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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)
Professor Willie Donnelly: I wish to clarify a point in case there is a misunderstanding regarding the €5 million. The development of research and innovation in postgraduate studies in the institutes of technology sector is one of the great success stories of Ireland. If we look back at the role of the institutes of technology, they have always responded to the needs of their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)
...every page. This is because there is a regional dimension to it and we deliver across social and economic divides and are integrated and engaged. With regard to the Chairman's point that the €5 million seems very low, Letterkenny Institute of Technology deals with SMEs in the main. We have many strong links with foreign direct investment but we deal with SMEs essentially and they...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)
Fiona O'Loughlin: ...about the sector's future plans to expand this access. You spoke about the institutes assisting regional development and being engaged in collaborative research with industry. Research income of €68.5 million is generated and €5 million is generated from industry-funded research. Given the valuable role of the sector in providing research opportunities, the €5...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)
...of technology fell steeply below that for universities and colleges in 2010 and has not recovered subsequently. The total recurrent funding per student within the technological sector declined by 25% between 2008 and 2015 compared with 19% in universities and colleges. Had funding been maintained at 2008 levels, income to the technological sector would have been €232 million more...