New Night Classes site for Louth

Co. Louth VEC have launched a new website which draws together evening class provision from across their four night class centres in the county into one online facility. Co. Louth VEC offers over 200 night classes through St. Olivers Community College (Drogheda) and Drogheda Institute of Further Education in the south of the county, and O'Fiaich Institute (Dundalk) and Bush Post Primary School (Cooley) in the north of the county. There are a wide range of classes on offer from hobby type classes to fully certified courses. You can search through all these classes on the new website and also apply online for any class that may interest you. Check out http://www.louthnightclasses.ie/.

Grant Applications

Applying for a grant can be a bit of a minefield for people, particularly mature students. Aontas have written a helpful blog post "Ten things mature students need to know about student grants". The studentfinance site is also very useful as you can check your eligibility and download forms there. Louth VEC grants section are open to queries from 9 - 12 Monday to Friday and Louth County Council grants department from 9 - 11 Monday to Friday.

CAO Round A 2011

For those of you who applied to the CAO as mature students you should have received notification of offers by now. Even if you have received a letter offering you a place by a college prior to now you MUST still accept it through the CAO. All offers issued by colleges prior to the 6th July are provisional. Official offers can only be given and accepted through the CAO.

If you had been offered a place by a college and did not receive an official CAO offer, don't panic! First check that whether your offer is conditional, if it is (on the basis of leaving certificate or FETAC results) then you should expect to receive your offer through the CAO at the Round Zero stage, which is in early August. It can help to double check this information with the college admissions section. If your offer was not conditional but you did not receive notification through the CAO contact the admissions department of the college.

If you are unsure what to do or have concerns relating to your CAO application feel free to contact us via the form to the right or at 041 9842030.