Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed)
Professor Lisa Looney:
We need to make education accessible at all levels through to lifelong learning. The funding model to date has been focused on the undergraduate side. On the postgraduate side, there has been some subventions from the Government around fees for things such as masters in engineering or computing where there are huge skills shortages. Over the years, those were eroded. Potential learners at that level face the economic cost of a masters.