Central Applications Office

Almost 3,000 offers for college places issued in latest round with a deadline of noon on Friday

Concerns many college applicants may seek to defer due to Covid-19

Steps you can take ahead of the next stage of your education

Round One: The wait is almost over for thousands of applicants

A reduction in the artificially inflated range of choices would lead to lower drop-out rates

Applicants should consider current offer as potentially the only offer they may receive

Tens of thousands of students wait to find out if they get their course of choice

Lists should be considered alongside whole-school evaluations and subject inspection reports

Surveys show the number of Irish children able to speak a second language well below the EU norm

News, analysis and expert advice on the CAO’s first round offers for 2018

Drop in applications comes despite initiatives to attract more students to the sector

Reserve school places and control car insurance costs, 139-page report recommends

A reduction in the artificially inflated range of choices would lead to lower drop-out rates

Number of courses where ‘random selection’ is used to limit entry falls by more than half

Irish Times helpdesk available from 9am to answer queries about third-level offers

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