Higher points required due to inflated leaving cert results
The points requirements for college courses are up on last year because of grade inflation in this year’s calculated Leaving Cert. This year’s college offers will go live at two o’clock today. Around 3,600 extra college places have been added this year, to ease some of the pressure…
IT Sligo’s increasing college place offers reflects ambition to achieve university status
IT Sligo has seen strong growth in demand for its engineering courses and some new art-related programmes. The institute has offered college places to over 3000 students in this year’s round one offers out today. Student Affairs Manager at the IT Gerry Hegarty says that’s an increase of about 250…