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- Agriculture and food industries training in Northern Ireland The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has responsibilities in relation to education, training courses for the land-based and food industries and development programmes in Northern Ireland.
- Education system in Ireland There are three distinct levels of education in Ireland: primary, secondary and higher (often known as third-level or tertiary) education.
- Education system in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland has a very high standard of education with over 60% of young people leaving secondary education going on to university or college.
- Exemption from Irish - Ireland The Department of Education and Science allows students in Ireland to apply to be excused from studying Irish in post-primary school. The circumstances in which a student will be given this exemption are very limited. Where a student has lived abroad or does not speak English, they may be exempted. Students with certain disabilities may also be exempted.
- Jobskills and training programmes in Ireland FÁS offers training courses suited to needs of both jobseekers looking for employment (FÁS Jobs Ireland) and employees wishing to take One Step Up and improve their skills.
- Jobskills/Training for Success programme - Northern Ireland The Department for Employment and Learning has recently replaced the Jobskills programme with a new programme called 'Training for Success'.
- North South scholarships Universities Ireland*, which promotes collaboration between universities in Northern Ireland and Ireland, and the Joint Business Council of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation and the Confederation of British Industry, which promotes North-South business co-operation, are offering six bursaries to students
- Qualifications in Ireland and Northern Ireland - comparisons How the different types of qualifications in Ireland and Northern Ireland compare.
- Recognition of qualifications in ireland Under the EU Directives for the Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications, provisions are made whereby Professionals qualified in one (home) Member State can seek professional recognition of their qualifications in another (host) Member State for the purpose of practising their profession in that host Member State.
- Studying in Ireland Ireland offers a diverse range of higher education institutions from traditional Universities to the more recently established Institutes of Technology, Colleges of Education and Independent Colleges. A broad choice of courses is offered across all disciplines.
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