Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion

3:05 pm

Mr. Ned Costello:

Can I expand on that important point? It does not work against mission specificity or the concept of being excellent at something. Bearing in mind the point of student specialisation, there will not be a change in regard to a university wanting to be the best at a certain discipline owing to its having the relevant research teams. The point is that this should not be the driver of how the admissions system works.