Cautionary Notes Degree course suggestions within each top

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Cautionary Notes

Cautionary Notes

Degree course suggestions within each top area

Degree course suggestions within each top area

Course locations for your high interest areas

Course locations for your high interest areas

Important Events • Taster Courses – 2 or 3 day events • Open Days

Important Events • Taster Courses – 2 or 3 day events • Open Days – 1 day events • Education Conventions – 1 day events • Tailored to suit the student’s interests and course suggestions

Degree Course Descriptions Book • Descriptive articles on over 120 degree course areas •

Degree Course Descriptions Book • Descriptive articles on over 120 degree course areas • Written by senior lecturers at major universities

Various other useful worksheets

Various other useful worksheets

Post Leaving Cert Colleges offering Post Leaving Cert Courses • Offering Level 5 &

Post Leaving Cert Colleges offering Post Leaving Cert Courses • Offering Level 5 & 6 • Generally 1 to 2 year in duration • Can progress to 3 rd Level • Cork Colleges Progression Scheme (CIT) • Courses in all areas • Entry requirements • No points • QQI FETAC (Quality & Qualifications in Ireland)

Online Application Form to college directly Qualification in its own right Level 5 or

Online Application Form to college directly Qualification in its own right Level 5 or 6 qualification or use level for Higher Education Links Scheme Apply c. February/March PLC Course? Can generally apply for up to 3 courses per college Entry Requirements: Possibly a portfolio/audition etc. required - Generally passes in 5 subjects - Interview Some exceptions to entry requirements

The Higher Education Links Scheme Photographic Studies Level 5, St John’s Nursing Studies Level

The Higher Education Links Scheme Photographic Studies Level 5, St John’s Nursing Studies Level 5 CCC Applied Biology Level 5 CSN Level 6 in St John’s College General, Mental Health & Intellectual Disability Nursing, UCC Nutrition & Health Science, CIT Multimedia Degree in CIT, LIT, ITT 12 other colleges offering Nursing Degree Programmes. UK options also. Food Marketing & Entrepreneurship, UCC

38 institutions can offer Links. Not everyone who wants to transfer can. Quotas apply

38 institutions can offer Links. Not everyone who wants to transfer can. Quotas apply to all 3 rd Level courses places. Places are reserved for FETAC applicants in universities and colleges. ITs generally have open competition with LC students. Not always. A scoring system applies to all PLC courses. For example, a student might be required to get Distinctions in 6/8 final exams.

Opens at beginning of November Opens for March for € 10 mistakes! Closes on

Opens at beginning of November Opens for March for € 10 mistakes! Closes on February 1 st 2016 Change of Mind May 5 th to July 1 st - closed!