparation in Ireland, now we're doing the same for students ahead of the Junior Cycle exams. The earlier young people receive tailored support, unique to their needs and ways of learning, the better. But no student should feel forced to move to a grind school to access this support. This breaks the bond with their school, teachers, and classmates. Grinds360 offers young people a better solution and a choice, and it's a privilege to be a part of driving this change forward." Students can now sign up for Grinds360 on their website, with grinds in both the Leaving and Junior Cycle. Subjects available at Junior Cycle level include English, Irish, Maths, Science, Geography, History, Business Studies, Home Economics, Spanish, German and French. See more stories here. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https:...

PJ talks to Chisom who coded his own online grinds website because the gap in the market is that students want to learn online now at their own pace, where they are. See also chezegrinds.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many people are pondering their futures following last week’s Leaving Cert results and the release of CAO offers earlier this week. But it’s not just school leavers who are considering their career and education options. Applications are open for the Kerry College course in journalism, podcasting and radio which runs in partnership with Radio Kerry. Radio Kerry’s Joe McGill is lead tutor on the course along with fellow mentor and tutor Connie Broderick. Jerry spoke to Joe and to Phena Mulligan who’s admissions officer with Kerry College Admissions Office. Phena also outlines some of the other opportunities and courses on offer from Kerry College.

Clare's Leaving Cert students are set to receive their CAO Round 1 offers later today. Those who received their results last Friday will be able to view their offers on the CAO website from 2pm this afternoon. Students around the county will be hoping the first installment of grade deflation, which took effect this year, won't impair their chances of enrolling in their preferred course. Branch Chairperson of Clare IGC, manager of CareerFocus.ie and Ennis Community College guidance counsellor, Mary Tyrell is urging students to reach out for support if they don't get their desired offer.

Niall asks is the Leaving Cert outdated, is it just a memory test?

Niall asks is the Leaving Cert outdated, is it just a memory test?

PJ talks to teacher Brian who says that the changes to the Leaving Cert could see some job difficulties depending on which union you are in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ talks to Niamh and her mum who campaigned for proper accommodations in the Leaving Cert for people like her and guess what? She got them and aced it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I remember when you got your Leaving Cert results,” Sorcha's old man goes. “I don't think I've ever been more proud of you, Dorling.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Padraig Curley, President of the ASTI, on the Leaving Cert results and plans to reform the State examinations

Helen McEntee, Minister for Education and Youth, on this year's Leaving Certificate results and how proposed changes are leading to threats of industrial action by teachers

Emma O'Kelly, Education correspondent

Mikhailo Skridchenko

Maura Fay, RTE Reporter, Dan Sheedy, Principal of the Tuition Centre, W'App: Aileen Hickie, CEO of Parentline

PJ hears from the Class of 2025 on Leaving Cert results day, hears Paul Byrne talking to a woman with a warning on mini-fridges, learns of a way to beat the concert ticket scammers. And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ first spoke to Hugh when he was with ISSU, the secondary schools students union and today he got his results. He tells us what the mood is like Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To the Leaving Cert students of 2025, we here in Radio Kerry wish you the very best. Entrepreneur, film-maker and photojournalist Jerry Kennelly shared his perspective on today. Later on in the show, Jerry read a social media post from Paula Silles whose son Luke died following a water accident in Fenit. Luke had been due to sit his Leaving Cert in June.

The class of 2025 has been awarded fewer top grades as grade deflation is introduced for the first time since the 2020 inflation.The proportion of H1s is down by 2.6% and O1s down by 2.1% compared to last year. Questions are now being asked about what this will mean for CAO offers next week.Matt was joined by Irish Times Education Columnist and Guidance Counsellor Brian Mooney and President of Teacher Union Ireland Anthony Quinn to discuss the results

Leaving Cert students in Clare are pouring over their results this afternoon. Over 1,500 young people across the county have been receiving their final grades since 10am this morning. The anxious wait is over for Clare's 1,412 Leaving Cert and 103 Leaving Cert Applied students, who have been receiving their results online and in person at schools across the county today. This year's results are down due to grade deflation, with top grades down by around 2 per cent. It's the first stage of phasing out grade inflation, which was brought in during the pandemic. Close to 100 Ennis Community College/Gaelcholáiste an Chláir alumni gathered in person to see how they fared and these students have been telling Clare FM how they got on. It begins a busy week for the county's outgoing leaving cer students, with the first round of CAO offers issued on Wednesday, before the appeals window opens on Sunday, August 31st. Guidance Counsellor at St Joseph's Secondary School in Tulla, Donna Ní Ghallchobhair, is advising students to reach out for assistance if they're unsure what steps to take next. She says everyone's pathway after their exams is different, given the array of options available. Meanwhile, Clare Gardaí are urging caution as those who received their results head out to celebrate. Keeping your phone charged, planning where you're headed and how to get home, and staying in touch with a parent throughout the night are the key pieces of advice they've issued. Operational Garda in Ennis, Eoin Cummins says everyone should take responsibility for both themselves and their friend group.

Over 1,500 Clare students will receive the results of their state exams today. The portal to view both Leaving Cert and Leaving Cert Applied results opens at 10am this morning. 1,412 students sat the Leaving Cert this summer, while a further 103 undertook the LCA examination. This year marks the first of the State Examination Commission's attempt to return grade levels to that of 2019, the last pre-pandemic Leaving Cert year. Alan Morrissey was speaking with Donna Ní Ghallchobhair, Guidance Counsellor from St Joseph's Secondary School in Tulla. To give advice for students going out tonight to celebrate receiving their Leaving Cert results, Alan morrissey was joined by Sergeant Dominic Regan, community policing sergeant for Ennis and Garda Eoin Cummins, operational garda in Ennis.

More than 65,000 students across the country received their Leaving Cert results today, which marked the first stage in a planned return to pre-pandemic grading levels. Minister for Further and Higher Education, James Lawless, discusses what this means for students and the third-level sector.

More than 60,000 students are set to receive their Leaving Certificate results today, To run through the breakdown of the results we are joined Gemma Lawlor, Guidance Counsellor at Tyndall College Carlow.

Leaving cert results come out today. Jonathan and Ciara discusses the leaving cert exams and memories of getting results.

It's a huge day for almost 60 thousand students as they nervously await their Leaving Cert Results. We speak to Minister for Education Helen McEntee.

Things you're guaranteed to hear on Leaving Cert results day, The Golden Ticket and Emma Ranks: Bear in the Big Blue House songs

Today over 65,000 students got their Leaving Cert Result. Henry McKean visited St Mary's Girls Secondary School Baldoyle Dublin as students got their results.

The anticipation of receiving your leaving cert results is stressful, and the results themselves can be disappointing, especially if you hold yourself to a high standard. Adding to the pressure is the fact that grades have been “deflated” post-Covid, which will impact deferrals. We get all the detail and advice from Brian Mooney Guidance counsellor and columnist with The Irish Times.

It's a huge day for almost 60 thousand students as they nervously await their Leaving Cert Results. We speak to Minister for Education Helen McEntee.

We got a peek into everyone's lives celebrating exam results and what their leaving Cert song was and is

Social Anxiety , The Beach , TV Themes , Hugging , Bird Poo , Pregnant Robot , Fruit , Baby Shark , Rose of Tralee ,Shampoo, AI Clones , The Sunday Roast , The Leaving Cert and loads more .....

The potential impact of strike action by school secretaries and caretakers, advice for students and loved ones on Leaving Cert results day, Irish Life Health price hikes, Cork's Improv stars gearing up for their Summer extravaganza, the Irish adventurer who is set to walk Ireland's longest road for Gaza, we hear about Corrin Nature Reserve's Sunflower Day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With CAO Offers Day around the corner, thousands of young Irish students are at a pivotal moment in their lives. For some however, the journey to college and beyond is different to what they expected, and we want to shine a light on some of those stories. For this episode of The Studyclix Podcast, Luke talks to  TikToker (and former Studyclix Ambassador!) Jake Glendon, who is hoping to start his first year in college this September after taking a gap year following his Leaving Cert. Jake talks about the moment he realised a gap year was right for him, the ups and downs of that decision, and what advice he would give to students considering the same. For more gap year advice and general tips about school and exams, check out Jake's TikTok here. ------ Got an idea you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Drop us a line at info@studyclix.ie, or reach out to us on social media. Our DMs are always open

With Leaving Cert results out tomorrow, students are being reminded that if results don't go their way, there are still plenty of no-points Bachelor's Degrees options available to them. For more on this Tanya Jones - Deputy Director of the National Tertiray Office and Fiona O'Malley - CEO of Turn2Me.

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With the Leaving Cert results around the corner, there is an annual debate on whether or not it is the correct way to set students up for life. Many people think it is a great set up, while others feel it should be totally scrapped.Joining Andrea to discuss is singer-songwriter Mary Coughlan, Principal at Alexandra College Dublin, Barbara Ennis and more.

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guests Conor Murphy and Natasha Waugh, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This August, we are taking a look at the films on the Irish Leaving Certificate Curriculum. This week, Celine Song's Past Lives. Nora Moon was just twelve years old when her family emigrated from South Korea to Canada. Moving to New York to pursue a career as a writer, Nora tries her best to stay in contact with her childhood friend Hae Sung, who remained in Seoul. Time passes and the pair drift out of contact. Years later, Hae Sung reaches out to let Nora know that he will be visiting New York, causing Nora to confront and re-evaluate many of her life choices. At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

The ASTI has warned that if the planned reforms to the Leaving Certificate go ahead, they may go on strike with their over 20 thousand members. This issue stems from questions about facility quality and fears about generative AI.Joining Kieran to outline the issues, and explain their reasoning is the President of the ASTI and practical teacher Padraig Curley.

So – yeah, no – we're in the cor, on the way to the airport, to collect Honor, who's coming home from her Leaving Cert holiday in, believe it or not, Magaluf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A studio has highlighted the stark gender gap in STEM subjects at Leaving Cert level. Just over 43% of female Leaving Cert students studied another STEM subject outside of biology, such as agricultural science, applied maths, or construction studies. This compares to 70.3% when it comes to Leaving Cert boys. Dr. Liz Coleman joined Fionnuala in studio to talk about the effects this has in third level education

There is still a stark gender gap in the Leaving Cert, with boys still more likely than girls to be studying physics, chemistry, engineering and other STEM subjects, new figures show. Ciara and Shane discussed further.

New figures show that there is a sizeable gender gap in the leaving cert subject choice, with boys more likely than girls to be studying Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and other STEM subjects. Why is this so? Pat discusses this further with Stella O'Malley, Psychotherapist and Author and Brendan Gildea, Maths teacher and Author.

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with week with special guests Conor Murphy and Niall Murphy, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This August, we are taking a look at the films on the Irish Leaving Certificate Curriculum. This week, Colm Bairéad's An Cailín Ciúin. As her mother prepare to give birth to a second child, young Cait is sent down the country to live with her middle-aged cousins for the summer. While there, Cait learns a lot about Eibhlín and Seán, and a lot about growing up. At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Niall discusses if Gaeltacht courses should be made mandatory for Leaving Cert students

Niall discusses if Gaeltacht courses should be made mandatory for Leaving Cert students

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with week with special guest Conor Murphy, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This August, we are taking a look at the films on the Irish Leaving Certificate Curriculum. This week, Gabriele Salvatores' Io non ho paura. In Italy, during the late 1970s, Michele Amitrano is enjoying the pleasures of a youth that seems like it might last last forever. One day, Michele makes a strange and unsettling discovery about what lurks in a strange hole on the edge of the village's golden fields. What Michele finds might shake his world to its very foundations.

A West Clare teacher claims schools aren't sufficiently resourced to teach reformed curriculum coming in this September. At the beginning of the coming school year, nine new and revised Leaving Cert subject specifications will be introduced, with each of these to be worth 40% of students' final grade in the Leaving Cert. Teachers' representatives associations have previously called for the reforms to be delayed amid concerns around preparedness. St Joseph's Kilkee Community College teacher and former Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland president, Geraldine O'Brien, believes it's rushed.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless is strongly encouraging students and their families to visit susi.ie to see if they're eligible for grant support because of expanded eligibility criteria. Undergraduate students whose household's reckonable income is under €115,000 may be eligible for financial support. Students do not need to have their Leaving Cert results or to have accepted a course to apply. Minister Lawless said: " I am very aware of the costs for students and families when attending further and higher education. That is why my department expanded eligibility for grants by increasing income thresholds to provide greater support. Undergraduate students whose household's reckonable income is under €115,000 may now be eligible for financial support". "These improvements are long-term sustainable improvements which mark a significant step towards easing the financial burden on further and higher education students," he added. Budget 2025 provided substantial improvements to the Student Grant Scheme, including: An increase to the income threshold for the special rate of grant from €26,200 to €27,400 in line with increases in social welfare rates. An increase to all other maintenance and student contribution grant thresholds by at least 15%. An increase to the income deduction for student earnings outside of term time from €7,925 to €8,424, effective for the 2025/26 academic year. An expansion of the eligibility criteria to allow students who have certain immigration permissions to apply for grants. An Increase to the Postgraduate Fee Contribution threshold to €64,315. Also, the Part-Time Fee Scheme for Specified Undergraduate Courses 2025 will see over 100 courses eligible, an increase from 62. A full list of the courses is available on www.susi.ie, and the income threshold to avail of support has also increased to €64,315. Minister Lawless said: "All of these improved supports take effect from September this year. I would strongly urge students and parents to visit the SUSI website on www.susi.ie for further information and to find out if they are eligible for a grant." Students who are planning to attend further or higher education in the 2025/26 academic year can access www.susi.ie to check eligibility and/or make an application for grant support. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https://anchor.fm/irish-tech-news If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.

The 2025 Leaving Cert exams are finally a thing of the past and 18-year-olds have begun their annual pilgrimage to party hotspots across southern Europe to blow off steam after a year of study.And while these trips are regarded as a rite of passage for some students, it can also be a worrying time for parents, with some tracking their children for the entire holiday.Last week, Irish Times reporter Niamh Browne travelled to the Greek island of Zakynthos, or Zante as it's better know, where she spent a week speaking to South Dublin students, local Greek residents and even the mayor of the island.Why did these students choose to travel to Zante, how do they pay for these holidays and how bad is the drugs and drink scene on the party strip?And are parents taking things a step too far by online tracking, and sometimes following, their children on their post-Leaving Cert overseas celebration?Today, on In The News, What happens in Zante, stays in Zante. That is, until now ...Presented by Sorcha Pollak. Produced by Suzanne Brennan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A trend with Leaving Cert holidays seems to be parents letting their kids go on holidays, on condition that they allow their parents to track their location during the holiday. Cyberpsychology lecturer at IADT, and co-host of the ‘In Bits' podcast, Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton, chatted with Brendan about the rights and wrongs of tracking technology.