University offering second chance to make the grade in maths

Intending students are being given a second chance to sit their maths exam at the University of Limerick.

The Faculty of Science and Engineering at UL will be offering a special maths entrance exam to students who get enough CAO points and satisfy all other entrance requirements, but who did not attain the required grade in Higher or Ordinary Maths.

The examination is based on this year's Leaving Certificate Curriculum and it will take place on Thursday, August 22.

"Basically, it's designed for students who are disappointed for one reason or another in their maths results for the Leaving Cert," said Kieran Hodnett, Dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering.

"The reason why they have a bad result could be a number of reasons - maybe they've had a bad day, maybe the paper just didn't go their way or whatever, and this is an opportunity then that they can sit this special exam, which is on August 22, very similar in form to the Leaving Cert,

"This give them a second chance to actually get the maths requirement for a particular course they may be interested in."