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Wednesday 23 September 2020
The Higher Education Minister faced questions about claims students in private schools had been unfairly marked down under the system.
This afternoon’s Round One offers is official confirmation of whether students got their preferred course.
Ronan Cloney (20) Cloney has been trying to ensure fairness for deferred CAO applicants since May, when the exams were first cancelled.
The Institute of Education wrote to the Taoiseach today claiming its students had been penalised by “the bias” within the process.
This round of offers are for those not awaiting their grades for the 2020 Leaving Certificate.
4,769 applicants will get Level 8 course offers with 2,241 applicants being offered a Level 7/6 course.
The date for the main body of offers for students completing the Leaving Cert has not yet been set.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
CAO points, which are based on Leaving Cert grades, determine what college courses are offered to students.
A total of 72,973 applications were received by CAO by the due date on 1 February.
People who have not yet completed their applications are being urged by CAO to do so immediately.
Browse every course and institution with our dedicated site.
Thousands of students received offers for college places today.
Compare every course and institution with our dedicated site.
There was a slight increase in applications to the CAO this year when compared to last year.
Everyone has got their results, so here are the most important statistics from today.
The CAO timeline has changed quite drastically this year.
Round Zero offers must be accepted by 7 August at 5.15pm.
Round A offers must be accepted by Wednesday 10 July at 5.15pm.
People who have applied to go to college or university can add, remove or change the order of their course choices.
A total of 73,034 applications were received by CAO by the due date on 1 February.
“It would especially benefit children from public schools around the country and level the playing pitch for them.”
The changes confirmed by the government come after Rebecca Carter secured a place at UCD following a High Court battle.
Over 1,400 got upgraded.
In all, 771 applicants are receiving an offer for the first time in the CAO process.
Here are this year’s offers, broken down by institution.
Available Places are places that remain unfilled in particular courses after all offers have been made and waiting lists have been exhausted.
Thousands of new college students will start their journeys in the coming weeks.
Career guidance specialist Andree Harpur and DCUSU’s Aisling Fagan joined us earlier today.
We’ve been speaking to accommodation experts to gauge the supply and demand and the best moves this morning for CAO applicants.
The bonus was introduced in 2012.
Over half of those applying for a Level 8 course will be offered their first choice.
Every college, every course. Get all the details first thing tomorrow.
Join us for a special Facebook Live.
Ready to find out what you’ve been offered? We have all the details.
A gender breakdown of Wednesday’s results has been released.
And what do you really wish you had remembered to pack?
From 5.15pm tomorrow, applicants will no longer be able to change their preferences for the courses they would like to do.
There were 72,643 applications by 1 February – a decrease of 3,443 applicants on the previous year.
All I was left with was over three thousand worth of debt, no job prospects and a qualification no better than my Leaving Cert, writes Laura Buckley.
Accepting the new offer will automatically cancel a previous acceptance.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
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