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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Maybe I am wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: That is fair enough. I agree that there is a need to develop the apprenticeship system, but I do not agree with the idea that some people are not suitable for university or for third level and should instead be in apprenticeships. People do not get the points for certain courses for various reasons. Perhaps they were disadvantaged from the outset, right back to when they were three years...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: I do but I do not think one is exclusive of the other. We should have the view that higher education is open to people at any stage of their lives. We should not say of any individual that higher education will never be for him or her. I suggest we should model the funding of our system around that. I went through third level. I do not know what higher education is like now because I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Who is Professor Sarah Moore?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Will Senator Healy Eames draw her contribution to a close as I wish to facilitate Senator Craughwell who is leaving?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Will the witnesses respond to the points raised by Senator Craughwell?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: As Senator Craughwell will be leaving shortly, I invite Professor Gallagher to respond to the points he made

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: One point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Not at this point, but later. Will Dr. Harvey respond to the issues raised by Senator Craughwell?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Was the intention not to stop the phenomenon of certain courses becoming more exclusive? I went to Trinity College, for example, and at that time arts was split into different courses such as English and history. Since I left, new courses such as politics and French have been introduced. The effect of that was to make those courses exclusive, with higher points requirements, because there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: There is also a certain amount of limiting of places-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: I know it is complex, but that could be a factor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: I am not arguing in favour of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: As an alternative to what Dr. Foley is saying about points, take electrical engineering, which on occasion has been a low-points course, although there would obviously be maths requirements. Some electrical engineering students, on relatively modest leaving certificate results, end up doing PhDs or working at the top end of the industry. Judges, for example, would have had very basic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: We will hopefully wrap up soon, but I know Senator O'Donnell wishes to make a point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Is the Senator suggesting there would be some credits for minimum attendance if one did three sessions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Does anybody wish to make a quick comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: I think a person who has completed the first year in college should get some recognition that he or she could build on later. There should be much more flexibility in the system. One should be able to move all over the system at different periods of one's life. If we had that flexibility there would be less focus on availing of the once-off opportunity to get an education, and being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Unless people wish to make final points, we will conclude. This has been a really good engagement. It shows the complexity, the impact of different factors and circumstances on this issue. I thank Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell for putting it on the agenda. I thank all the witnesses for their presentations and contributions to the debate. I thank members for their contributions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Pensions Authority: Chairperson Designate (27 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Today, we will have an engagement with the chairperson designate of the Pensions Authority. I welcome our guest and I will read him our rules on privilege. I draw his attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to this committee. However, if they are directed by the committee...