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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Would Mr. Purser go along with the notion of universities having to publish the number of places offered through the CAO?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I thank everybody because it has been a long meeting and it is a busy time. We will copy the presentations to the Minister and send a transcript of the meeting to him. We will ask for his response and highlight the issue raised by Senator Fidelma Healy Eames, as well as the migrant rights issue. If we receive a response, we will forward it to the delegations. This is an ongoing policy...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Mr. Purser wanted to comment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Does Mr. Costello wish to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I apologise for interrupting; I will come back to Professor Ryan presently. Dr. Hinfelaar wanted to come back in and I am anxious that she should comment on a point raised by several members, namely, that of access.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: We have dealt with pupil teacher ratios already.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: That was largely dealt with earlier. We will have to see how we are doing for time later. Senator Healy Eames also raised the access issue, with particular reference to whether the leaving certificate should be scrapped.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I invite Dr. Hinfelaar to comment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: One used to study law on its own. Breaking down a subject into law and politics, for example, is very much a modern phenomenon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Will universities that are not doing that be made to comply with this initiative?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: That is the problem. For example, arts can be subdivided in one university into several courses with high points. UCD has a broad arts course. Surely something has to be done about universities that are not doing that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: The number has increased to nearly 80%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I remind the Senator that she has spoken for seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I will only take a few more questions from the Senator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Regarding the universities and institutes of technology, there was a considerable expansion in the number of posts of head of department. I am aware that something similar happened at local government level. I know from experience at local government level that this is contracting, that the numbers of such posts are reducing and that there are proposals in that regard which I imagine will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I will ask the representatives from the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland to speak. Senator Healy Eames has a question about the Bologna process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: How many students are affected? Is it 1,000 students every year, for example?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: That is good information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Senator, I would prefer if you would ask all your questions together.