40% for entry to diploma....

Bicky · 07-04-2003 2:54pm #1

Just curious if anyone has heard that hetac the irish body responsible for awarding qualifications at all levels of higher level education has put forward a proposal to have the minimum standard for entry into a third level diploma course dropped from 55% to 40% ???

Someone who is in the know would be greatly appreciated as this is just a RUMOUR which i heard.

gogo · 07-04-2003 3:14pm

Hey bicky,
i don't think that it was hetac trying to drop the mark but student presidents and the like. I know they tried to do it here in carlow but failed.

djunclemacs · 07-04-2003 3:46pm

well bicky this change, if it will occur, will take at least 10 years if Fianna Fail remain in power to be implemented. this change from 55 to 40 will affect your children and not you, sorry to be the barer of bad news

Bicky · 07-04-2003 5:21pm

Well i heard it from a reliable source...

The head of the computing department in my college says he would be surprised if it did not happen.

Farls · 12-04-2003 4:35pm

I'm at Letterkenny IT and one of our lecturer's told us that it should be implemented in the next year or 2.

He seemed pretty sure about it, then again you never know.

Farlz

swalsh · 15-04-2003 2:51pm

it is kinda working that way in castlebar already, that is depending on the head of the course.
I am in this years union and would like to see that been brought to the attn. of usi. it could be interesting

Chad ghostal · 15-04-2003 3:02pm

i had a lecturer tell me the same thing last year, he said it would be implemented in the sam year. .but then again he said alot of things..
But i did find out that some people who had just barely passed the course were allowed through to the diploma..
i dont know what the criteria were, i could very well have been random. but as for any official change i doubt it will come soon..

Farls · 04-05-2003 2:29am

The Engineering course i think it is in Letterkenny has been dropped to only needing a 40% average to get into the diploma this year cuz the year is so crap

I hear its mentioned about happening to computing as well yay if it is!

I'm not quite sure of the full story behind but if i hear more i'll post here.

Farlz

Darth Henry · 16-05-2003 2:48pm

according to my lecturers it doesn't matter whether it's 55% or 40% because the only the top x number of people get through to the diploma and degree years.

theres only so many places and it all depends on how the rest of the people in your course get on.

i've been told that 55 is the minimum at the moment but even getting 58 or 59 mightn't get me through to next year.

40% for entry to diploma....

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