Dunboyne College graduates reach new heights in university offers OVER 90% of eligible students who apply to the CAO from Dunboyne College of Further Education (DCFE) received an offer for a Level 7 or 8 course in Institutes of Technology or Universities. That is the findings of an analysis undertaken by the college of the progression pathways of its 2021 graduates. Commenting on the figures DCFE Principal Denis Leonard says: “In a year interrupted considerably by Covid restrictions it is heartening to see so many of our graduates doing so well. In 2021 Dunboyne College graduates reached new heights with three hundred and fifty-one (351) students getting honours degree Level 8 offers and 209 receiving Level 7 ordinary degree offers. "Many received third level offers at both levels with a total of four hundred and six (406) receiving at least one offer. These offers do not include offers made to mature students and those who received offers via the UK UCAS system.” Local universities still most popular Universities within the catchment area of Dunboyne are still the most popular with Maynooth University, TU Dublin-Blanchardstown, and DCU attracting a large number of DCFE graduates. Maynooth University offered 115 26 Education
Dunboyne College graduates places on Level 8 courses. Sixty seven (67) students were offered First Arts, ten (10) were offered Law, five (5) were offered Social Science, seven (7) Science, four (4) computer science, two (2) psychology, three (3) were offered places in the BA in Early Childhood Studies and thirteen (13) progressed onto a variety of Level 8 Marketing and Business degrees. Across the TUD Dublin campuses comprising of DIT, IT Blanchardstown and Tallaght IT there were a total of sixty (60) offers at level 8 and one hundred and twenty six (126) at level 7, with the bulk being in Social Care, Business, various Computer courses, Pharmacy, Tourism, Sports Management and Coaching. DCU made thirty nine (39) offers to DCFE graduates with seven (7) offered places on the BSc in Nursing Studies. This was followed closely by 21 offers from UCD (including 8 for various science courses). Trinity College offered 12 DCFE graduates places on courses including Law, Business, Economics and Social Science (BESS) and Business course. Wide variety of offers Those who decided to travel widely to get their Level 8 degree course included 8 to NUI Galway, 4 to University of Limerick, and 2 to University College Cork. Five stu-
dents were also offered places by the National College of Ireland. Other IT college offers include: 22 from Dundalk Institute of "In a year Technology, 31 by Athlone Institute interrupted of Technology, 6 from Waterford considerably I n s t i t u t e o f Te c h n o l o g y, 8 b y by Covid Letterkenny Institute of Technology, restrictions it is as well as 10 from Tralee Institute of heartening to Technology, 7 from Institute of see so many of Technology Sligo and 12 between our graduates Institute of Technology Carlow and doing so well. Carlow College. Some DCFE graduIn 2021 ates received offers from private Dunboyne colleges on the CAO with 28 offers from Dublin Business School in 2021 College and 5 by Griffith College. graduates In the Art and Design sector 9 reached new DCFE graduates received offers from heights with the National College of Art and three hundred Design (NCAD) and while the and fifty-one Institute of Art, Design and (351) students Technology (Dun Laoghaire) made 5 getting offers to DCFE graduates. honours degree Level 8 Graduates across the offers and 209 country & hidden progression Mr Leonard believes that many receiving Level students chose Dunboyne College 7 ordinary because of long tradition of Predegree offers" University courses and established links with local universities. “From the establishment of the college in 2003 we developed close links with Maynooth and TU Dublin but these figures show the rapid growth of our progression routes as
