Ms Julie Tonge:

In somewhere like UCD, yes to some extent. There is a campus app which people can use. It is on Google Maps, so one can see the campus. There are other things we could do regarding footpaths, for example, enabling people to see what it is like to walk through the campus. On Google Maps one is on the road, which is great for cars and directions and such, but it does not show what the footpaths look like or how to navigate from one building to the next. Those sorts of things would be great. That is exactly what we could use if we had funding; we could hold back and look at projects that we could do. That is certainly a good example of one and that is exactly what the issue is, particularly with the leaving certificate results and everything else. Previously with students who we knew were coming on to the campuses we would have had the opportunity to invite them earlier, when it is quiet, before the rest of the students arrive. We have not had the opportunity to do that in the past couple of years. Students have no option but to face their first day. Continuing students are already in classes, and the campus is busy and there are crowds everywhere. There is not an opportunity for students to get a feeling for the campus. It would really help them to see what the campus looks like at different times of the day. Quite often when we get school visits, the schools come when there are no students around so it gives people a very false impression of what the campus is like. We need people to know what it is like at one o'clock, when everybody piles out of the lecture theatres and is heading to lunch venues and everything else. Those kinds of things would be very helpful.