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WIT sets up virtual drop-in and chatroom for Kilkenny students in run-up to third-level decision

By Kilkenny Now 31st May 2020 0

Waterford Institute of Technology is going above and beyond to help Kilkenny’s leaving certificate students make that crucial decision about their college selection. With one out of every four students in county Kilkenny from last year’s leaving cert class choosing a course in WIT and one-in-three students from the south-east region choosing to take up […]

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Kilkenny students urged to register early for Leaving Certificate portal in case it crashes

By Kilkenny Now 26th May 2020 0

Leaving Certificate students in Kilkenny are being urged to register for their online projected grades as soon as possible in case there are any issues accessing the portal. This morning the Department of Education opened the Calculated Grades Student Portal for this year’s 60,000 Leaving Certificate. The portal was created when it was decided sitting […]

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‘That is the question’ – Lecturers publish Leaving Cert study guides to help Kilkenny students with Shakespeare

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2020 0

A group of local lecturers are trying to assist Kilkenny Leaving Cert students as much as possible by publishing study guides for the Bard of Avon. With many students still unsure whether the exams are “to be, or not to be,” lecturers at in Waterford Institute of Technology’s Humanities School have produced two short and […]

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Leaving Cert and Junior Cert oral exams cancelled, all Kilkenny students to receive top marks

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2020 0

All Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate oral exams have been cancelled and all students will receive full marks, it was confirmed this morning. And the deadline for submissions for the practical and coursework part of the subjects have been extended until May 15. The news will come as a massive relief to Kilkenny students who […]

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Kilkenny student ‘shocked’ after getting perfect Leaving Cert

By Kilkenny Now 13th August 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY student picked up a perfect Leaving Certificate,  getting 8 H1s in her exams. Ellen O’Carroll from Lisdowney sat her exams at Presentation Secondary School in Kilkenny city. It’s the second year in a row a student at the all-girls school in Loughboy had a student attain the perfect leaving certificate. […]