Expand+Scoring System for Eligible Applicants who hold QQI FET Awards
All QQI FET awards are part of the Common Awards System, or CAS, from 2014. A full QQI FET Level 5 or 6 major award will have a minimum credit value of 120. Component awards, or achieve...

Hide-Scoring System for Eligible Applicants who hold QQI FET Awards
All QQI FET awards are part of the Common Awards System, or CAS, from 2014. A full QQI FET Level 5 or 6 major award will have a minimum credit value of 120. Component awards, or achievement of less than 120 credits, do not constitute a full award.

Scoring Process
Each QQI FET Level 5 and Level 6 component is scored as follows: Pass 1.111 Merit 2.222 Distinction 3.333. This component score is then multiplied by the individual component credit value to a maximum of 120 credits, a total maximum of 400 points. Components leading to the best 120 credits are scored. See table below.

Grade Score Credits Achieved Credits Counted Points
Distinction 3.333 15 15 50
Distinction 3.333 15 15 50
Distinction 3.333 15 15 50
Distinction 3.333 15 15 50
Distinction 3.333 15 15 50
Distinction 3.333 15 15 50
Merit 2.222 15 15 33.33
Merit 2.222 15 15 33.33
Distinction 3.333 5 n/a n/a
125 120 366.67

Some applicants will combine components achieved prior to the introduction of CAS with others which are part of CAS. Level 5 and 6 (NCVA) Certificates, i.e. major awards, achieved before the introduction of CAS are also scored according to the system outlined above.

All QQI FET Level 5 and Level 6 awards will be scored using the best 120 credits to deliver a maximum of 400 points regardless of whether they were achieved before or after the introduction of CAS.

Expand+Mature Students
IT Sligo welcomes applications from mature students – up to 20% of places on courses in the Institute are reserved for mature applicants.

The Access Officer, Catherine McNelis, is the coordinator of our Access Programme for Mature...

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IT Sligo welcomes applications from mature students – up to 20% of places on courses in the Institute are reserved for mature applicants.

The Access Officer, Catherine McNelis, is the coordinator of our Access Programme for Mature Students. Applications should be made through the CAO in the usual way. An information evening for interested applicants will be held on the 17th January 2017.

A Mature Student Summer School, which is held in the two weeks immediately preceding the commencement of first year classes, is offered to incoming students who have been away from education for some time.

For further information please check out the website at: itsligo.ie or check out the Mature Student video on our YouTube channel.

For Further Information:
Catherine Mcnelis
Access Officer
T: +353 (0)71 93 05381
E: access@itsligo.ie

Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €25 Closing Date: 20th January 2017 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €40 Closing Date: 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €50 Closing Date: 1st May 2...

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €25 Closing Date: 20th January 2017 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €40 Closing Date: 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €50 Closing Date: 1st May 2017 at 5:15 pm

Change of Mind: Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1st July 2017 5:15 pm

Exceptional online late application - see page 14 of the 2017 CAO Handbook: Fee €50 Closing Date: 22nd July 2017 at 5:15pm

You should avoid submitting an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all fees are non-refundable.

LATE APPLICATIONS
Late Applications are those which are received after 5:15pm on 1st February 2017 and will be accepted up to 5:15pm on 1st May 2017, subject to the restricitions listed on page 3 of the 2017 CAO Handbook.

Late Applications (Exception to Timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22nd of July at 5:15pm applies only to applicants who are currently undergraduate students in any year in any one of the participating HEIs (subject to the exclusions listed below). In order to avail of the Exceptional Late Application facility you must have entered the HEI through the CAO system.

If you did not enter your current course through the CAO system, you must first contact the Admissions Office of the HEI to which you wish to apply and they will inform you if you may submit an application direct to the institution.

Exclusions:
You may submit a late application only for entry to courses other than your existing course. If you wish to repeat the year in the same course you must arrange this within your HEI.

Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick have special procedures in place in the case of current or previous students who wish to apply for entry to another course in the same HEI. Such applicants must contact their Admissions Office to determine the application procedure. However, if you are a student in another HEI and you wish to apply to any of these three HEIs, you should apply through CAO.

Refer to page 15 of the 2017 CAO Handbook on how to make an Exceptional Late Application.

Restricted-category Applicants
Mature applicants – most HEIs will require mature applicants, who wish to be assessed on mature grounds, to have applied to CAO by 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm. (This restriction does not apply if the applicant wishes to be considered on the basis of school leaving qualifications only.) For more information about applying to CAO on the basis of mature years go to www.cao.ie/mature.

Applying for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes – to be considered for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm and must have completed the HEAR/DARE application form by 1st March 2017 at 5:15pm – supporting documents must be sent to CAO offices before 1st April 2017 at 5:15pm.

Expand+Becuase of the transferable skills that such a programme supports graduates are expected to pursue a wide range of careers in

•Advocacy roles
•Non-Government organisations
•Public sector jobs
•Community development
•Social policy
•National ...

Hide-Becuase of the transferable skills that such a programme supports graduates are expected to pursue a wide range of careers in

•Advocacy roles
•Non-Government organisations
•Public sector jobs
•Community development
•Social policy
•National and local government
•Teaching, following additional post-graduate study

In addition, those with arts degree skills continue to find employment within the Business and Technology sectors where grandaunts’ interdisciplinary levels of knowledge and skills are consistently sought after.

On successful completion of this programme, graduates may apply to the taught L9 MA in Social Care and Social Justice in IT Sligo based on holding a minimum H2.2 and successful completion of a designated selection process. Candidates also have the option to proceed to an L9 Masters by Research.

The Joint Majors emphasis on the Teaching Council of Ireland’s registration requirements for Civic, Social & Political Education (CSPE) subject delivery, ensures that the degree supports the student body to apply to undertake a level 9 programme to become second level teachers.

It is expected that a large number of graduates will apply to progress to the Masters in Education (M.Ed.) Masters in Social Justice, Masters in Politics, Masters in Equality Studies.