Universities warn of limited places in wake of results errors

The president of the University of Limerick has said there may not be places at the university for all of the students affected by errors in Leaving Certificate results, writes Justin McCarthy for RTÉ.

Speaking on RTÉ's ‘This Week’, Professor Kerstin Mey said while every effort will be made to accommodate additional students on their programmes, “it may not be possible to accommodate everyone”. Professor David FitzPatrick, Technological University Dublin president, said students seeking courses which have mandatory placements, including in the health and education sectors, will face the most challenges. He said dialogue is urgently required with providers of work placements to see what can be achieved for those students.

Last week, it was revealed that a total of 6,100 students were due to get improved marks following a review of the Leaving Certificate calculated grades system. A review found a third error in the coding used to standardise results, in addition to two mistakes discovered last week. There are concerns over what the impact will be on college offers via the Central Applications Office, and how many students may have lost out on college places because they were competing with others who received results that were incorrectly inflated.
Full report on the RTÉ site.