Ms Izzy Fitzpatrick:

In most schools, there are teachers who have been assigned a role around careers and advice but they are teachers who have their own subjects and obligations already. In the majority of cases, it is an additional responsibility and therefore, allocation of time to this role is a struggle.

From speaking to students who are applying this year, many must research on their own, using the limited information available to them. They then have to advocate to their schools on what needs done. For example, in the CAO system, a stamped certificate of exams results is needed and students are having to go back again and again to their school-----