SCIENCE AND HEALTHCARE COURSES UP AT GALWAY THIRD LEVEL INSTITUTES

Date Published: 20-Aug-2012

It's D day for thousands of students wishing to study in Galway, who are today receiving third level course offers from the C.A.O.

Points for many Healthcare and Science courses in Galway are up.

In NUIG, medicine has seen a slight increase from 729 to 737, while Occupational Therapy has risen from 505 on Round 1 in 2011 to 520 this year.

Speech and Language Therapy has also seen a slight rise of 5 points.

Science at GMIT has jumped from 330 to 360.

This is also mirrored in NUIG where Biomedical Science has seen a notable jump from 515 to 550.

Nationally, it's reported 56 per cent of higher degree university courses have registered an increase in CAO points.

One of the country's main teaching unions is expressing concern that the bonus points for Honours Maths in the Leaving Cert has pushed up points levels for third level courses.

T.U.I. President Gerard Craughwell thinks the bonus needs to be reconsidered.