Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 July 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion
Dr. Joseph Ryan:
Yes, and it is also about Ireland's reputation. Ireland was very good on this initially. Ireland cared for its international students very well. Where we did not do quite as well was in not doing the early planning for this last year as quickly as we could. There was very cohesive work but it happened quite late, and that left us behind in the market. To some extent the same sort of thing is happening this year. There will be lessons to be learnt from this if we go through something similar in future years, and it is to be hoped we will not. It is not that there is any element missing; it is just that getting that cohesion as early as possible is the critical element.
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