Beat 102-103 and Waterford Institute of Technology are again teaming up to co-host a live CAO chat that will appear on both websites ahead of the looming CAO deadline.
Earlier this year Beat and WIT collaborated to host a live chat to help students ask questions about course choices in January.
Now as the CAO deadline approaches they've teamed up again to facilitate parents, school leavers, and mature students to post questions (anonymously if they wish), which are answered by WIT staff . You can also browse previously answered questions.
The live chat is open from Monday 27 June - Friday 1 July to coincide with the CAO Change of Mind deadline on 1 July at 5.15pm.
The majority of graduates from WIT, which has more than 70 courses on the CAO, are from the counties that Beat broadcasts to and Beat CEO Gabrielle Cummins is excited about teaming up with WIT for its latest CAO Q&A session:
"As the market leading station for 15-34 year olds in the South East, it makes perfect sense that the leading college in our broadcast territory is availing of the opportunity to reach out to our 153,000* adult listeners weekly.
At Beat, our audience regularly gets in touch to tell us about their concerns when faced with all the various education options available to them. It can be extremely stressful so this live Q&A session will hopefully help to dispel any fears and will instead provide many students with practical information that they hadn’t thought about previously."
Registrar of WIT, Dr Derek O’Byrne says this will be the final chance for anyone hoping to start college in September 2016 to ask questions about courses before that all important CAO deadline.
"Our main focus is helping school leavers make the right decision for them. By hosting a Q&A session on Beat’s website we can help students across the region make the right decisions ahead of the CAO Change of Mind deadline," said Registrar of WIT, Dr Derek O’Byrne."
Live CAO Deadline Q&A runs simultaneously on both www.wit.ie/cao and beat102103.com/cao
