Universities have been ‘using the points system’ to inflate demand

By Joe Humphreys. The chair of a universities’ task force on reforming admissions procedures for third level has admitted colleges have been artificially inflating points by offering courses with a small student intake.
Prof Philip Nolan, president of NUI Maynooth and chair of the Irish Universities Association’s task group on reform of university selection and entry, said “all of us have become embroiled in a system where we’ve been using the points system . . . to try to attract students in”. More...