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Third level education in Ireland is mainly provided by universities and Institutes of Technology – including University College Cork and the Cork Institute of Technology. Universities offer degree programmes at Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral level. Institutes of Technology provide programmes along a progression ladder from certificate to diploma to degree level, as well as postgraduate degrees. Each university and IT produces a prospectus every year, which outlines all its courses and other services and is available free of charge.
People ask which is a better accent: American, Canadian, British, Australian, whatever. People also ask which way is better to speak: American idioms, British slang, outback Australian babble. But, really, think about it... Would you really want to sound like an Aussie or a Brit? Or a Canadian or an American? Especially if you told someone that you were a visitor from Russia or Poland or Greece or China?
The higher education system in Ireland is broad in scope and encompasses the university sector, the institutes of technology, the colleges of education and private, independent colleges. The institutions which fall within the first three groupings are autonomous and self governing, but substantially state funded. The numbers in higher education in Ireland have increased significantly in recent decades with over 55 percent of students who complete second level now going on to higher education. Entry to third level education for Irish students is competitive and based upon performance in the final secondary school examination, the Leaving Certificate. The quality and standard of all Irish educational awards is fully recognized globally.
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Distance education is a method of teaching in which the students are not required to be physically present at a specific location during the term. Most often, regular mail is used to send written material, videos, audiotapes, and CD-ROMs to the student and to turn in the exercises; nowadays e-mail and the Web are used as well. Often students are required to come to meetings at regional offices on specific weekends, for example to take exams. Distance education is offered at all levels, but is most frequently an option for university-level studies.
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If you are looking to change direction in your career or you are a first time job-seeker, you can choose from a large number of education and training programmes funded by FÁS, the VEC, and other Government Departments and agencies. These offer a wide range of full-time and part-time options so you can choose the one that best suits your circumstances.
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