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Memories of my schooldays — I work with young people now in Youthreach Tuam, Youthreach is a second chance Education Centre, more often than not a lot of the young people who leave mainstream secondary school or just cannot fit into the system that is in place, come to Youthreach. What I think is completely wrong is the fact that some mainstream schools are not offering the Leaving Cert Applied, an alternative Leaving Cert, for those who just find the traditional Leaving Cert to difficult. I went to Presentation College in Headford. It was a great school. You could call it a border school as many of my classmates were from Shrule, Cong, the Neale, Kilmaine.

Galway Community College has been successfully running a QQI Level 5 biomedical/laboratory skills course for the past five years. This course gives students many options to progress into university degree courses and to access employment in the thriving MedTech sector in Galway.

UCD is Ireland's first choice university among Level 8 CAO applicants. Internationally, UCD continues to rank in the top one per cent worldwide of higher education institutions. Since 2017 UCD is No 1 in Ireland for graduate employability. It is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities and ranked No 1 in the US News & World Report's Best Global University Rankings. UCD has been chosen as University of the Year 2020 by The Sunday Times.

Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) is a modern third-level institute on the cusp of becoming a technological university. Over the course of its 50-year history, the institute has established itself as a centre of academic excellence with an applied, industry-focused, offering, world-class research and development capabilities, and state-of-the-art sporting facilities.

The Galway Community College (GCC) legal secretary, medical secretary and office administrator course is an extremely popular course due to its continued success rate. Some 85 per cent of its graduates obtain full-time and part-time employment in a legal practice, medical practice, hospital administration, public service, and as office administrators in multinational companies within six months of graduating. The remainder of the students progress to higher education courses in the GMIT and NUIG and apprenticeship programmes.

Choosing a university and undergraduate course is never an easy decision. A broad range of factors have to be weighed up, and even then, the best conclusion is not always clear. However, a deciding factor for many people is the employability record of graduates.

As the normal closing date for CAO is fast approaching on February 1 2021, students who wish to be considered for HEAR or DARE must remember to have indicated this by ticking the boxes accordingly on their CAO form before this deadline. If a student does not meet this deadline his/her HEAR/DARE application will not be considered further. It is also very important to start gathering any supporting documentation that may be needed to complete the application now if you have not already started this process.

NUI Galway Access Centre provides pathways for current second level students who are generally under-represented at third level to progress to university. The Access Centre targets young adults who have a real desire to study at third level but are unable to do so due to financial or social reasons or because of a disability.

The academic year 2020-2021 began like no other, with a hybrid model of on-site practicals and virtual lectures. Following national guidelines, St Angela's College has put in place the measures required to ensure the safety of students and staff on campus at all times. With semester two now started, the college will continue to plan according to national safety guidelines.

Galway Community College offers full-time courses in a wide variety of vocational areas designed as a step towards skilled employment or progression to higher education institutes and universities.