DARE and HEAR team up with College Awareness Week (CAW)

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🚨 Save the Date: DARE HEAR Online Talk 🚨 We are delighted to announce that DARE and HEAR in collaboration with College Awareness Week (CAW) and the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD), will host an online DARE HEAR Talk for all senior cycle students across the country as a CAW24 celebration! 📅 Date: Tuesday, 19th of November🕥 Time: 10:30 […]

Join Our DARE HEAR CPD Webinar Series!

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Are you a teacher, guidance counsellor, or youth and community professional working with young people? If so, our Continuous Professional Development (CPD) series is tailored specifically for you. This series of 3 engaging webinars is designed to help you provide young people with the most accurate information on applying to the DARE (Disability Access Route […]

Access College goes to Higher Options 2024!

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🌟 Higher Options 2024: Explore Your Future with HEAR and DARE 🌟 Higher Options, Ireland’s largest educational expo, is back! From Wednesday, 25th to Friday, 27th September 2024, join us and over 30,000 students from across the country to explore third-level education opportunities. Representatives from universities and colleges across Ireland will be available to help […]

DARE HEAR Facts and Figures 2018 – 2022 Executive Summary

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On Wednesday, the 26th of July we launched the DARE HEAR By Numbers 2018 – 2022 Research Report. This work was researched by Dr Abdellatif Atif and explored the admissions data trends during and leading up to the pandemic era on the DARE and HEAR Schemes. The report illustrated that during this period overall CAO […]

Application Outcomes Released 2024!

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The outcomes for 2024 were released on Tuesday, the 25th of June, 2024. If you were deemed eligible by DARE or HEAR you have no further steps to make. If you were deemed ineligible, please see the below steps. Steps to Check the Outcome of Your DARE or HEAR Application For more information or assistance, […]

HEAR Application Information Session 2024

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This session includes a general presentation on HEAR and how to apply to it, as well as a Questions and Answers session on how to make a successful application. It will also provide an opportunity for you and/or your parent(s)/ guardian(s) to meet members of the HEAR team online and find out how the scheme works.

Seisiún Faisnéise Feidhmchláir HEAR 2023

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Áiríonn an seisiún seo cur i láthair ginearálta ar HEAR agus conas iarratas a dhéanamh air, chomh maith le seisiún Ceisteanna agus Freagraí ar conas iarratas rathúil a dhéanamh. Tabharfaidh sé deis duit féin agus/nó do thuismitheoir(í)/caomhnóir(í) bualadh le baill den fhoireann HEAR ar líne agus fáil amach conas a oibríonn an scéim.

HEAR Application Information Session 2022

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If you missed the HEAR Application Information Session which was hosted live on Saturday 8 January or just want to revise the information provided, here is a recording of the event! This session includes a general presentation on HEAR and how to apply to it, as well as a Questions and Answers session on how […]