Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Andrew Brownlee:

No. I believe it has actually been the opposite over recent years. There has been a decline in demand for further education. I think that was reversed in the past year or two, so it has kind of flattened out but it is relatively stagnant. As such, it has not been replicated there. There is a lot of concern in Northern Ireland, similar to ourselves, that people do not just default to going to university at the age of 17 or 18 because there are other pathways and choices. There is a big role for further education in adult education, upskilling and reskilling to meet the needs of the future world of work. I do not believe the trend is replicated, but it is testimony to the work we have been doing to try to raise the profile.

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