Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed)

5:40 pm

Dr. Aedín Doris:

Initially when the ICLs were introduced in the UK, part-time students were not covered and that was a big problem. That was the reason the numbers collapsed. Part-time students are included now but they still have not got it right as it does not allow for modular courses. I completely agree that coverage for part-time students needs to be very carefully looked at because we do not want to discourage that.