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Tags : points race
Simon Harris says Leaving Cert isn’t ‘cruel’ but there is ‘an obsession with the points race’
23 Aug, 2023
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Single portal for CAO and further education options to open from next month
13 Oct, 2021
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Simon Harris
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Private school accused of heating up points race in fourth year
25 Nov, 2019
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leaving cert
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CAO points race ‘putting children’s health at risk’ amid fall in fitness levels
11 Feb, 2019
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DCU
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Leaving Cert review to focus on easing ‘points race’ pressure
20 Feb, 2018
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Far-reaching reforms aim to slow down CAO ‘points race’
14 Aug, 2017
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CAO
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Philip Nolan
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points
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points race
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undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
Shake-up of grading system aims to take pressure off students
07 Jun, 2017
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leaving cert
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points
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undergraduate admissions
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Number of high points courses reaches record high
22 Aug, 2016
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CAO
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points
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undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
Record college application numbers driving likely points rise
16 Aug, 2016
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CAO
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points
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undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
School-leavers will have to aim higher under new grades
16 Aug, 2016
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CAO
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points
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points race
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undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
Increase in college courses requiring more than 500 points
16 Aug, 2016
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CAO
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points
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points race
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undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
Myths about the CAO system
15 Aug, 2016
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CAO
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points
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points race
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undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
Third-level students want flexibility and choice
15 Aug, 2016
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CAO
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choice
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MU
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Philip Nolan
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points
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points race
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UCD
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undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
Colleges are fuelling the points race, warns university president
15 Aug, 2016
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course choice
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MU
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Philip Nolan
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points race
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undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
Time for colleges to slow down points race
15 Aug, 2016
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CAO
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course choice
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Fewer courses a boon for Maynooth
15 Aug, 2016
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CAO
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course choice
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MU
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Philip Nolan
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points
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points race
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undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
Colleges criticised for using small-intake courses to drive up CAO points
15 Aug, 2016
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CAO
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course choice
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MU
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Philip Nolan
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points
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points race
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undergraduate admissions
Fees, access and admissions
Stress being placed on young people by points race raises risk of suicide
17 May, 2016
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stress
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Reformed college entry system ‘must be monitored’
04 Sep, 2015
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admissions
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CAO
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Jan O'Sullivan
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NCCA
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points
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points race
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CAO, Colleges and the Points Race
27 Aug, 2015
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CAO
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economics
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