Useful Links
Central Admissions Office
The website of CAO, the Central Admissions Office
National Access Office
The National Office for Equity of Access to Higher Education (National Access Office) was established in the Higher Education Authority in 2003 to facilitate educational access and opportunity for groups who are under-represented in higher education.
Third-level schools participating in the HEAR scheme:
NUI, Maynooth
The website of Maynooth university
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College builds on its four-hundred-year-old tradition of scholarship to confirm its position as one of the great universities of the world, providing a liberal environment where independence of thought is highly valued and where staff and students are nurtured as individuals and are encouraged to achieve their full potential.
University College Dublin
University College Dublin (UCD) is a dynamic, modern university where cutting-edge research and scholarship provide a stimulating intellectual environment - the ideal surroundings for learning and discovery.
Dublin City University
Dublin City University is a young university, situated on an 85 acre campus three miles north of the River Liffey in the city centre and just a 15-minute drive from Dublin airport.
University College Cork
University College Cork is situated in south-west Ireland and was founded as a Queen’s College in 1845. The university has 16,000 full-time students. 13,000 are undergraduate students while 3,000 are on postgraduate programmes.
Dublin Institute of Technology
Dublin Institute of Technology – is one of Irelands largest third level colleges, with eleven thousand full time and eleven thousand part-time students.
University of Limerick
The website of University of Limerick
NUI, Galway
Established in 1845 as Queen's College Galway, NUI Galway is one of Ireland's foremost centres of academic excellence.
Local Authorities:
Contact Information
http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/LocalGovernmentAdministration/LocalAuthorities/
Contact information for local authorities.
VECs
http://www.ivea.ie/committees_search.htm
The website of Irish Vocational Education Association.
Qualifax
Qualifax is Ireland’s National Learners’ Database. It is the “one stop shop” for learners.
The Higher Education Authority
The Higher Education Authority is the statutory planning and development body for higher education and research in Ireland.

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